Dec 5th, 2023 | BID, Business, Business Support, City Centre, News
Staff will receive a £50 Gloucester Gift Card to spend at almost 100 local businesses. Gloucester firms can use the trivial benefits scheme to reward staff, tax free. Gloucester financial advisers Quayside Wealth Management is rewarding its team using the city’s local...
May 23rd, 2023 | News, City Centre, Education
Gloucester Civic Trust has unveiled the latest and final exhibition of its exciting heritage project Rebirth of The Folk of Gloucester; What, Where, When, Why? “We Stitched” is a celebration of Tudor creativity inspired by the medieval wall art uncovered when the...
Feb 15th, 2021 | News, BID, Business, Marketing & Promotion
Gloucester businesses have offered their top tip on how to get the edge in 2021, with everything from celebrating every win, no matter how small, to making sure your team keeps talking. It is a tumultuous time at the moment — especially for businesses — and the third...
Mar 25th, 2024
Where will your choices lead you? On Eastgate Street, in a completely dark shipping container, immerse yourself in a choose-your-own-adventure experience like no other. This isn’t any ordinary arcade and these are not ordinary arcade machines. Step into a world...
Jan 28th, 2025 | Business, City Centre, News
ART Hospitality Group (previously known as A Rule Of Tum) experienced its most successful year yet with a whole host of new openings, business ventures, investments and refurbishments. 2024 was a year to remember for the Herefordshire-based hospitality group, with...
Oct 3rd, 2023
A “Behind the Scenes” Tour of three Tudor houses “If only Walls could Talk”. Take a trip back in time guided by the colourful characters who lived and worked in this row of Tudor houses. Immerse yourself in fascinating facts and gory stories...
Oct 31st, 2023 | Business Awards & Achievements, BID, News
Businesses across the city have come together to re-launch the Believe in Gloucester awards for 2024. Gloucester BID is bringing back the popular event for next year to help celebrate the city’s retailers, businesses, charities and community projects. There will be 15...
Mar 23rd, 2021 | BID, Business, Marketing & Promotion
For the attention of business owners who have an outstanding BID levy invoice. You will be receiving a reminder from Gloucester City Council in the post – there should have been a letter from Gloucester BID alongside that reminder, but GCC decided not to include...
Apr 17th, 2023
Join us for this one-off sensory experience exploring the links between coffee and photography In this workshop you will learn more about: the history of coffee; the various home brewing methods; and the different coffee tasting notes. Followed by an open discussion...
Mar 28th, 2024 | News, BID, Business, Events
Gloucester Business Improvement District is inviting the Gloucestershire business community to a rare, and exciting, opportunity to obtain one of twelve unique and vibrant sculptures and be the envy of their peers in their upcoming auction! Standing at 6ft tall, the...
Dec 22nd, 2021 | BID, Business in Focus
The staff at GL1 leisure centre in Gloucester provide such a welcoming atmosphere that it’s a place where people of all ages and abilities can enjoy. As a non-profit charitable trust, the main aim of Gloucester’s GL1 leisure centre is to promote the mental and...
Aug 9th, 2021 | Business in Focus
Are there some shops you walk into and feel like you could stay all day? Idun Spirit is one of those. As soon as you enter, you feel welcome, relaxed and open. In fact, Idun owners, Libby and Toni say this is exactly the sort of environment they wanted to create. Some...
Mar 30th, 2023 | Business in Focus, BID, Business, News
Vibrant and alternative retail outlet Bizarre, celebrates 7 years in business! Based in the heart of the Westgate Street community, you’ll find a wonderful and vibrant shop called Bizarre, who are celebrating 7 years in business this month. Women owned and women run,...
Sep 29th, 2023 | Business in Focus, BID, Business
If you’re looking for an independent char-grill and bar in Gloucester, then look no further than Coal Kitchen at Gloucester Quays. Overlooking Pillar & Lucy Square, the atmosphere at the Coal Kitchen Gloucester is warm, friendly and inviting. Whatever the time of...
May 11th, 2023 | Business in Focus, BID, Business, City Centre
Newly named Pizza place is talk of the City! Based in the centre of the Westgate Street community, you’ll find a delicious pizza place called Dough From Dough. Newly named and rebranded, Dough From Dough is a family run, rugby crazed pizza place. Formerly known as...
Oct 19th, 2022 | News, Business in Focus
One of Cheltenham’s hidden gems has moved to Gloucester! Mister’s Café and Bistro, owned by Gloucester residents Mike and Rex, had outgrown its much-loved Cheltenham site and is due to open on Westgate Street on Wednesday 26th October. The pair have been working on...
