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...
Jun 5th, 2025 | BID, Business, Business Support, City Centre, Indie Week Blog, Marketing & Promotion, Shop Gloucester
Exclusive Deals and Local Delights Await June 30 – July 6! Come and discover your local independent businesses this Independents Week, 30th June- 6th July 2025. Local independent businesses are calling on the community for support as they showcase the exceptional...
Jun 19th, 2023 | News, BID, City Centre, Events, Indie Week Blog, Marketing & Promotion
Alastair Kerr, South West Regional Representative, Campaign for Pubs “When I talk about pubs, I am often reminded of how William Blake once described them ‘A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there’s...
Jun 12th, 2023 | BID, Events, Indie Week Blog, Marketing & Promotion, News
Sam Holliday, FSB Gloucestershire and West of England Every successful and thriving town and city needs a retail and hospitality mix – one that combines some of the big national names we all know with the thriving, independent small businesses who give an area...
Jun 23rd, 2023 | Business Support, Events, Indie Week Blog, Marketing & Promotion, News
Luke Lutman, President, Gloucester Chamber of Commerce Independent businesses form the base fabric of any city. Gloucester has some great independent businesses creating a unique identity with an offering found nowhere else. Developing a community, independent...
Jul 3rd, 2023 | News, BID, Business Support, Events, Indie Week Blog, Marketing & Promotion
Nicky Wildin, CEO and Founder of Supernova Celebrant Celebrating & Connecting Indie Businesses ⭐️ Having been an independent business owner & supported an abundance of local food & events businesses in a professional capacity for the last few decades I...
Jun 15th, 2023 | BID, Events, Marketing & Promotion, News
Raven Seniors Association, Hare Lane We are a small charity open two mornings a week for seniors to get together over a cuppa tea/coffee and meet people. Currently open Tuesdays and Fridays The Raven Seniors Association is a charitable trust run by volunteer’s. It’s...
Jun 23rd, 2023 | News, BID, Business Support, Events, Marketing & Promotion
BAKED, Worcester Street BAKED was born in 2020 after facing redundancy. I had always had a passion for baking and thought why not give it go!? SO glad I did! 3 years later I run my own brownie and blondie on Worcester Street in Gloucester, I have met so many lovely...
Jun 23rd, 2023 | News, BID, Business Support, Events, Marketing & Promotion
Bizarre, Cathedral Quarter, Westgate Street We love being part of the community of Gloucester, everyone is so friendly. There are lots of lovely independent retailers here and we have a large customer base looking for alternatives to larger national chains. We have...
Jun 19th, 2023 | BID, Business Support, Events, Marketing & Promotion, News
G & W Furniture, Southgate Street We are a family run quality furniture retailer, we have been trading in Gloucester for just under 50 years. Our store on Southgate Street overlooks the Historic Docks and uniquely has part of the Roman Wall, dating back to 97AD...
Jun 15th, 2023 | BID, Events, Marketing & Promotion, News
Gloucester Brewery, Warehouse 4, Gloucester Docks Gloucester Brewery is a craft beer brewery and micro-distillery based in the heart of Gloucester Docks, we have a passion for creating the best quality products possible and we love to share them with our customers. We...
Jun 28th, 2023 | News, BID, Business Support, Events, Marketing & Promotion
Gloucester Framing, Commercial Road Gloucester Framing is a bespoke framing service. We’re a small, independent business. We love what we do because no day is the same. You never know what is going to come through the door. It’s a genuine pleasure to meet...
Jul 3rd, 2023 | News, BID, Business Support, Events, Marketing & Promotion
MIJU Wools, Cathedral Quarter, College Street We supply everything you need for knitting and crochet projects including beautiful yarns ,patterns,needles and hooks . We run lots of sociable knitting and crochet groups. We are friendly and approachable and will do our...
Jun 15th, 2023 | News, BID, Events, Marketing & Promotion
TANK Gloucester, Gloucester Docks TANK was the first pub opened by Gloucester Brewery in 2015, occupying the original brewery premises. In TANK we offer the perfect venue to sample the best beers brewed in the city, alongside Fox’s Kiln Distillery gins &...
Jun 15th, 2023 | BID, Events, Marketing & Promotion, News
The Comfy Pew Cafe Bistro, Cathedral Quarter, College Street We are a small family and friends run cafe in the heart of Gloucester just by the Cathedral gates. We opened May 21 just after the covid lockdown so times were tough enough then came the energy crisis. We...
Jun 15th, 2023 | News, BID, Events, Marketing & Promotion
The Folk Cafe at The Folk of Gloucester, Cathedral Quarter, Westgate Street Gloucester Civic Trust proudly presents our cafe, serving drinks including alcohol with hot and cold food. It’s rewarding to meet with visitors to the folk and exhibitions, we’re often...
Jun 15th, 2023 | BID, Events, Marketing & Promotion, News
Treasure Seekers, Cathedral Quarter, Westgate Street. Treasure Seekers is a social enterprise set up in 2012 to help people in Gloucestershire become the best version of themselves. Treasure Seekers Hub is an art and craft shop and space selling pre-packed art and...
Jun 15th, 2023 | BID, Events, Indie Week Spotlight, Marketing & Promotion, News
VRXPERIENCE, Southgate Street Virtual Reality and gaming is something I’ve been interested in for most of my life. I remember gathering my brothers to sit around the TV, controllers in hand, and playing against each other for hours. That’s the feeling I...
