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More footholds emerge to help businesses benefit from the £1bn Golden Valley Development
If Gloucestershire's to truly capitalise on the Golden Valley Development it needs to land the jobs it will create or it'll be a lost opportunity of a…
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Blow to county’s green aviation dreams
It was a major investment from Gloucestershire’s most high profile businessman, but Dale Vince has pulled the plug on a pioneering green aviation…
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What is it that's stopping us speaking our minds?
According to a team helping develop and train our graduates, managers and leaders they’re noticing a worrying trend - a creeping inability to have those…
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“One of the best decisions we’ve ever made as a business” says Olympic veteran
When you are faced with staffing and training challenges for your business, stories about other companies that have been there, done it, can really help…
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January 2026

Saving the family fortune: Inheritance disputes and why they're on the rise
Disputes over wills can destroy families and be financially ruinous. Legal expert Claire Cox of Willans LLP tells Andrew Merrell why an increasing…
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How pre-Budget speculation helped deliver £22bn for a Gloucestershire firm
Critics were already rounding on Rachel Reeves ahead of the November Budget as briefing after briefing created uncertainty, but it appears to have been…
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Gloucestershire tech business in £2bn deal talks
When it featured in a recent list of fast-growing tech firms a little-known the spotlight revealed not just its scale of a Tewkesbury business, but that…
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Gloucestershire’s 'most popular' foodie hot spot revealed
It’s been open a little over a year, has probably the most eclectic menu, diverse ambiance, some great views, a multi-cultural perspective on food, and…
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What really won Gloucestershire £71.5m for a new motorway junction
Beneath the veneer of the press release about Gloucestershire’s winning £71.5m to transform the M5 junction 10, key to success for the £1blln Golden…
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What’s really going on at the University of Gloucestershire
When an anchor institution gets a Royal visit is looks good, as it did for the University of Gloucestershire’s city campus on Friday, but does it divert…
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Airport sale set to complete as losses soar by £millions
Gloucestershire Airport is on course to be sold by the end of January, but with losses soaring and debts rising will the two local authorities who own…
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Significant expansion for tech firm and Gloucester Rugby partner
A little over a year ago we were reporting ‘significant expansion’ for a certain Gloucestershire tech and digital innovation firm well-known to…
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