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Green shoots for retail sales Image

Green shoots for retail sales

Retail sales edged up in March with small rises registered across both food and non-food revenues.

Global fashion brand confirmed for Cotswolds Designer Outlet Image

Global fashion brand confirmed for Cotswolds Designer Outlet

As the countdown continues to the opening of Cotswolds Designer Outlet, more lettings have been announced.

EXCLUSIVE: First aid firm claims Shire Hall is bleeding its profits Image

EXCLUSIVE: First aid firm claims Shire Hall is bleeding its profits

Shire Hall defends rivalry with private sector on training services.

Growth in sales for Gloucester Quays Image

Growth in sales for Gloucester Quays

Brands that have invested in new shop fits and renewed leases top the books.

£688k for Gloucester redevelopment site signed off Image

£688k for Gloucester redevelopment site signed off

It has been earmarked for housing by the council.

Hundreds of skeletons unearthed on City Campus site Image

Hundreds of skeletons unearthed on City Campus site

Archaeological finds in the centre of Gloucester will tell the story of the health of the city’s population over a 1,000 years.

SPECIAL REPORT: Spring shoots in the property market Image

SPECIAL REPORT: Spring shoots in the property market

Amid encouraging signs, what's defining activity here in Gloucestershire?

Support for UK businesses affected by global tariffs Image

Support for UK businesses affected by global tariffs

British Business Bank scheme will provide £500m of additional lending capacity.

Affordable homes completed Image

Affordable homes completed

A 71-home affordable housing development in Cheltenham has been completed.

Iceland to expand into forecourts Image

Iceland to expand into forecourts

Following a trial earlier this year, Iceland is set to stock its products in garage forecourts.

Easter theft alert for churches Image

Easter theft alert for churches

Ecclesiastical Insurance is encouraging churches to take steps to prevent being a victim of theft.

Platform kicks off year-long fundraising for NSPCC Image

Platform kicks off year-long fundraising for NSPCC

Colleagues from Gloucestershire social landlord are gearing up for an exciting year of fundraising.

BREAKING: Gloucestershire business goes into administration Image

BREAKING: Gloucestershire business goes into administration

Why didn't Lydney's trailblazer agribusiness stack up?

Plan to keep coaches out of Cotswold village set to go ahead despite fears Image

Plan to keep coaches out of Cotswold village set to go ahead despite fears

Controversial trial scheme for coach drop-off on the edge of Bourton-on-the-Water due to begin next week.

New chapter for flagship Cotswold hotel Image

New chapter for flagship Cotswold hotel

Brakspear steps in to save 43 jobs.

Economy grew more than expected in February Image

Economy grew more than expected in February

The UK economy expanded by 0.5%, higher than the predicted growth of 0.1%.

NEW ERA: Council signs off civic offices sale Image

NEW ERA: Council signs off civic offices sale

A bid is to be accepted from a well known local business.

LOCAL ELECTIONS: Forest timetable set out for May 1 Image

LOCAL ELECTIONS: Forest timetable set out for May 1

Deadline for voting in 10 seats across Forest looms.

Social landlord launches initiative to encourage digital inclusion Image

Social landlord launches initiative to encourage digital inclusion

Programme aims to tackle digital exclusion among its customers.

Big changes approved for supermarket garage Image

Big changes approved for supermarket garage

A supermarket garage is set to install EV chargers, after it was given the go-ahead by the local council.

WeightWatchers headed for bankruptcy Image

WeightWatchers headed for bankruptcy

It has struggled to compete with new drugs such as Ozempic.

Police renew appeal for witnesses to serious assault Image

Police renew appeal for witnesses to serious assault

Incident happened in Coleford last weekend.

Former Forest of Dean MP made life peer Image

Former Forest of Dean MP made life peer

Mark Harper has been awarded a peerage in former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Resignation Honours list.

HECK OF A DEAL? Dale Vince's £400m solar farm is up for sale Image

HECK OF A DEAL? Dale Vince's £400m solar farm is up for sale

Investors sought to spark up controversial project.

OUCH: Cheltenham Ice Rink hits price bump Image

OUCH: Cheltenham Ice Rink hits price bump

A planning appplication has revealed problems with the power plan.

Takeover for Gloucestershire loo business Image

Takeover for Gloucestershire loo business

A Gloucestershire provider of portable toilets has been taken over by a bigger bog business.

WANTED: Tenant for iconic riverside pub Image

WANTED: Tenant for iconic riverside pub

Tenants are being sought for a popular Gloucestershire pub.

Latest Innsworth development on the agenda Image

Latest Innsworth development on the agenda

Detailed plans for 136 new homes for Innsworth will be discussed next week.

Safran renews partnership with Spirit Airlines Image

Safran renews partnership with Spirit Airlines

Agreement renewed for supply and MRO of Airbus A320 wheels and carbon brakes.

MP’s disappointment at government refusal to back campaign   Image

MP’s disappointment at government refusal to back campaign

A Liberal Democrat MP has expressed his disappointment at the government’s rejection of the party’s Buy British campaign.

Costs pressures hitting workforce growth Image

Costs pressures hitting workforce growth

The proportion of firms who have increased their workforce falls to a fifth.

Ecclesiastical joins National Emergencies Trust as an appeal partner Image

Ecclesiastical joins National Emergencies Trust as an appeal partner

Insurer has lent its specialist risk management expertise to support NET programme.

More homes heading for village? Image

More homes heading for village?

Another 170 homes could be built in a village on the outskirts of Cheltenham.

Improved business growth but economic uncertainty continues Image

Improved business growth but economic uncertainty continues

South West and London lead regional growth in March.

Don't miss your right to vote Image

Don't miss your right to vote

If you haven’t registered by tomorrow (Friday, April 11), you won’t be able to vote on May 1.

Tesco warns of lower profits Image

Tesco warns of lower profits

Britain’s biggest supermarket has warned its profits will dip in the year ahead.

EXCLUSIVE: Allstone cements seven-figure deal for Monster Mix Limited Image

EXCLUSIVE: Allstone cements seven-figure deal for Monster Mix Limited

Big names dovetail services in sustainable construction materials.

IN PICTURES: M&S Food opens its doors Image

IN PICTURES: M&S Food opens its doors

The brand-new M&S Food in Cheltenham opened this morning (April 9).

Painting and decorating firm achieves consecutive wins Image

Painting and decorating firm achieves consecutive wins

M G Wynn Ltd triumphs at Johnstone’s Painter of the Year Awards.

Councillors mark groundbreaking at 54-home development Image

Councillors mark groundbreaking at 54-home development

Persimmon Homes welcomed parish councillors to a groundbreaking at village site.

£4.56m grant to make Gloucestershire homes warmer Image

£4.56m grant to make Gloucestershire homes warmer

Two Rivers Housing has secured funding to improve the energy efficiency of Gloucestershire homes.

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