Gloucester Business Guide & Directory

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Foreword
Welcome from Paul James,
Leader, Gloucester City Council
Welcome to the 2015 edition of the Gloucester
Business Guide and Directory.
With details on the products and services of over 2,000 companies
trading in Gloucester, this Business Guide and Directory provides
a valuable resource to identify local companies and organisations
with the potential to become new customers, suppliers or partners.
Additionally it provides a showcase for Gloucester businesses and
will be supplied and made available to organisations outside the area
that are seeking to invest in the city.
Gloucester remains an attractive place in which to invest despite the
national economic challenges of recent times which saw the worst
recession in the UK in sixty years.There has nonetheless been over
£700 million of investment in the city’s regeneration, and as further
regeneration in key redevelopment areas including King’s Quarter
and Blackfriars goes ahead, there will be new opportunities to invest.
Meanwhile the Duport Business Confidence report continues to
show record levels of company formations in the city.There is much
indeed to be positive about.
Local partners recognise that business is about more than just
financial investment. Building a sustainable economy requires an
appropriately skilled workforce, which is why partners within
Gloucester are working to enable training opportunities which
meet the needs of both existing local businesses and those of
incoming new businesses.
For further information about how the City Council is working to
support the many aspects of business development please refer
to or contact our Economic
Development Team on 01452 396986 or email
The Business Guide and Directory, which is also available online at
is a practical example of how
Gloucester City Council and its partners can work together to
support businesses in all sectors of Gloucester’s economy.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank all the organisations
that have supported and contributed to this publication.