Robert Lewis Everist (born November 1952) is an English businessman. He was born in

Enfield Town Enfield is a large town in north London, England, north of Charing Cross. It had a population of 156,858 in 2018. It includes the areas of Botany Bay, Brimsdown, Bulls Cross, Bullsmoor, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill, Crews Hill, Enfield Highway ...

in the

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conurbation. An entrepreneur, he has set up childcare centres, commercial office space, small schools and plastic manufacturing businesses.

Career

Jointly with second wife, Susan Mills, he has restored

Lound Hall Lound Hall is a country house which sits in between the villages of Bothamsall and Bevercotes, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The current house was built in the Georgian style in the 1930s for Sir Harald Peake, a mining company directo ...

Bothamsall Bothamsall is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 185, increasing (with the inclusion of Bevercotes and Haughton) to 270 at the 20 ...

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, bought in 2009. He and Mills are chief shareholders of: *The Childcare Eastmidlands (a group) *Cherubs Day Nurseries (a group) *Plastimet, a fabrication manufacturer based in

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*Glosscalm Properties, a commercial property company Several assets are lawfully held via Glosscalm Group, a

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-based company (see

real estate investment trust A real estate investment trust (REIT) is a company that owns, and in most cases operates, income-producing real estate. REITs own many types of commercial real estate, including office and apartment buildings, warehouses, hospitals, shopping cente ...

Criticism

In 2009, on its centenary year, the couple closed the Attenborough School, local to them, which was bought by their childcare company in 2005 for

GBP Sterling (abbreviation: stg; Other spelling styles, such as STG and Stg, are also seen. ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound ( sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, and t ...

1.2m. Negative media coverage claimed their holding company had pressured employees of the subsidiary into handing in notice a week before its closing.

Personal life

Everist has two children from his first marriage, and three stepchildren. He is also an avid art collector and golfer. In October 2017, Everist's stepson, Charlie Mills joined the cast of ''

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'', a television show on E4 which follows the lives of affluent young people living in

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Golf

Everist is a keen golfer, and has a handicap of 12. Everist is a member at

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, Hollinwell.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Everist, Robert British corporate directors 1952 births Living people People from Enfield, London English Jews English company founders People from Bassetlaw District