Jan 26th, 2024 | Business in Focus, BID, Business, Community
Nestled along London Road leading out of Gloucester city centre and just a short stroll from Gloucester Royal Hospital, you’ll find a gorgeous coffee shop at no. 76. Operated by Gloucester Charities Trust, the coffee shop is for the community, with income generated...
Jan 24th, 2023 | BID, Business in Focus
Gloucester’s YMCA charity shop is proud to launch their newly refitted and vibrant children’s section, the largest charity shop children’s section in Gloucestershire, to help the City with the cost-of-living crisis. The new area, which has taken the small team of...
Jun 14th, 2023
This session will focus on the threat posed by cyber criminals, who pose on of the main threats to businesses but about whom most of us know very little. We’ll look at the extent and reality of attacks based on latest available data, and we’ll run through some of the...
Apr 23rd, 2023 | BID, City Centre, Events, Networking, News
Calling all local Gloucester business owners and managers! You are cordially invited to a Coronation Local Business Networking Afternoon Tea! Together with Gloucester BID, Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) is hosting a local business networking afternoon tea...
Apr 25th, 2023
Calling all local Gloucester business owners and managers! You are cordially invited to a Coronation Local Business Networking Afternoon Tea! Together with Gloucester BID, Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) is hosting a local business networking afternoon tea...
Jun 24th, 2025 | BID, Business Support, Events, Indie Week Blog, News, Shop Gloucester
To celebrate Independents Week 2025 and encourage support for local businesses, Gloucester BID is launching a new Local Business Bingo – a fun and interactive way to explore the city’s local businesses. From Monday 30th June, you can collect a bingo card from...
Mar 21st, 2024
Join us for an EGGstraordinary Easter Beer Festival from March 29th to 31st! We’ve got it all – live music, delicious food trucks, and a stellar line-up of guest beers to make your weekend hoppy! Entry is just £10, and that gets you a limited edition commemorative...
Mar 18th, 2025 | BID, News
Leaders are suggesting that organisations invest unused end of the tax year budgets in local gift cards for rewards, support and incentives. The Gloucester Gift Card can be spent in over 170 local businesses. As the end of the tax year approaches, organisations are...
Sep 2nd, 2024 | BID, Business Awards & Achievements, News
Voting is now open to crown the winners of the Believe in Gloucester Awards 2024! More than 400 nominations were received for the awards organised by Gloucester BID to champion all the city has to offer from its voluntary organisations to its regeneration projects and...
Sep 13th, 2023 | Events, Business, City Centre, Education, News
The Folk of Gloucester, the community, events and exhibition space is holding a folk festival on the 16th of September. The “Folk at the Folk” festival is bringing together over 25 different song, music and dance acts from around the county and beyond. There will also...
Jun 28th, 2023
JACK IN THE GREEN The Revival of an Old May Day Tradition In 2015 an attempt was made to revive one of England’s oldest folk customs. Some say The Jack in the Green dates back to pagan times, no-one knows for sure. What is certain was that this colourful custom...
Mar 21st, 2024
Gloucester Park Forum welcome you to celebrate a season of change with dance, comedy, storytelling, drumming and fire performers. Enjoy a hot dog with friends whilst roasting marshmallows on the fire pits. A free evening for families to gather by the fire. The event...
Feb 24th, 2025 | BID, Business, Business Support, Marketing & Promotion
Westgate Street, part of the Cathedral Quarter in Gloucester, is rapidly emerging as a culinary hotspot, boasting a diverse range of restaurants offering something for every palate. From authentic Thai flavours to sizzling Indian dishes and vibrant Caribbean cuisine,...
Apr 5th, 2023 | Business, BID, Events
Join us at The Ideas Agency for a high-energy innovation event on Friday 21 April at Gloucester Brewery (with as much pizza as you can eat!) in support of childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish. We want to invite you and your team to a in-person workshop where...
Dec 5th, 2022 | BID, News
Recently vacated premises on Westgate Street, Hubble Bubble Café, has been transformed into a wonderful Christmas wonderland. With permission from the owners of the building, Gloucester BID organised for two of their reindeers to have pride of place, along with an...
Sep 16th, 2021 | BID, Business in Focus
Gloucester Brewery celebrates its 10th year alongside the successful launch of a new taproom and shop at its stunning waterside location in Gloucester Docks. Founded in 2011 on a love of beer and a vision for creative, sustainable brewing, Gloucester Brewery has gone...
