Skip navigation

Gloucestershire Business News

Cross border gangs tackled in regional operation Image

Cross border gangs tackled in regional operation

Gloucestershire communities are being urged to report any drug-related activity to help inform a regional campaign to disrupt county lines gangs.

Will shoppers say yes to sub-£18 wedding dress? Image

Will shoppers say yes to sub-£18 wedding dress?

Supermarket makes smart move amid rising cost of hitching.

Profits rise for H&M Image

Profits rise for H&M

Fashion giant, H&M, has posted a bigger than expected rise in quarterly profits.

Card Factory to open Matalan concessions Image

Card Factory to open Matalan concessions

Greetings card specialist, Card Factory, is set to open concessions inside Matalan stores.

Half of businesses have no plans to use AI Image

Half of businesses have no plans to use AI

The British Chambers of Commerce’s Insight Unit surveyed more than 700 firms.

Bad news for Gloucester's seagulls? Image

Bad news for Gloucester's seagulls?

The Forum looks to hawk deterrent - but expert warns seagulls could have last laugh.

Two teenagers rob and threaten boy in Gloucester Image

Two teenagers rob and threaten boy in Gloucester

Police are appealing for witnesses after two teenagers robbed a 14-year-old boy.

New online tool to make reporting anti-social behaviour easier Image

New online tool to make reporting anti-social behaviour easier

Gloucestershire Constabulary has launched a new online tool that will make it easier for victims of ASB to report incidents.

Parents take plunge to save Forest pool Image

Parents take plunge to save Forest pool

Fundraiser set up to rescue school's swimming facility.

£1.9m cannabis factory found in Job Centre Plus offices in Gloucester Image

£1.9m cannabis factory found in Job Centre Plus offices in Gloucester

Police who raided the upper floors of the Job Centre Plus offices in the centre of Gloucester found a £1.9million cannabis factory.

Motorists face seven weeks of overnight closures on A417 Image

Motorists face seven weeks of overnight closures on A417

National Highways has announced a series of overnight closures and diversions as part of the Missing Link programme.


Latest pictures of Gloucester's landmark development Image

Latest pictures of Gloucester's landmark development

Work is progressing rapidly on Gloucester city centre's £107 million landmark development The Forum.

EXCLUSIVE: Planners weigh up Cotswold millers' bid Image

EXCLUSIVE: Planners weigh up Cotswold millers' bid

HRH's breadmaker reveals expansion plans.

Coleford gas works completed on time Image

Coleford gas works completed on time

Wales & West Utilities has completed its work to upgrade gas pipes in the High Street area of Coleford on time.

Gloucester Services ranked  best in the UK Image

Gloucester Services ranked best in the UK

New research carried out by a motoring expert firm has ranked the M5 services as the best quality.

Is the wow factor exterminating antiques? Image

Is the wow factor exterminating antiques?

Auction house warns traditional items are being monstered.

A bonus for Bonas Image

A bonus for Bonas

Lifestyle retailer Oliver Bonas profits jumped to £9.1m with resilient sales.

Net zero support unequal across England Image

Net zero support unequal across England

Small firms are the ‘less than 1% club’ as the number of firms receiving help from key local schemes fails to reach most SMEs.

Thousands of new South West businesses this summer Image

Thousands of new South West businesses this summer

More than 10,300 new businesses were set up in the South West this summer, according to new research.

Customers to receive £114m off their water bills Image

Customers to receive £114m off their water bills

Ofwat to return customer money after water firms underperformed.

M&S adds sportswear brands to range Image

M&S adds sportswear brands to range

Marks & Spencer has added two more sportswear brands to its growing third-party offer.

Online ads: Lloyds puts the boot in to scammers Image

Online ads: Lloyds puts the boot in to scammers

Car and van scams are soaring, warns bank.

Forterra cements its Forest connection Image

Forterra cements its Forest connection

New kit is welcome boost to younger Broadwell AFC players.

EXCLUSIVE: Gloucestershire council agrees £4.4m bus improvement plan Image

EXCLUSIVE: Gloucestershire council agrees £4.4m bus improvement plan

It includes setting up 21 new bus services across rural parts of the county

Record apprentice recruits for Gloucestershire accountant Image

Record apprentice recruits for Gloucestershire accountant

A record 50 school leavers and graduates have started apprenticeships with Hazlewoods this September.

Malvern Autumn Show attracts 75,000 visitors Image

Malvern Autumn Show attracts 75,000 visitors

The Malvern Autumn Show attracted 75,000 visitors over three days at the weekend.

New showroom for historic jeweller Image

New showroom for historic jeweller

Cheltenham’s iconic jewellery store, Beards, has a new look.

EXCLUSIVE: Broken system is 'fuelling housing crisis' Image

EXCLUSIVE: Broken system is 'fuelling housing crisis'

Debate heats over homelessness as squatters occupy landmark Cotswold building.

PM scraps energy saving taskforce Image

PM scraps energy saving taskforce

A Government taskforce designed to help businesses and families save energy and cut bills has been disbanded after just six months.

Green Party: Property conversions without planning permission will be ‘disaster’ Image

Green Party: Property conversions without planning permission will be ‘disaster’

The Green Party in Stroud has warned that Government plans to allow builders and developers to skip planning permission will be a ‘disaster’.

New security measures introduced for public council meetings in Cheltenham Image

New security measures introduced for public council meetings in Cheltenham

Disruption to a Cheltenham Borough Council meeting has led to increased security measures being introduced.

Cheltenham-based architects announce new director appointment Image

Cheltenham-based architects announce new director appointment

The practice already has a strong heritage in the sector with projects for National Star, Accxel Construction School and Cheltenham College.

The Entertainer profits plunge despite sales rise Image

The Entertainer profits plunge despite sales rise

The toy retailer has branches in Gloucester and Cheltenham

Scandal-hit CBI secures emergency funding Image

Scandal-hit CBI secures emergency funding

The CBI has secured emergency funding from a number of banks to stave off a potential collapse after a series of scandals, according to reports.

State-owned British Business Bank makes £147m loss Image

State-owned British Business Bank makes £147m loss

The state-owned British Business Bank (BBB) has made an annual pre-tax loss of more than £147m.

Aldi's £1.4bn plan to capture new generation of savvy shoppers Image

Aldi's £1.4bn plan to capture new generation of savvy shoppers

The German company, which has branches across Gloucestershire, has seen a surge in profits

Long-term sickness prevents 2.5m people in the UK from working Image

Long-term sickness prevents 2.5m people in the UK from working

The shocking figures were revealed in a new report published today

EXCLUSIVE: Successful restaurant chain sets its sights on Cheltenham Image

EXCLUSIVE: Successful restaurant chain sets its sights on Cheltenham

The London-based company wants to take over the former TM Lewin shop

EDF Group creates new UK engineering subsidiary Image

EDF Group creates new UK engineering subsidiary

EDF has created EDF EPR Engineering UK to strengthen its nuclear engineering presence in the UK.

Boost for tourism as ice rink returns to Cheltenham Image

Boost for tourism as ice rink returns to Cheltenham

Visitors and locals are invited to get their skates on once again to create magical memories on the ice at a new rink in Cheltenham.

EXCLUSIVE: Fury over loss of 12 parking spaces Image

EXCLUSIVE: Fury over loss of 12 parking spaces

Questions asked over 'flawed' council sale.

Copyright 2023 Moose Partnership Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any content is strictly forbidden without prior permission.