Gardiner Haskins to close after more than 45 years

31 st January 2025

News

Local residents are in shock after Gardiner Haskins in Dyer Street, Cirencester, announced that changing shopping habits and structural cost increases above inflation have made the store ‘unviable’. The store said that an orderly closure will occur, with all customer orders properly fulfilled during this time. Aftersales support will be moved to Gardiner Haskins’ Bristol...
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Gloucestershire businesswoman named as one of UK’s most impressive female entrepreneurs

21 st January 2025

Libby Walklett, who founded The Ethical Bookkeeper Ltd in 2021, is being profiled among 100 inspirational female entrepreneurs from across the country, as part of the Small Business Britain’s ‘f:Entrepreneur #IAlso100’ campaign to celebrate the multi-achievements of women running businesses in the UK today. With nearly 30 years of experience in bookkeeping and accountancy, Libby...
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Luxury brand opens in time for Christmas

11 th December 2024

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The White Company opened its doors to its brand-new shop in Cirencester’s Market Place at 9.30am on Thursday, December 5. The shop offers a curated store concept, which will provide customers with a showroom experience and an edit of the brand’s lifestyle products and gifting. This includes fragrance, home accessories and essentials for the home...
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Have your say on parking in Cirencester

5 th October 2024

Other Local News

Cotswold District Council has launched a second consultation on parking and is inviting drivers and residents to give their views. Councillor Paul Hodgkinson, cabinet member for health, leisure and parking at CDC, said that the council wishes to know where respondents park, the reason for their visit and improvements that could be made. The first consultation...
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Paris-inspired bar opens in Cirencester

5 th October 2024

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A NEW bar promising top coffee and natural wine has launched in Cirencester. Matilda’s opened to the public in Bishops Walk earlier in September. Run by Harry Lodge and Alex McKay, who have experience working in Cotswold pubs, the new venue will serve coffee from studio roasters along with natural wines, local beers and cocktails....
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Cirencester Tesco could be bull-dozed in multi-million pound project

23 rd September 2024

Applicant Churchill Living has put forward proposals to demolish the vacant Tesco Metro store in Farrell Close and build a new four-storey retirement complex. The supermarket closed down in April last year – with a nearby Tesco Express store opening in its place in Cricklade Street. Plans for the retirement complex were revealed by the...
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Cirencester restaurant wins Diners Choice Award

22 nd August 2024

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Téatro Bar and Restaurant has been voted by diners as one of the best in the South West and received the Diners Choice Award from online booking platform OpenTable. Restaurants must meet a minimum threshold of genuine, verified reviews to be eligible for a Diners’ Choice Award, and winning venues are featured in additional sections...
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New artisan sourdough pizzeria coming to Cirencester

22 nd July 2024

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Located at The Old Kennels in Cirencester Park, Cattivo, which means ‘bad boys’ in Italian, will open to the public on Friday, August 2. It will embrace classic Neapolitan pizza-making processes to create pizza bases that will be garnished with ingredients championing seasonality and provenance. Cattivo is the brainchild of old schoolfriends Toby Baggott and...
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Major update on House of Fraser building in Cirencester town centre

1 st June 2024

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As previously reported the old  House of Fraser building in Cirencester is to be given a new lease of life. Planning permission was granted earlier this month for alterations which will see the key building in Market Place transformed into a ‘vibrant social enterprise’ at the ‘heart of Cirencester’. Plans include the installation of a...
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