Navigating the Shoals of Big Businesses On the High Seas ; Spotlight From 'Helping Out' at Bristol Docks Nick Heyes has Built Up a Company That Specialises in State-of-the-Art Communications Equipment to Leading Boat Builders. He Talks to Mike Ribbeck

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › October 20, 2010

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THE headquarters of Digital Yacht could not be further from the glamorous world of the multi-million boats owned by Europe's super rich.

But the Bristol company, which can be found tucked away in an anonymous corner of a trading estate in Easton, has become as much a part of the sailing scene as the gleaming boats moored at St Tropez and Monaco.

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Navigating the Shoals of Big Businesses On the High Seas ; Spotlight From 'Helping Out' at Bristol Docks Nick Heyes has Built Up a Company That Specialises in State-of-the-Art Communications Equipment to Leading Boat Builders. He Talks to Mike Ribbeck

Set up more than 20 years ago by engineering student Nick Heyes, the firm specialises in supplying top-of-the-range communications equipment to some of the biggest boat builders in Europe.

And despite having just 40 employees the firm, which has carved itself a lucr...

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