Founder of Gloucester Brewery launches new business

As he starts an exciting new chapter the founder of Gloucester Brewery reveals his latest business, and it may not be what you might expect at all.

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Today we feature our usual selections of bite-sized news snippets, including a special service due to take place this week at the county’s Cathedral to celebrate National Volunteer week, bring you news of Superdry, 11 promotions at a county law firm, grants for rural businesses in Tewesbury and for our …