Work

What's it like to live and work in Gloucestershire?

GFirst’s key projects include the Rural Development Programme for England and The Work Programme. These are hands-on projects dealing with the realities of skills, recruiting and business support.

Dale Vince

founder of Ecotricity
Back in 1995 on a hill near Stroud, former hippy traveller Dale Vince used a single wind turbine to power an old army truck he called home.
Darcey E Crownshaw

founder of Snow Business
Started on a kitchen table in 1982, Snow Business now boasts agents in over 20 countries.
Nick Clay

Director at bottlegreen
Nestled in a tiny village in the heart of the Cotswolds, the Bottlegreen factory has been carefully crafting their delicious range of soft drinks for 21 years.
Ben White

founder of Messagelabs
Cheltenham-based brothers, Ben and Jos White founded three IT firms: Star Internet; RBR Networks and MessageLabs.
Ian Kenny

Operations Director of
The Warranty Group
The Warranty Group recently relocated from London to Mitcheldean, Ian Kenny took
time out to explain more.
Dr. Steven Walker

Director General of
Campden BRI.
Founded in 1919, as an arm of Bristol University, the Campden site quickly became known as the leading UK authority on the processing of canned foods.
Nigel Cottell

Director of Quality & Service Excellence, by Moog
As a worldwide designer, manufacturer and integrator of precision motion control products and systems, MOOG is a long- term success story.
Diane Savory

SuperGroup PLC
SuperGroup began with the founding of Cult Clothing in 1985 by Julian Dunkerton and a former business partner. The original Cult Clothing store in Cheltenham led to the global expansion of others across the country.