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Ian Appel Ilec & Imec Building Services Cheltenham Mr Appel, 45, an electrical
engineer by trade, now runs one of the county’s most successful building services firms. In the year ended March 31, 2018, the last set of accounts filed for Ilec with Companies House, show 13 per cent growth in business turnover (£1.93 million). “The directors firmly believe they are bucking the current industry trend, as the company order book for 2019-2020 already exceeds all expectations, with significant contracts under final negotiations for design commencement and anticipated site start dates within 2019-2020. The company is therefore forecasting a potential growth increase in 2019-2020 of up to 17.5 per cent”. This would make it the highest turnover in the last 20 years of trading l
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Richard Cook Severn &Wye Smokery wife Shirley, of the one-time smokery, now also restaurant, shop and wholesaler that is the Chaxhill-based business. Mr Cook has of late touted ambitious plans to transform the waterfront at Lydney. He has turned the Forest of Dean product into a respected up-market food brand. Other businesses he has been a director for include Ernest Cox Ltd, Glass Eels Ltd, Caught & Cured Ltd and The Cooks' Fish & Game Ltd l 32 Chaxhill, Forest of Dean Founder, together with his
Snow Business Stroud If you see snow on any film
or television show in the UK, it is more than likely fake and courtesy of Stroud-based Snow Business. Partly because, of course, there is no business like snow business. And partly because it has become so good at what it does. From its humble beginnings back in 1987, its continual ability to adapt and innovate has made it the near sole provider of a range of environmentally friendly, realistic- looking looking snow-related products, able to fool almost everyone. At the helm throughout, has been the company’s founder, Darcey Crownshaw l
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