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A taste of county in China trip

By The Citizen at 07:00 on 17/05/12

FOOD and drink, and technology from Gloucestershire will feature in a ministerial trip to China. Food and farming minister Jim Paice (pictured) is visiting the country on a mission to open up trade. Wotton-under-Edge firm Renishaw, Quedgeley-based Prima Dental Group, and Only Natural Products, which runs The Tea Factory in Quedgeley, all export to China. "Food and farming already plays a vital role in the UK economy but I...
TV actor Alex Handeling role

By Stroud Life at 07:00 on 16/05/12

TV actor Alex Jennings will play George Frederic Handel in Divine Music for Trumpets and Voices at St Mary's Church in Wotton-under-Edge at 7.30pm on Saturday. Renowned for his roles in the BBC's Cranford and ITV's Whitechapel he will portray an aged Handel looking back over a fascinating life of extraordinary acheivement. Tickets are £10 to £25 on 01453 521 421 or on the night.
Stroud District Council planning applications

By Stroud Life at 07:00 on 16/05/12

S.12/0707/HOLD: Mr I. Wilkins, installation of two velux windows. 6 Blackboys, Dursley. S.12/0803/HHOLD: Mr Michael Williams, single storey extension. Byres Water, Frampton-on-Severn. S.12/0600/FUL: Rev Vernon Lidstone, removal of the existing aluminium framed conservatory. Construction of a garden room and the modification of internal layouts. Pike House, High Street, Saul. S.12/0610/HHOLD: Mr Julian Smith, demolish existing...
Have you had a bike stolen?

By wottonjen at 21:38 on 13/05/12

Gloucestershire police have released a gallery of pictures of over 20 bikes they believe to have been stolen in the county. They are appealing for the rightful owners to come forward after they carried out a connected warrant in Gloucester last week. The images look like they have been taken at various locations including a train. Also included in the gallery is a picture of a digital camera and cinema system. The...
Renishaw Purchase US Company

By wottonjen at 21:24 on 13/05/12

Local firm Renishaw who have their headquarters in Wotton, announced last week that they had purchased the business of R&R Sales LLC, a US-based supplier of fixtures for the global measurement and inspection market. R&R have 19 employees and are based in Grand Haven, Michigan. Renishaw say the acquisition will support their increasing focus on metrology system sales to end-users. John Ray, President of R&R,...

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Trouble at Mill as majority vanishes

By wottonjen

Congratulations June!

By Stroud Life at 07:00 on 09/05/12

POLITICAL talks are under way after Labour's local election gains mirrored the national picture and left Stroud with a hung district council. After the Conservative administration at Ebley Mill lost five seats to the reds, in a reflection of the blue losses nationally, the Tories were left with 22 seats. This was further dented after the count finished when council chairman Coun John Hudson told fellow members he would be...
Gloucestershire businesses honoured with Queen's Awards

By TomRichards00

That is a cool picture....nice to see good news about local businesses

By The Citizen at 07:00 on 21/04/12

THE Queen today honours a county teacher with a passion for helping young people into work and seven Gloucestershire firms for innovation and exports. Wotton-under-Edge based engineering group Renishaw sets a new record by getting its 15th Queen's Award for Enterprise whilst Avon Metals in Gloucester receives its third. Stuart Langworthy, who has taught business studies at Millbrook Academy, formerly Brockworth Enterprise School,...
Wish has come true for 30 community groups who win slice of £15,000 with The Citizen

By andyeet5

Another positive community project. Well done Renishaw!

By The Citizen at 07:00 on 01/05/12

SUPPORTERS of schools, charities and community groups voted in their thousands to try and help their chosen group win a slice of £15,000 with The Citizen. For weeks, people have been collecting tokens in the paper to help get a share of the cash, and today the 30 finalists found out how much they would receive. In total, 42,206 votes were received. Top of the list was Together in Matson which runs the Redwell Centre which,...
Queen honours county firms

By wottonjen

Congratulations Renishaw!

By Gloucestershire Echo at 07:00 on 21/04/12

BUSINESSES involved in everything from secret defence work to ensuring shoes keep their shape are honoured in the Queen's Awards for Enterprise today. Cheltenham-based Adey Professional Heating Solutions – which last year became the Echo and Citizen's Business of the Year – receives the Queen's Award for Innovation. Adey's founder Chris Adey developed the ingenious MagnaClean filtering technology – a magnetic...
NHS demo is taken to MP's door

By chrisrainbow

surely you dont expect neil carmicael to do anything to help you ,do you? .....no, now that his...

By Stroud Life at 07:00 on 25/04/12

DEMONSTRATORS gathered outside Stroud MP Neil Carmichael's office to protest against NHS privatisation. They called on the Tory to support their campaign to keep Gloucestershire's health services within the NHS when they took their placards to his constituency HW in London Road, Stroud, yesterday. Activists from Stroud Against the Cuts have led a campaign to stop NHS Gloucestershire transferring services out of the NHS to a social...