Andrew Nisbet (born August 1960) is a Director of Key West Holdings, which holds his family's interests in catering supplies and property. He is also founder of catering supplies retailer

Nisbets Nisbets is a British multi-channel retailer of catering equipment and supplies. It develops, retails and distributes commercial kitchen equipment, catering supplies and other hospitality products to hotels, restaurants, bars, cafes, schoo ...

Plc. Between 2012 and 2013, he was High Sheriff of Bristol.

Early life

After leaving school in 1978, Nisbet joined his father's business, Peter Nisbet & Co. The business distributed catering equipment in the

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Career

In 1983, Nisbet founded

, originally selling knives, catering clothing and textbooks to catering students. The business launched a

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ue in 1987 and moved into

wholesale Wholesaling or distributing is the sale of goods or merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional or other professional business users; or to other wholesalers (wholesale businesses) and related subordinated services. In ...

in 1990. Between 1995 and 2017 the business underwent international expansion. The business was also one of the first catering equipment distributors to adapt its business online. As of February 2017, the business employs more than 2,000 people and has offices in nine countries. The business also has

retail outlet Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and t ...

s in the UK, Ireland and Australia. In 2017, turnover of the business was £400 million, according to ''The Sunday Times''. The company sells 25,000 products in more than 100 countries. In 2014, Nisbet became a Director of Key West Holdings, which holds his family's interests in catering equipment and property. In 2015, Key West Holdings acquired catering hire firm Jongor Hire.

Personal life

Andrew Nisbet lives in

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, UK with his wife Anne. The couple have argued that

family business A family business is a commercial organization in which decision-making is influenced by multiple generations of a family, related by blood or marriage or adoption, who has both the ability to influence the vision of the business and the willingn ...

es play a fundamental role in the British economy. In 2012, the Nisbet family founded The Nisbet Trust, which provides grants to charitable organisations in the Greater Bristol area. Between 2012 and 2013, Andrew Nisbet was High Sheriff of Bristol. He sits on the Board of Bristol Music Trust. Since 2001, Nisbet has been a member of The Society of Merchant Venturers, a private club whose membership is invited "from individuals who have been successful in their chosen area of business".

References

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