Entrepreneurs
GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S
Steve Evans Clarkson Evans Staverton turnover major employer. But in 1981, he founded 'S P Evans Electrical Contractor'. Today, Steve Evans is chairman of a firm with a turnover in excess of £55m and employing more than 850 staff. It has probably trained more apprentices than any other business in the county and continues to expand, fitting out thousands of new-build homes annually. Clarkson Evans was featured in the recent Sunday Times BDO Profits Track 100 listing with a 55.14 per cent growth in turnover for the year to September 2017. It had an annual profit at the time of £3,905,000 and a total annual sales of £52,157,000 and 791 staff l 43 ability to sell quality used cars and deliver a reliable service. Selling what he called “his toys” to help fund the business, he went ‘all in’ – and what seemed like a gamble has proved to be shrewd business sense. His faith has been re-paid over and over and today Completely Motoring is a family firm, with all three of his sons involved and leading from the front. From his initial base in Staverton, the business now has a motorbike showroom, as well as a site off Bristol Road in Gloucester and Kingsditch Retail Park, Cheltenham l 44 When he began his career as an apprentice electrician, fewer would be have guessed he would go into business on his own, or become the architect of a multi-million pound Rob Ayland Completely Motoring Staverton When Mr Ayland was laid off from his job as a senior figure at Mitsubishi in the SouthWest, he fell back on what he knew best – and put faith in his
“It is the personal relationships alongside the quality, experience and enthusiasm of our staff that sets us apart.”
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