Jan 9th, 2020 | BID
Go Vegan this month in the city, with Veganuary! For those of you who don’t know what Veganism is: “Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status...
Dec 18th, 2019 | BID, News
Small Business Saturday was a huge success this year in the city. Our local indies had their shop fronts gleaming, staff on top form and offers rolling out. Now that we’re on the countdown to Christmas, the city centre is bustling with shoppers, music,...
Dec 5th, 2019 | BID, News
Shopping local makes you feel good. You are part of a community. You get to know the local business owners, find out about their suppliers (who are often local too) and support the place where you have chosen to live.To be able to gift someone this feel good factor is...
Dec 3rd, 2019 | Safety & Security
Highlights for the Month 1st- Deterred a known shoplifter in a Citysafe store. Removed a very aggressive male from a City store who was threatening staff, Incident passed onto CCTV. Assisted in locating, reporting and the arrest of a wanted offender. 2nd- Located an...
Nov 19th, 2019 | BID, News
Gloucester Business Improvement District (Gloucester BID) is partnering with Miconex to launch the Gloucester Gift Card and Mi Rewards programme on Thursday 21 November when the Small Business Saturday Bus Tour stops at Gloucester Cathedral. Mi Rewards allows local...
Nov 15th, 2019 | BID, Events
Suit up and join this year’s Gloucester Santa Fun Run on Saturday 7 December. Organised by the Rotary Club of Gloucester with support from Gloucester Business Improvement District, Cass-Stephens Insurance Ltd, and Marketing Gloucester. The Santa Fun Run has a new...
Nov 5th, 2019 | News, Safety & Security
Highlights for the Month 1st- City Safe Members Meetings – Both attended. Assisted in a medical incident, until Police took control. Assisted with the removal of a group of youths causing a nuisance in a City business. 2nd- Two known offenders spotted in the...
Oct 29th, 2019 | Events
The Danger Tree, a unique augmented reality art experience by oil painter Scarlett Raven, and digital artist Marc Marot, comes to Gloucester for a month-long exhibition. Exploring the true stories of World War One through paint, animation, music, and poetry; the...
Oct 2nd, 2019 | Safety & Security
Highlights for the Month • 1st- Request from store to carry out an identification on a shoplifter, person identified and added to city safe system. • Member of the public reported he had found a charity box that had been broken into, the box was returned to owners. •...
Sep 17th, 2019 | BID, Events
As the world celebrates International Country Music Day (17 September), Gloucester Business Improvement District (Gloucester BID) is proud to announce a brand new event on Friday 4 to Sunday 6 October 2019. The weekend-long Gloucester Country Music Festival Taster...
Sep 4th, 2019 | BID, Safety & Security
Highlights for the Month • 1st – Responded to three calls of shoplifting to identify shoplifters from CCTV. • Assisted in a first aid incident, called ambulance, kept the casualty comfortable until medical assistance arrived. • Removed an aggressive male causing...
Aug 28th, 2019 | BID, News
Live, laugh, love… PIZZA! Our nation can’t help but get the tummy rumbles for a cheeky pizza. Whether it’s out on date night or after dancing the night away in town, there’s something about that tomato-ey cheesy breaded concoction that really hits the spot. So in...
Aug 7th, 2019 | Events, News
To celebrate the Centenary of the Cotton Motorcycle company and the 25th anniversary of the Cotton Motorcycle Club, the largest collection of Cotton Motorcycles will be roaring up to the “The Folk of Gloucester” on Saturday the 10th of August 2019 from 11am to 4pm....
Aug 2nd, 2019 | BID, Safety & Security
Highlights for the Month • 1st- Assisted in the collection of City Safe radios for servicing. • Removed a group of females who refused to move away from the doorway to a shop after being asked to leave store by staff. • Welfare check on an elderly female in the City...
Jul 30th, 2019 | BID, Events, News
Multi-million selling soul band The Real Thing will be airing their much-loved disco inspired hits at Pro Global Gloucester Goes Retro on Saturday 24 August, ahead of their nationwide tour next year. Performing on the SoMAC Stage in King’s Square, the group’s two...
Jul 22nd, 2019 | BID, News, Street Cleanliness
As the summer sunshine blazed across Southgate Street, a new recycling bin was unveiled on July 17. As a part of a hip new pilot scheme to get folks excited about recycling, the bin has been made to look like a friendly monster and will be used for cans and plastic in...
Jun 11th, 2019 | BID, Events
Feel Good Gloucester takes place on Friday 28 June in King’s Square Gloucester to promote health and wellbeing to people living and working in the city. Organised by Marketing Gloucester with funding from Gloucester BID, Feel Good Gloucester hopes to encourage members...
Jun 4th, 2019 | BID, Safety & Security
Highlights for the Month 1st- CPOs Conduct Welfare visits to Businesses around City Centre. CPOs catch up with well known offender who has been very active shoplifting, issued yellow card, advice given if individual continues to offend reference exclusion. 2nd- CPOs...
