E166 Punchline Talks! with Jon McGinty, Simon Daws & Glenn Collingbourne
By Mark Owen | 6th September 2024
Each Friday, Punchline-Gloucester.com editor Mark Owen is joined by leading Gloucestershire business figures from a range of backgrounds to review Fridays national & regional newspapers, discuss what is happening in their own business sector and in 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:
Jon McGinty - CEO of Gloucester City Council. Jon responsible for budget of £15million and over 250 staff. It is a massive job that overseas council planning and developments, environmental waste, recycling, parking, leisure and culture and much, much more. Including the £107million digital Forum development and wide range of the cities property portfolio including King's Walks and Eastgate shopping centres and St. Oswald's retail park. Plus, what's happening to GL1 & The Oxstalls sports campus - we will get an update on all of these.
Simon Daws - 'Godfather' of The Gloucester Old Spot Restaurant - on Tewkesbury Road, nestled between Cheltenham and Tewkesbury. Simon and his wife Kate have hosted guests there since 2010. Focusing on great food and real ale the pub is featured in numerous guides including The Good Pub Guide and The Michelin Guide to Pubs. It is regarded as one of the best places to eat in Cheltenham. Also discussing what it is like in the hospitality sector at the moment.
Glenn Collingbourne - director at Hazlewoods, specialising in tax. The company has more than 500 staff split across two offices in Cheltenham and Staverton, with an approximate turnover of £40m. The company has recently opened an office is Bristol and announced that they have just opened an office In Cardiff. In October, we will have the budget - what would be on Glenn's Wish List.
Another jam packed show as always - also covering: the battle for Britain's best tea, Glenfill Tower, HS2, PWC getting staff back in the office, EV sales, hospitality service levels between here in the UK and abroad, Tewkesbury Council's cyber attack, Gloucester's building programme for empty shops, Mark Cummings book launch and much, much more.
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