Retail and the High Street

To have a joined-up approach to the current retail offering within the county. To identify current challenges facing high street businesses and work together to encourage diversification and offer employment and skills support.

Business Group

Bring together the best retail knowledge and operational experience in the county and share great retail practice.
Promote career opportunities and training development within retail.
Support the work of the High Streets Task Force: collaborating with the local authorities, businesses, and community groups, with the aim of unlocking potential and to identify stakeholder and local leader support systems.
Champion independent retailers in Gloucestershire's rural village high streets, town and city centres and to encourage 'shop local' initiatives.

Chair: Dorian Wragg - Bruton Knowles
GFirst LEP Board Member:

Belinda Hunt - Cheltenham BID
Paul James - Cotswold District Council
Jason Robinson – Eastgate Shopping Centre
Sam Holliday - Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Jack Simpson - Five Valleys Shopping Centre
Wendy Jackson – Forest of Dean Publica Group
Emily Gibbon - Gloucester BID
David Evans – Gloucester City Council
Richard Wakeford - Gloucestershire Market Town Forum (GMTF)
Nigel Jobson – Maybe*
Owen Acland - Peel Centre, Gloucester Quays
Amy Beckett - Stroud District Council
Katie Power – Tewkesbury Growth Hub