A group of Year 10 students from St Bede’s Catholic College have formed a company called Vitae which has become popular in the locality and won several awards for its original product. The team members and business directors include Ann Biju, Samuel Brady, Amara Fordham-Vizcaino, Gelo Tano, John Estopen, Kieran Wilson and Adam Ankudowicz. We spoke to managing director Ann
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A group of local business people who were meeting as the Bradley Stoke Small Business Forum, held a launch event for their new group in on Monday 14th March. The launch of the new Bristol Small Business Forum was designed to showcase the informal networking group, and provide an opportunity for a wider audience to experience the benefits of membership
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The Hollow Tree pub/restaurant in Bradley Stoke hosted a VIP menu taster yesterday evening (Thursday 28th January) to give the local community the chance to tickle their taste buds with the latest additions to its existing ‘Two for One’ menu. Town Mayor Roger Avenin was keen to get in on the action as well, joining local businesses and locals who
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Circadian Trust, which runs “Active” branded Leisure Centres across South Gloucestershire on a not for profit basis, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Key employees, clubs, trustees and local councillors came together at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre to mark the anniversary and look ahead to the next ten years. Since becoming a trust in 2005, Circadian has successfully transformed the community
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A Bradley Stoke accountancy firm has been honoured with a ‘Best in the South West’ accolade at a national awards ceremony. The nation’s top accountants gathered and celebrated in style on Tuesday 24th November 2015 at the British Accountancy Awards, London. This prestigious event recognises innovative business practices and celebrates professional excellence within the world of accountancy. This year, Dunkley’s
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A new name has begun appearing on estate agents’ boards across the north Bristol area following the opening of a new branch of Westcoast Properties, an independent and family-run agency with its roots in North Somerset. Based in the former office of William Haig Patey at Patchway Roundabout, the new branch is headed up by Nicholas Webber, who has over
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A healthcare firm in Bradley Stoke is set to see the company’s turnover increase 16-fold this year – after getting outside help to manage cash flow. Thirty-five-year-old Trevor Mapondera set up Nurseline Healthcare Limited in 2011 and the firm recorded a profit in its first year. But its income masked serious cash flow issues – as wages were paid ahead
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A Bradley Stoke company which supplies innovative safety, management and compliance software for the global airline industry has won Queen’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of its outstanding international sales growth. Vistair Systems, based at Broadway House, Woodlands (off Woodlands Lane), has seen its headcount grow steadily from eight people to well over 100 since the company was formed in
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Local residents Gary and Rachel Wilson are this month celebrating five years working together in their van-based, coffee-making business, Cafe2U. The couple, who have been married since 1999 and lived in Bradley Stoke for the last 15 years, serve high-quality, barista-style, espresso-based coffee, to office workers in ‘non-traditional work locations’ i.e. business and industrial parks, across the region including Aztec
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A manager based at the Bradley Stoke branch of CJ Hole estate agents has won a prestigious national award that recognises the dedication and hard work of the industry’s lettings professionals. Karen Rupprecht was named Best Lettings Manager at a glittering awards ceremony hosted at the Lancaster London Hotel on 24th May, in association with The Times and Sunday Times
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