Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on our weekly e-bulletin.
This week Dave Powell, solicitor in the business services team at Mowbray Woodwards Solicitors, answers our 10 questions
What was the LAST: 
Film you watched? Fargo
Book you read? The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
Music you bought or downloaded? The Story of Sonny Boy Slim by Gary Clark Jr.
Concert or play you went to? The National (the band)
Sporting event you attended? The first Test match in the 2015 Ashes series
Holiday you went on? Earlier this year I went to Australia for a friend’s wedding, and then had a few days in Hong Kong on the way home
Restaurant you ate in? Jamie’s Italian, Bath
Thing that annoyed you? A slow swimmer in the wrong lane at my local pool
Thing that made you laugh out loud? Last night’s episode of Mock The Week
Piece of good advice you were given? Think carefully when assigning an amount of time to a task as work tends to expand to fill the time available for its completion (Parkinson’s Law).
Dave Powell was born and raised in Greater London. For seven years during his late 20s and early 30s he lived in New Zealand (his wife is a Kiwi), where he qualified as a barrister and solicitor in 2009. In July 2014 he moved back to the UK with his family and joined Mowbray Woodwards. In June 2015 he was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales, having qualified under the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme.
Mowbray Woodwards’ business services team is holding a free commercial property breakfast seminar on Friday November 6, from 8-10.30 am at Bailbrook House. Call 01225 485 700 or email: jkl@mowbraywoodwards.co.uk for more information.
