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Mixing business and pleasure doesn’t come easy to many people – but it’s certainly not an issue for Bike Man owner Matt Aston. “It’s like working in a pub, talking about your favourite things but using all your skills. Except the people around you aren’t all drunk”
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The greeting is as warm as any you could expect from the many coffee shops on Gloucester Road. But there's more to it for Key Café supervisor Ben. “It means a lot to me working here - I enjoy meeting people. Otherwise I would probably be re-offending and
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When David Pavon came to Bristol from Spain for ‘an adventure’, he couldn’t have imagined that more than a decade later his business would be hailed as one of the top 50 of its kind in the world. Today El Colmado is one of the brightest shops on Gloucester
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When sisters Katie and Lauren Hobbs began selling t-shirts at festivals more than 15 years ago they could never have imagined the business it would turn into. Today Wild Thing is a thriving fashion outlet with more than 200,000 followers on Instagram and nearly 100,000 more on Facebook
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Health food store and cafe La Ruca is set to close in February 2027 after 30 years on the Gloucester Road. Owners Patricia and Alfonso Alvarez are to shut up shop when their lease expires. La Ruca was among the first coffee shops in the area. Its ‘fair trade’ goods
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Opening a coffee shop was one of the last things on Pat Muncaster’s mind when he and some friends took over the empty Drumbank Studios nearly four years ago. But after opening in September, the cafe now forms a social hub and community space in the revitalised building on