Gloucestershire Business News

22 July 2014

UK attracts highest levels of inward investment on record

Foreign investment projects create highest number of new UK jobs since 2001 with 1,627 new jobs in the South West

7 July 2014

The Gloucestershire Growth Deal

“We did it – you did it! Thanks to your help, we’ve secured everything we asked for in the business plan to accelerate economic growth in Gloucestershire.” This is the message today from Dr Diane Savory OBE DL, Chair of GFirst LEP and David Owen, Chief Executive of GFirst LEP announcing the Government’s Growth Deal for Gloucestershire.

6 July 2014

Growth Deal heralds new era for Gloucestershire's economy

The GFirst Local Enterprise Partnership today agreed an historic Growth Deal with the Government which will see £62.5million invested in Gloucestershire. £23.6million has been confirmed in the first year, and as part of the Government’s on-going commitment to the GFirst LEP it has provided an indicative award of a further £38.9million of funding from 2016/17 onwards. The deal will help to create up to 5,000 jobs and generate up to £80 million in public and private investment.

5 July 2014

The Growth Hub gets 10m Government investment boost

The Government announced today that it will invest £10million in The Growth Hub for Gloucestershire. The Hub is a unique partnership between GFirst LEP and the University of Gloucestershire, working together to provide business support services for the county.

5 July 2014

New Dean for School of Agriculture, Food & Environment

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is pleased to announce that Professor David Hopkins has been appointed as the new Dean of the RAU’s School of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Professor Hopkins will take up the post on 1 October 2014.

4 July 2014

Top up your engineering skills on brand new course

The University of Gloucestershire has launched a new, employer-led Engineering course.

4 July 2014

Councils join forces to bid for rural funding

Two councils in Gloucestershire are working together to bid for up to £1.7m of EU rural funding that will be used to help support new jobs and economic growth in rural areas.

2 July 2014

Airport flies into preparations for Charity Open Day

Gloucestershire Airport is getting ready for their Charity Open Day, which is to be held on Sunday 20th July from 11am until 4pm.

1 July 2014

Thumbs up for prenups

It comes as little surprise that August is the most popular month in which to marry, with 15% of all weddings taking place, so now might be a pertinent time to consider the benefits of pre-nuptial agreements.

30 June 2014

Cabinet Minister Oliver Letwin praises GREEN Skills Centre project at Berkeley

Stroud MP Neil Carmichael welcomed Oliver Letwin MP, Cabinet Minister for Government Policy, to Berkeley on Monday, to see the proposed site for the Gloucestershire Renewable Energy, Engineering & Nuclear (GREEN) Skills Centre project.

30 June 2014

Gloucestershire goes for growth with retail led exports

Last week, GFirst LEP hosted a visit for four senior representatives from UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), to showcase how Gloucestershire can lead the way with retail led exports.

27 June 2014

Major development plan published next week

Members of the public are being given a final opportunity to have a say on the plan that will guide Cheltenham Borough, Tewkesbury Borough and Gloucester City’s economic and housing growth.