Business Group
- Bring together the best retail knowledge and operational experience in the county and share great retail practice.
- Promote career opportunities and training development within retail.
- Support the work of the High Streets Task Force to identify stakeholder and local leader support systems.
- Champion independent retailers in Gloucestershire's rural village high streets, town and city centres and to encourage 'shop local' initiatives.
Chair: Nigel Jobson - Maybe*
GFirst LEP Board Member: Diane Savory – GFirst LEP Chair
Dorian Wragg – Bruton Knowles
Belinda Hunt - Cheltenham BID
Yesim Nicholson - Cirencester Growth Hub
Paul James - Cotswold District Council
Jason Robinson – Eastgate Shopping Centre
Sam Holliday - Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Dionne Moore - Five Valleys Shopping Centre
Richard Morgan/Wendy Jackson – Forest of Dean Publica Group
Emily Gibbon - Gloucester BID
Ian Edwards – Gloucester City Council
Richard Wakeford - Gloucestershire Market Town Forum (GMTF)
Martin Bundy - John Lewis Partnership
Polly Barnfield – Maybe*
Owen Acland - Peel Centre, Gloucester Quays
Penny Manuel - SOHO Coffee
Amy Beckett - Stroud District Council
Katie Power – Tewkesbury Growth Hub
Bruce Gregory - Workshop Group