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A Day in the Life of a City Protection Officer in Gloucester
Supporting businesses, responding to incidents and helping keep Gloucester city centre safe. Every day is different for Gloucester’s City Protection Officers (CPOs). Working on the ground across the city centre, they provide a visible presence, support local...
Gloucester BID: Supporting Businesses and Shaping the City’s Future
Gloucester BID’s Board met on 22 October at Gloucester Quays to review ongoing projects, discuss priorities for the city centre and look ahead to the next BID term. The meeting covered a wide range of activity across Gloucester BID’s three priorities: Safer City,...
Ten friendly ghosts are hiding in Gloucester… can you find them all this half term?
Gloucester BID invites families to follow a free Halloween trail around the city centre, solve a mystery word and enter a competition to win a £50 Gloucester Gift Card. Ten friendly little ghosts have taken up hiding places around Gloucester city centre, and they need...
Gloucester’s Big Pub Push Calls on Community to Support Local Pubs
Gloucester’s pubs are opening their doors for a week of live music, quizzes, workshops, great food and entertainment as the Big Pub Push returns from 19-25 October 2026. Gloucester BID is encouraging residents, workers and visitors to get behind the city’s pubs,...
Gloucester employer backs major Shop Local campaign ahead of Christmas
The ‘Choose local. Make the switch’ campaign aligns to new research showing an evolving UK reward landscape with choice, ease and support for local leading the way Gloucester based Fasthosts is backing a national campaign to encourage organisations to support local...
From Amazon to Gloucester: Fasthosts Makes Local Investment Through Staff Rewards
Fasthosts has moved from Amazon vouchers to the Gloucester Gift Card as part of its Star of the Month Awards. The Gloucester Gift Card can be spent with over 170 local businesses Gloucester based Fasthosts has moved from using Amazon vouchers to the Gloucester Gift...
GLOUCESTER IS FLYING THE PURPLE FLAG IN 2026
Gloucester is celebrating as it proudly receives the Purple Flag accreditation, a recognition of its commitment to creating a dynamic, secure, and vibrant evening and night-time economy. Purple Flag – similar to the Blue Flag for beaches – aims to raise the standard...
A Department Store of the Imagination: New exhibition launched at City Campus
University of Gloucestershire is set to launch two exhibitions at its new City Campus, exploring the history of one of Gloucester’s most iconic buildings. Marking a moment of transition for the former retail location – now a modern centre of teaching and learning –...
🌟 Gloucester Businesses – Let’s Support Our Welcome to Gloucester Ambassadors! 🌟
Our Welcome to Gloucester Ambassador Volunteers will be landing in Gloucester this year! They will be the friendly faces that greet visitors, share local knowledge, and help showcase everything that makes Gloucester such a vibrant and historic city. From directing...
Gloucester Launches “Welcome to Gloucester Ambassadors” Volunteer Initiative
A new volunteer initiative is set to bring an even warmer welcome to the city as Welcome to Gloucester Ambassadors launches this year, led by Gloucester BID and local stakeholders. The programme will see a team of friendly, knowledgeable volunteers positioned across...
Ten friendly ghosts are hiding in Gloucester… can you find them all this half term?
Gloucester BID invites families to follow a free Halloween trail around the city centre, solve a mystery word and enter a competition to win a £50 Gloucester Gift Card. Ten friendly little ghosts have taken up hiding places around Gloucester city centre, and they need...
Gloucester’s Big Pub Push Calls on Community to Support Local Pubs
Gloucester’s pubs are opening their doors for a week of live music, quizzes, workshops, great food and entertainment as the Big Pub Push returns from 19-25 October 2026. Gloucester BID is encouraging residents, workers and visitors to get behind the city’s pubs,...
Gloucester employer backs major Shop Local campaign ahead of Christmas
The ‘Choose local. Make the switch’ campaign aligns to new research showing an evolving UK reward landscape with choice, ease and support for local leading the way Gloucester based Fasthosts is backing a national campaign to encourage organisations to support local...
Here’s to the next twelve months…
As Gloucester BID enters a new financial year, it's an opportunity to reflect on what we've achieved together over the past 12 months and look ahead to what's next. Throughout the financial year, Gloucester BID has continued to invest in projects, partnerships, events...
Christmas is on the Menu in Gloucester
Festive menus, Christmas parties, and seasonal dining experiences are bringing plenty of choice to Gloucester this Christmas season. The countdown to Christmas has begun, and across Gloucester, restaurants, pubs, and bars are preparing to make the festive season one...
