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The Standard broke the news that the Cotswolds had confirmed its first two cases of the coronavirus. In the 369 days since, the country has been ravaged by Covid-19. Gloucestershire alone has recorded 940 deaths following a positive Covid test. March 1, 2020, was the date the virus was first known to have hit the district, after two cases were discovered in Tetbury. The first person in the county to test positive for the virus was a member of staff at St Marys Primary School who became in...

IT can’t be easy being a conservative chancellor of the Exchequer, the UK’s chief bean counter, especially in these dark, dystopian, and debt-ridden times. Not when so many millions of people’s lives and livelihoods are so perilously close to the edge of the abyss, and who rightly expect in times of national crisis, that their government, their chancellor, puts his neck on the line, head above the parapet and hands into the deep pockets of the treasury in order to bail them out. A j...

The food delivery firm is set for a blockbuster £8bn float, but suspicions remain that the valuation has been distorted by Covid

Pubs and restaurants see VAT cut and rates relief extended as non-essential retail is given more help.

THREE brothers have spoken out about the trials and tribulations of starting a business during lockdown and how the challenges have brought them…

Restaurants are unlikely to open until at least the end of March, with Covid cases still high across the country

The company won Best Rural Food Business at the national Rural Business Awards 2020/21. The awards aim to recognise and celebrate the successes of businesses operating in the UK’s rural economy which, in England alone, contributes £261billion to the nation’s Gross Value Added (GVA) - equating to nearly a fifth of the country’s total economic activity. St Ewe Free Range Eggs is a multi-award winning free-range egg producer and packer, based near Truro, and have been farming for ov...

Rishi Sunak unveiled a raft of measures aimed at helping small businesses today. The Chancellor targeted high street firms with a business rate holiday extension until June, followed by a two-thirds reduced rate for the rest of the financial year. He also confirmed a freeze of VAT at 5 per cent for hospitality firms until June, and to stagger a return to the 20 per cent regular rate with an interim 12.5 per cent step until April 2022. Business leaders had called for another year at the 5 per ce...

TSC Foods to create 100 jobs in £2m investment Glorious Foods brand owner TSC Foods – part of the Billington Group – is to create 100 new jobs as part of a £2m investment into production and training. Over the next 12 months TSC’s Scunthorpe site will undergo substantial refurbishment, including new staff facilities, training and development plans and the installation of plant machinery, equipment and infrastructure. Peter Allan, managing director at the Bil...

Green around the gilts? New net zero mandate for Bank of England CGT frozen – good news for investors Markets steady, gilt yields hit lows of the day “That which we are, we are”. Rishi Sunak channelled Tennyson and the wanderer Ulysses in one fell swoop to sum up his Budget. I’m none the wiser. […]