Gloucestershire Business News

14 November 2013

Young engineers of the future wanted in Gloucestershire

To encourage children to become the engineers of tomorrow, GFirst LEP will be working with primary schools around the county to raise enthusiasm in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects through an innovative challenge to build and programme robots.

14 November 2013

Superfast Bus arriving in Gloucester to drive IT and business growth

To help businesses understand more about the latest IT technologies and drive business growth, a mobile IT training bus equipped with leading edge IT is arriving in Gloucester on 20th November at the Gloucester Rugby Club from 08.30 to 10.00am.

10 November 2013

Diane Savory OBE receives honorary doctorate from the University of Gloucestershire

Diane Savory, OBE, Chair of the Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership has received an Honorary Award from the University of Gloucestershire.

5 November 2013

Investment and Campaign to help south west's small firms grow

Business Secretary Vince Cable today kicked off a wave of activity to help boost over 460,000 private sector businesses in the South West, including unveiling the first funding allocation from the British Business Bank's investment programme and launching a campaign to help small firms grow.

5 November 2013

The Forest really does mean business

To encourage business growth in the Forest of Dean, local businesses were invited to attend a free breakfast meeting last week to share best practice and listen to Nigel Jew, an inspirational speaker and business coach.

4 November 2013

We need your help...

As part of our Strategic Economic Plan, we are investigating how we make the right investments to create a flexible and skilled workforce for the economic prosperity of the county.

30 October 2013

Intelligent Innovators competition at GCHQ invites young people to pitch new business ideas to judges

Year 9 (ages 13-14) pupils from schools across the county are being encouraged to come up with new business ideas for the re-run of a successful Intelligent Innovators competition to be held at GCHQ in Cheltenham next year.

21 October 2013

Cotswolds bakery Huffkins congratulated by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson on securing first export sale in Germany

Canadian retailer, Denninger’s, has placed an immediate order for 600 of the Cotswolds based bakery’s award winning Cranberry and Cointreau fruitcake, to be delivered in time to satisfy Christmas sales demand.

21 October 2013

Three counties law firm helps to save charity

Led by one of the Joint Administrators Craig Povey, a Partner at Chantrey Vellacott DFK Birmingham office, and Dan Cambridge, a Partner in the Insolvency team at Harrison Clark Rickerbys, the expert teams of staff and advisers worked in partnership to secure the future of the charitable business.

19 October 2013

Gloucestershire Airport - 'Simply the Best'

Staff at Gloucestershire Airport are celebrating today after scooping a top industry award.

10 October 2013

Cloud2020 selected to support Gloucestershire Superfast Business Programme

Cloud2020’s Ian Bourne and Lucy Bourne are delighted to have been selected to work with Business West to deliver Specialist support to Gloucestershire’s businesses through the Superfast Business Programme. The Programme, being delivered in partnership with the Local Authority and with the support from GFirst LEP, Gloucestershire’s Local Enterprise Partnership, provides 12 hours of fully funded support to eligible county businesses to enable them to explore and embrace the opportunities associated with the latest technologies.

7 October 2013

GCHQ and GFirst LEP on a mission to recruit scientists and engineers of the future

With a gap in engineering and manufacturing skills at an all-time high both nationally and in Gloucestershire, GFirst LEP in partnership with GCHQ in Cheltenham, one of the largest employers in the county, is encouraging more young people to take up science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at school, college and university.