A new Economic Recovery Task Force has been formed to spearhead Cheltenham’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Hosted by Cheltenham Borough Council, the new Task Force, which met for the first time today, brings together senior leaders from across the public and private sector to help drive forward the town’s economic recovery.Building on the success of the former Cheltenham Development…
In March Cheltenham was voted the best place to live in the South West 2020 by The Sunday Times with its education, culture and connectivity highlighted amongst its best attributes. Cheltenham is no stranger to such accolades, having been voted by The Telegraph in 2014 as the best place in the UK to raise a family. This latest recognition highlights…
The £5.2 million flagship scheme in the heart of Cheltenham town centre, known as the Minster Innovation Exchange, will move forward even quicker than planned and deliver an enhanced scheme thanks to funding of £3.114 million via GFirst LEP, from central Government’s £900 million nationwide ‘Getting Building Fund’.The funding is in response to the impact of COVID-19 and will accelerate…
Extensive search sees high-calibre potential development partners shortlisted for Golden Valley Development.Cheltenham’s £400m Golden Valley Development has taken a significant step closer with the announcement that six potential development partners have been shortlisted after an extensive search closed earlier this month.One of the UK’s flagship schemes, the Golden Valley Development, located on a 200 ha site adjacent to GCHQ in…
In February 2017, Government announced a Growth Deal 3 allocation of £22M for infrastructure to accelerate the release of employment land to house the Cheltenham Cyber Business Park. In line with the Gloucestershire 2050 Vision, growing our economy presents the opportunity for Gloucestershire to be a ‘magnet’ county – growing the working age population by keeping and attracting more 18-40…
The search is underway for a development and investment partner to deliver a £400 million project which will see the creation of the UK’s cyber capital in Cheltenham. The site located beside GCHQ will see up to 200-hectares of land transformed into a world-class, multi-purpose development with the UK’s first cyber focused campus, Cyber Central, at its heart.Cyber Central builds on…