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How many times have governments vowed to sweep away bureaucracy and confusion and make the planning system ‘simpler and swifter’? Slightly more times than the number of governments is the answer. And...
Although the coronavirus pandemic has rightly dwarfed virtually everything, it’s good to see that Boris Johnson is this week banging the drum for what he hopes will be a planning revolution to allow...
How is Gloucestershire going to get its economy back on track in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic? A hugely difficult question to answer but David Owen, chief executive of GFirstLEP, the county’s...
Initiative members in Swindon logged on to Zoom last week for their regular catch up with local MPs Robert Buckland and Justin Tomlinson and Swindon Borough Council Leader Cllr David Renard. Needless...
Gloucestershire can be justly proud of its great hospitality sector. But its restaurants, pubs and hotels have suffered so much worry and misery through lack of business during the coronavirus...
Surveys of every aspect of our economy seem to be two a penny in these very uncertain days for business. We probably don’t take many of them very seriously. But when the survey is carried out by the...
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak must be congratulated for coming to the rescue of our young people with his financial package to encourage apprenticeships and new jobs. Our young people are...
In the week that saw pubs reopen, queues outside men’s hairdressers, hearts in Queens Square go viral, the chancellor announce his second budget and Leicester remind us all of the fragility of the...
A guide to the local support available in Bristol , Bath , Gloucester , Cheltenham and Swindon , to help businesses re-open safely and entice customers back to the high street during Covid-19 In this...
