Gloucestershire Airport flies into controversy – again!

Ahead of an announcement about its future, Gloucestershire Airport is once again taking flak for soaking up public money – with one owner alone admitting to spending £200,000 of it on consultants.

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Welcome to Monday’s edition of The Raikes Journal. Regular readers will know Monday’s editions are open to everyone, with a paywall only falling on them after two weeks.

It’s the Thursday reads and much more likely the Friday full editions that go out with a paywall over the main stories as we seek to make sustainable what we do - real journalism about Gloucestershire.

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This is big news, as far as we’re concerned. This is our push to establish a dynamic live platform to give voice to the business community of Gloucestershire. The curtain should go up on that new stage in the autumn, with three round table events planned.

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Today, we revisit the political hot potato that is Gloucestershire Airport. Even as the co-owners - Gloucester City Council and Chel…