May 10th, 2019 | BID, Events, News
Gloucester Business Improvement District (BID) are proud sponsors of this years Gloucester Tall Ships & Adventure.This year’s festival is jam-packed with activities for the whole family. Returning to Gloucester during Tall Ships is the Zip Wire! Soak up the...
May 8th, 2019 | News, Safety & Security
Highlights for the Month • 1st- CPOs assist Store by stopping male offender that had selected and concealed fragrances Value £76.00. Male was issued Yellow card and served ban notice from store. • 2nd- CPOs remove suspicious items with drug paraphernalia inside local...
Apr 12th, 2019 | BID, News
Day by day, technology is rapidly developing. We are living in a digital age where cars can drive themselves, artificial intelligence has become part of our home furniture and you can make purchases online and it’ll be delivered the SAME day – crazy right?...
Apr 3rd, 2019 | BID, Safety & Security
Highlights for the Month • 1st- Welfare Concerns for female, CPOs attend and locate female on Kings Square, female appeared distressed. CPOs calm her down and pass over all relevant info of organisations for help (The Cavern). The female was very thankful of the help...
Mar 4th, 2019 | BID, Safety & Security
Highlights for the Month • 1st- Criminal damage of a vehicle by youths on bikes witnessed by CCTV. CCTV informed CPOs- Stopped youth on bike in Southgate Street. Male was arrested. • 2nd- Youths causing issues in McDonalds, Westgate Street on an evening shift. CPOs...
Feb 8th, 2019 | BID, Safety & Security
Highlights for the Month • 1st- CPOs not on duty (New Year’s Day). • 2nd- CPO injured whilst trying to detain shoplifter. Offender is known and got away, goods was recovered and given back to store. £120.00. • 3rd- CPOs assisted a male back to the bus station as he...
Feb 1st, 2019 | BID, Events
Folk musicians from around the country will be congregating in Gloucester for a weekend of music on the 22nd – 24th February for the second ever Gloucester Folk Trail. The full line-up has just been released and there will be over 50 performances and activities...
Jan 7th, 2019 | BID
Highlights for the Month CPOs have retrieved almost £4000.00 worth of stolen goods back to the correct store within the month of December 2018. • 1st – Event on Kings Square- staff unable to contact relevant person to empty overflowing bins. CPOs contacted...
Dec 19th, 2018 | BID, News
December is arguably the most magical time of year, with fresh mornings, cosy evenings and festive charm throughout the city – Christmas is well and truly on its way! There’s plenty of fantastic events queued up over the festive period, and with late night...
Dec 11th, 2018 | BID
Highlights for the Month • 1st – CPOs helped elderly female waiting for a taxi on College Street. Lady approached CPOs and asked if they could wait with her until her taxi arrived as she felt unsafe by herself. CPOs called taxi service and waited until the taxi...
Dec 3rd, 2018 | BID
Our City Protection Officers were awarded Best Customer Service Award last Thursday at the Believe in Gloucester Awards. The awards recognise talented individuals, businesses and community groups who go the extra mile to promote Gloucester. We’d like to...
Nov 2nd, 2018 | BID
Highlights for the Month: • 2nd October- Plain clothes Shop-lifting Op – 6 yellow cards issued. • 4th October- CPO’s with Council Street Cleaner clean up area behind AG Meeks St Johns Lane. • 5th October- Assist Asda with Known youth that is known for ASB in...
Oct 29th, 2018 | BID, News, Street Cleanliness
Since the YES vote, we’ve been working hard to improve street cleanliness across the city. Over the past year we’ve been working in partnership with Gloucester City Council to improve street cleanliness and make Gloucester a much more appealing place to live, work and...
Oct 24th, 2018 | BID, News
This week marks the 20th anniversary of ‘National Curry Week’! Seven days of jam-packed Indian flavour, celebrating Britain’s love for curry. With that in mind, we’ve pulled together some of Gloucester’s HOT SPOT restaurants for a darn...
Oct 11th, 2018 | BID, News
Gloucester Cathedral announces a programme of services and events to mark Armistice 2018 and the Centenary of the end of World War One. The commemorations begin on Wednesday 17 October with the installation of “Poppyfall”, GCHQ’s giant waterfall of handmade poppies....
Oct 9th, 2018 | BID, News, Safety & Security
Highlights of the month Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) A vulnerable male known to CPOs for previous ASB has been brought to their attention multiple times this month regarding altercations with groups of youths. CPOs have dealt with this male and protected him each time...
Oct 8th, 2018 | BID, News
From Monday 15 October – Friday 26 October, Gloucester Cathedral, in partnership with Tayntons Solicitors and Willans Solicitors, is running it’s ‘Make a Will Fortnight’ to encourage people to make a basic will or update an existing one. During ‘Make a Will...
Sep 25th, 2018 | BID, News
Following his success during this year’s History Festival, historian and author Adrian Barlow will repeat his sell-out illustrated talk about Victorian stained glass artist and designer, Charles Eamer Kempe. Adrian will discuss the life of Kempe as well as his work...
