Food and Drink

Council unveils 'Cheltenham Business Pride'

Cheltenham Borough Council today launches a new initiative aimed at supporting local businesses. Business Pride will bring together Cheltenham’s business community and through a membership scheme will offer match funding, information and knowledge exchange and many other ways of bringing tangible benefit to the local economy.

New post to back local retailers

Gloucestershire First has appointed Stephen Lambe to assist and support retailers in Tewkesbury, Winchcombe and Bishops Cleeve. In a two-year project funded by Severn Trent Water, he will help devise a retail support programme to help retailers build their businesses.

Walls Icecream looks to the skies for further expansion

Experience may suggest that you can't predict the weather or the stock exchange, but a Gloucestershire-based ice cream giant is looking at the sky to further improve its FTSE performance.

Cinderfords Centre of Excellence for Meat and Butchery Training

The chance to learn more about meat and butchery skills is on offer at a new training centre in the Forest of Dean.

New Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design for Young People

The Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design is an employer led qualification that will be available for all 14-19 year olds in England. The qualification has been shaped by industry to meet future skill needs