Photo credit: Heidi Gough![L-R: Anna Stretch, operations manager; Duncan McKean, event administrator; Duncan Iraci, event coordinator; Neil Ferguson, festival director (photo credit: Heidi Gough)](/files/siftmedia-businesszone_images/bdf_team.jpg")
A chance meeting in Italy proved more than just the start of a friendship for Duncan Iraci and Neil Ferguson; it led to the creation of one of the biggest events on the south west design scene. Dan Martin met the men behind the Bristol Design Festival and discovered that a lot of hard work, an entrepreneurial spirit and a little bit of luck have proved crucial to their success.
Start-up Stories: Bristol Design Festival
Posted by Dan Martin in Business profiles on Tue, 10/06/2008 - 22:03
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