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:

Chris Nelson - Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire Constabulary are the counties fourth largest employer with over 2,400 employees and a budget of approx. £160million.

The police have never been under so much financial strain - we find out from Chris, what is the shortfall and what are the pressure points.

 Keith Graham - owner of The Famous in Cheltenham. He moved his original business Morgan DeVere menswear from Gloucester to Cheltenham, bought up the Famous name - he's been in retail for over 50 years, so we find out from him what's what in the retail world. The good, the bad and the ugly.

Ian Mean MBE - director at Business West, former editor of Gloucester Citizen & Cheltenham Echo & Western Daily Press newspapers.

One of Gloucestershire's leading movers and shakers - so we find out from him - what's the 'mood' like in the business community as we await the new governments first budget on October 30.

Another jam packed edition as always - also covered today: Sir Kier Starmer and thoughts on his expenses, Al Fayed terrible crimes, Mrs Trump and the American election, shoplifting , PCSO's, University of Gloucestershire, business confidence, business on the high street, tackling street crime, Creed Food Services sale, Sir Jeffery Clifton Brown new powerful role in West Minster, Gloucestershire's College new £5.5million construction centre and much, much more.