This week's instalment of Punchline Talks features a BiG interview with Simon Ford, CEO of Allstone and Speedy Skips.

Each Friday, Punchline editor Mark Owen is joined by leading Gloucestershire business figures from a range of backgrounds to debate the local and national news and issues from the previous seven days.

This week's panel will bring views from a wide range of businesses to discuss which stories caught their eye, plus the latest developments in their own sectors.

• Patrick Downes - Principal, Trust In Property.

• Jonathan Viney - Director, JV Consultancy Group

• Peter Glanville - Managing Director - The WCD Group

• Councillor Tim Gwilliam - Leader, Forest of Dean District Council

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To get involved - either to raise a topic for debate or to be on the panel - email mark@moosemarketingandpr.co.uk.