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Cheltenham Jazz Festival will be a digital-only event in 2021

Cheltenham’s much-loved Jazz Festival will be a digital-only celebration in May 2021. And, as well as live jazz being planned for...

Merger of independent Gloucestershire HR firms promises growth

Two independent Cheltenham HR firms dedicated to helping small and medium-sized businesses have joined forces.

Vegan matchday food from Forest Green Rovers is available from Ocado

Football fans can now enjoy plant-based matchday food from Gloucestershire-based Forest Green Rovers at home – with its popular...

‘Full steam ahead’ for The Forum in Gloucester after £107 million budget approved

It is all systems go for the £107 million scheme to transform the King’s Quarter in Gloucester into The Forum after the city...

Cheltenham Racecourse’s Festival Trials Day is being abandoned

Festival Trials Day is the last meet before Cheltenham Festival at the Racecourse in March, however as a result of the course...

Cheltenham-based SLG Brands launches its new eco-friendly haircare range

SLG Brands new eco-friendly haircare range, Rhyme & Reason, went on sale in the UK and US this week – with the products now...

£4 billion flows through doors of Gloucestershire’s biggest business in three months

Acknowledging the impact of the pandemic on its business, Cotswold-based wealth management firm St James’s Place also revealed a...

Light Up Cheltenham is cancelled for 2021

Cheltenham BID has officially cancelled Light Up Cheltenham for 2021, due to the ongoing national lockdown in England.

EXCLUSIVE: First look inside StillMoving Media's new £1.2 million studio

New images reveal the stylish interior of a purpose-built Cheltenham film-set and studio for Gloucestershire photographic and film...

This Country's Daisy May Cooper is appearing in a new dating show

New television show, Dating No Filter, will feature comedians including This Country’s Daisy May Cooper and The Masked Singer’s...

New wedding venue The Old Gore Barn is launching in the Cotswolds

The Old Gore Barn, a new Cotswolds wedding venue, is opening in the summer of 2021 and will be run by street food brand Baz &...

A new Indian pop-up restaurant is coming to Cirencester

Somewhere Else in Cirencester has teamed up with chef Foyez Rahman to create a new pop-up restaurant – Asha Indian Kitchen and...

Netflix production company is looking for Gloucester extras for new Medieval drama

The production company behind Mary Queen of Scots and Netflix’s Rebecca adaptation are looking for extras for a new drama which...

Developer named as key partner for Gloucestershire’s £400 million cyber central project

St Modwen has been named as a development partner for the £400 million Golden Valley cyber park development, next to...

Rapid, regular Covid testing is being offered to critical workers with no symptoms in Gloucester

Critical workers in Gloucester are being invited to have rapid, regular Covid tests at Gloucestershire County Council’s new...

Work begins on a £31 million project to install superfast broadband across Gloucester

Businesses and households in Gloucester will soon have access to faster broadband as work begins on a £31 million investment in...

Family firm started by one man with a digger sees turnover grow by 50 per cent to £80 million

One of Gloucestershire’s biggest family businesses, Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd, has reported a growth in turnover of more than 50 per...

All category sponsors revealed for the SoGlos Gloucestershire Business Awards

All SoGlos Gloucestershire Business Awards categories have now been sponsored, less than two months after the inaugural event was...

£107 million for Gloucester King’s Quarter regeneration expected to be signed off today

The budget for The Forum digital quarter project set to transform King’s Quarter is expected to be signed off by Gloucester City...

Tweedy is returning to the Barn Theatre to get children reading in Gloucestershire

Hear Tweedy read Nell and the Circus of Dreams this Friday, as part of Read Gloucestershire’s ‘drop everything and read’ campaign.

Gloucester is getting a new takeaway food app offering exclusive deals

The new Gloucester Eats app launched in February 2021 promising exclusive deals to customers and the lowest commission rates to...

Cheltenham Racecourse Festival Trials Day is taking place behind closed doors

Cheltenham Racecourse has announced that Festival Trials Day – the last meet before The Festival in March 2021 – will take place...

Willans LLP solicitors confirmed as SGGLA 2021 headline sponsor

Leading law firm Willans LLP solicitors is supporting Gloucestershire’s biggest lifestyle awards for the second year in 2021.

Debenhams in Gloucester confirmed to close after Boohoo buyout

Gloucester’s Debenhams store will be one of 130 to close permanently this year, after online fashion giant Boohoo Group buys the...

Supporters rush to help Stroud Brewery Crowdfunder

Stroud Brewery’s bid to reach a business-saving £100,000 Crowdfunder target and survive the current lockdown is bubbling away...

On:Song launches free kids music and movement sessions during lockdown

HUM Kids, a weekly music and movement session, is being offered free of charge to help keep children energised and entertained...

Cheltenham Festivals came close to being ‘sunk’ by the pandemic

Figures showing hundreds of thousands of visitors to 2020’s Cheltenham Literature Festival hide just how close the town could have...

Strike A Light is looking to support four Gloucester-based creatives

Gloucester-based artists aged 18 to 30 with creative ideas to support the local community during lockdown three could get paid...

SLG Brands is creating 20 new jobs at its tanning mitt factory in Cheltenham

SLG brands is bringing production of its tanning mitts back in-house, creating 20 new Gloucestershire jobs at its V3 Mitt...

Glastonbury Festival is cancelled for 2021

Glastonbury Festival 2021 has been cancelled for the second year running, due to the lasting impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.