Gloucestershire’s 50 Leading Entrepreneurs - September 2019

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Dale Vince Ecotricity/Forest Green/Devil’s Kitchen Stroud

Leaving aside the 'oft told' story of the New Age Traveller made good who runs a green energy company in Stroud – Mr Vince continues to surprise, first with the purchase of Forest Green Rovers Football Club, then by taking it vegan. This year, out of left field (somewhere he appears to access at will), he launched a business providing vegan school meals, Devil’s Kitchen. And, how could we forget, he still hopes to win planning permission for a new football stadium off Junction 13 of the M5.Will that pave the way for an eco business park on the same site?Watch this space l

David and Robert Stevens formerly of Paragon Laundry The Stevens brothers made millions when they sold Cheltenham-based then £30 million turnover Paragon to Berkshire-based CLEAN in 2016. Earlier this year, David Stevens’s Adventure Activity Company revealed plans for a £6 million climbing centre in Gloucestershire l 38

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