Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Andrew Simmonds, director at estate agents Parker’s and Country Property, answers our 10 questions.
What was the LAST: 
Film you watched: The Bank of Dave on Netflix
Book you read: The Maid in the Haystack by renowned local author Martin J. Powell.
Music you bought/downloaded: Def Leppard
Concert or play you went to see: Cinderella at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, put on by Sodbury Players, who Country Property sponsor
Sporting event you attended: Watching my daughter Harriet compete at the South West swimming regional qualifier in Gloucester
Holiday you went on: Disneyland Paris at Christmas – purely for the kids!
Restaurant you ate in: The Sodbury Steakhouse at The Squire, Chipping Sodbury. The full rack of ribs is a monster!
Thing that annoyed you: Having a water leak that flooded the Parker’s offices in Backwell
Thing that made you laugh out loud: My son Charlie with his wicked dry sense of humour!
Piece of good advice you were given: “Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it,” Baz Luhrmann
Andrew Simmonds is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and in the past few years has acquired Parker’s Estate Agents in Backwell at the heart of North Somerset and Country Property estate agency in Chipping Sodbury, serving South Gloucestershire. He has been advising on property matters for more than 20 years, working with developers on sales strategies for new build homes; managing apartment blocks for private landlords and working on all aspects of property sales and maintenance.
