Each Friday, Punchline-Gloucester.com editor Mark Owen is joined by leading Gloucestershire business figures from a range of backgrounds to review Friday's national and regional newspapers and discuss what is happening in their own business sector and their own individual businesses.

Finally, they round off by picking the stories that have caught their eye in this week's Punchline-Gloucester.com.

The Business Breakfast Briefer show is sponsored by Hazlewoods Accountants and Business Advisors.

This week's panel of experts were:

Chris Nelson - Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire. The job of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is to ensure the policing needs of their communities are met as effectively as possible, bringing communities closer to the police, building trust and confidence in the system.

The PCC is there to make sure that policing is both accessible for and accountable to the residents of Gloucestershire. Through the PCC, residents have the opportunity to influence how policing is carried out in a way that matters to them. The PCC works with the police on your behalf, to not only hold the Chief Constable to account but also to work with the police and partners to break the cycle of crime and disorder in Gloucestershire.

The Commissioner's role is not just about policing. It involves wider criminal justice and community safety responsibilities. He does however not run the police, as the Chief Constable is responsible for all police operations, but his role is to:

- Be responsible for the police budget.

- Hold the Chief Constable to account for the actions of the police.

- Act as a voice for the public on policing matters.

- Commission services to achieve the primary police objective of reducing crime.

Gloucestershire constabulary are the counties 4th largest employer with over 2,400 employees and a budget of approx. £160million. We catch up with him about policing numbers, cocaine and drug abuse in the county and violence against women - especially in the aftermath of the acid attack that took place in London making the days headlines.

Kathryn Johnson - owner and MD of KASA Solutions Ltd. The company was founded from Kathryn's ambitious participation in the NHS Clinical Entrepreneurship programme in 2021 as the first HR professional to join the programme, and from her experience as a Resourcing Lead (at the time of entry into the programme) overseeing International Recruitment, knowing first-hand the challenges she and colleagues face across the country. Relocating back to Gloucester from London in September 2022, Kathryn has seen demand for her business service grow. To date total turnover of over £250,000 in less than 18months. We found out more about the business and the lessons learnt along the journey.

Guy Stenson - CEO - Gloucester City Homes (GCH) - is an independent housing association. They currently own/manage 5,000 homes, with over 12,500 customers, 180 employees and has a turnover of £30million - up £8million from his last appearance of the show. We find out about the companies plans for the redevelopment and regeneration of 11-storey Clapham Court tower block (demolish it) with plans to make way for a new lower level estate containing 36 homes. We also hear of other sites and how they are progressing including Podsmead and the city centre.

Adam Shearing - associate director at Hazlewoods accountants and business advisers, he has a large client base specialising in Construction, manufacturing, commercial property - we find out about the overall market place, which sectors are preforming well as well as which aren't. Interesting take on the future budget and the squeeze on companies with the warning to companies to watch out for the steady creep of late payments and devastating affect it can have on your business.

Today was jam packed as always. Also in the mix - Morrisons, FSB, Lloyds Pharmacies, Cranes - the feathered type and spikes in shop lifting.