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Charities in Gloucestershire face a bleak 2025
County charities say a serious crisis awaits them in 2025 as measures announced in the Chancellor's Budget kick in, taking money directly from their…
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Gloucestershire’s unspent millions
Gloucestershire has £80m in council coffers from developers to invest in schools, transport, culture, green spaces and leisure. Except it doesn’t seem…
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Celebrating 50 years helping shape a £70m family business
When he first started work for a small family firm in Gloucester Colin Leighton was 16 years old. Today his bosses are thanking him for helping shape a…
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Hundreds of jobs to go at Gloucestershire’s biggest business
This was breaking as we prepared today's edition, so we took a look. Gloucestershire’s biggest business by turnover has confirmed to Raikes that reports…
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November 2024

Food and drink - and why it's so important to Gloucestershire
What’s the UK’s biggest manufacturing sector and at times its fastest growing? Food and drink. Prof David Hughes spoke to the sector's Gloucestershire…
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Tech firm backing major careers event has good news for jobseekers
Thousands of students and scores of businesses are gathering today at Cheltenham Racecourse for a giant careers fair, and the major tech firm and…
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Believe in Gloucester Awards 2024 winners revealed
This was the city at its best, a showcase of its stars, a celebration of what makes it special, of why it has become so loved - this was the Believe in…
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Top 100: Superdry reveals just how close it came to administration
For business watchers the saga of Julian Dunkerton’s efforts to turn around the fortunes of Superdry is captivating, but just how close it came to the…
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£5m contract win reveals inspirational story behind Gloucestershire firm
Aged just 25 and suddenly saddled with a very modest family firm Kane Lewis thought about walking away, but instead set off on a journey of personal…
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US fund swoops for Cheltenham cyber firm. What’s going on?
If Gloucestershire needed a business whose journey speaks of the incredible growth potential for cyber and its ability to draw in millions of pounds of…
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Welcome to the biggest careers event ever in Gloucestershire
Nearly 2,000 students and more than 35 businesses and organisations will meet this month for the biggest careers event ever in Gloucestershire as the…
Believe in Gloucester reveals the city’s growing allure - for Cheltonians!
It's done what some thought impossible, it's hospitality is even attracting customers from Cheltenham, and Gloucester is about to celebrate its ongoing…
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