Hundreds of nominations were received for Gloucester businesses in the search for the UK’s favourite local business, including a gift shop, a book shop, a bakery and a café Gloucester residents have shown their love for local in a national competition to find the UK’s...
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Gloucester Community Awards 2021
Eastgate, Gloucester’s popular city centre shopping destination will be a focal point this winter for the launch of the city’s NEW Community Awards! The Community Awards have been developed to recognize and reward inspiring individuals who have made positive...
Gloucester Folk Trail set to return this Week!
Gloucester Folk Trail is set to return - with a difference - this week! The three-day festival has become a mainstay in the city’s calendar in recent years with various venues hosting acts from around the country. But because of the restrictions still in place due to...
Gloucester gets ready to celebrate the Coronation!
Gloucester will turn red, white and blue to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort in May. The city will be dressed in Union Jack flags and bunting over the Coronation weekend with Kings Square lit up in the three colours of...
Gloucester Gift Card is what mums really want and need this Mother’s Day, according to research!
The poll with over 370 mums for the Gloucester Gift Card has revealed some of the key challenges faced by mums, from ‘mum guilt’ to worry and limited time. 77% of mums feel guilty about spending money on themselves. A new Mother’s Day campaign from Gloucester BID,...
Gloucester Gift Card Sees Surge in Sales
Sales of the Gloucester Gift Card have seen an uplift with shoppers’ keen to support local city centre businesses. New figures reveal that over £40,000 worth of cards were bought in 2024, with spending of the cards also up. With the New Year sales on – now is also a...
Gloucester Goes Retro Returns
This year’s Gloucester Goes Retro will be driving into the city on Saturday, August 26, as the event returns for its eighth year! The UK’s finest Retro festival and much-loved annual family event is organised and funded by Gloucester City Council in partnership with...
Gloucester History Festival – Spring Weekend
Elder Statesman Michael Heseltine Tells All Plus Art, Archaeology and Anglo-Saxons this Spring Former Deputy Prime Minister and Life Peer, Michael Heseltine, will share the inside story of Downing Street and his six decades in British politics when he appears at the...
Gloucester Mini Folk Festival: Rousing Folk Finale for Gloucester’s Summer of Music Arts and Culture
Sunday 28 August sees a brand new event for the city that draws the SoMAC Stage and the Summer of Music, Arts and Culture to a close. The Gloucester Mini Folk Festival brings together folk, traditional and acoustic music to the heart of the city on the August Bank...
Gloucester Promotes National Anti-Violence Campaign to ‘ShopKind’!
Gloucester Business Improvement District is supporting the National Business Crime Centre’s ‘Safer Business Action Week’, which is taking place between 16th-21st October this year. In partnership with Gloucester City Safe, we will be focussing on raising the awareness...
Gloucester pupils learn to make healthier choices with new Be Food Smart app
Cllr Andrew Gravells from Gloucesterhire County Council will be showing pupils at Upton St Leonards Primary School how to make healthier food and drink choices using the new Be Food Smart app which launched earlier this year as part of Public Health England’s...
Gloucester Santa Fun Run – Update and 2023 Date for Your Diaries!
Next year's Gloucester Santa Fun Run will be on Saturday 9th December 2023 – Get it in your diaries now Just to let everyone who took part in the 2022 #GlosSantaFunRun that we raised £2,457.81 for The Rotary Community Awards; so well done you have helped out as well...
Gloucester security company step in to help local nature reserve
Gloucester based security business Allcooper have come to the aid of Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust after their new Crickley Hill café was broken in to in early September. Thieves forced their way into the newly established eatery in the early hours of Sunday 4th...
Gloucester to raise a glass to Hollie-Day
Longlevens Rugby Club will welcome the Hollie Gazzard Trust for a special day of fundraising at their inaugural Wooden Spoon Cider festival this weekend. On Saturday the 23rd of July Longlevens Rugby Club ground will be transformed to host live music, family fun and...
Gloucester’s Job Market Growing Faster than London’s According to Reports
Gloucester showed impressive private sector jobs growth in 2014-2015 of 5.5% according to the Financial Times, a higher rate than London. London saw roughly a 3% increase in employment over the same time period. This fact can’t be written off as modest success...
Gloucester’s nightlife wins international award!
Gloucester joins vibrant night-time destinations around the world including places in Australia, New Zealand and Sweden, by winning the coveted Purple Flag It’s the sixth time the city has won the Purple Flag award for its evening and night-time economy which is...
Gloucestershire Airport celebrates 80 years with charity open day
Gloucestershire Airport celebrates its 80th Anniversary on Saturday 16th July with a Charity Open Day. From 11am – 4pm, you’ll be able to get a ‘behind-the-scenes’ look at what goes on at the Staverton site, with the opportunity to take to the skies on helicopter...
Gloucestershire Police announce speed camera locations for September
The priority locations for #Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership’s mobile speed detection vans have been released for September: B4221, Picklenash school A40, Churcham school A4173, St. Peters School Secunda way, Gloucester Waterwells Drive, Quedgeley...
Go Gold in Gloucester this September
Gloucester is invited to 'Go Gold' this September to support Emily’s Gift. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and 37 children are receiving cancer treatment on the Emily Kent Unit in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital presently. Hundreds are in remission &...
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity opens a second shop in Gloucester
On 14 March Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) opened the doors to its second shop in the heart of Gloucester. The Town Crier helped announce the opening to passers-by during the ribbon-cutting ceremony. GWAAC is inviting local shoppers to come down and visit...