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 John Phelps, operations manager at Grundon Waste Management in Bristol, answers our 10 questions.
What was the LAST: 
Film you watched: Matilda the Musical, based on the Roald Dahl novel, with my seven-year-old daughter Olivia.
Book you read: The World of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin.
Music you bought/downloaded: Hospital Podcast #471 with Degs.
Concert or play you went to see: Pippin at the Music Box on Broadway, New York.
Sporting event you attended: Aston Villa’s premier league match against Everton at Villa Park.
Holiday you went on: The Magic Natura Animal, Water Park & Polynesian Lodge Resort in sunny Benidorm.
Restaurant you ate in: Kibou in Cheltenham – great Japanese food
Thing that annoyed you: Wilton Sampaio, the referee in England’s last 16 match against France. I expect I’m not alone!
Thing that made you laugh out loud: My daughter – she makes me laugh all the time.
Piece of good advice you were given: Dress for the job you want not the one you have.
John Phelps has worked with Grundon Waste Management for more than 25 years, starting in Cheltenham as a driver’s mate before progressing to the role of driver in 2005. He became a transport coordinator 10 years later, stepping up to become a trainee transport manager in 2017. For the past four years he has been Grundon’s operations manager, fulfilling the role at its Bristol depot when it launched in the city last year.
