Скачать или смотреть E154 Punchline Talks! with Dame Janet Trotter, David Morton and Neill Ricketts

Each Friday, Punchline-Gloucester.com editor Mark Owen is joined by leading Gloucestershire business figures from a range of backgrounds to review Friday’s national and regional newspapers and discuss what is happening in their own business sector and their own individual businesses.

Finally, they round off by picking the stories that have caught their eye in this week's Punchline-Gloucester.com.

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This week’s panel of experts were:

Dame Janet Trotter - was an academic and administrator in higher education, who helped found the University of Gloucestershire, becoming its first vice-chancellor and principal. Awarded the OBE, which was then upgraded to DBE and a CVO, Janet has dedicated her life to helping the Gloucestershire community. She is chair of The Cyber Trust, chair of Chamwell Centre and chair of The Nelson Trust. In 2010, she was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. She has also been made honorary chair of the Punchline-gloucester.com fan club.

David Morton - headmaster of King’s School, Gloucester. David has been in post for just over six years and, in that time, he has overseen significant investment and increase in staff and pupil numbers. It’s a real success story. The school currently has 750 pupils, 230 staff and a turnover in excess of £12 million. We find out about the latest developments, the school’s work in the community and what it would mean to the school if it was to add on the proposed VAT increase, if the Labour Party was elected to form the next government.

Neill Ricketts – graphene guru, manufacturing genius (says his bio on LinkedIn) and chair of Forest of Dean Economic Partnership. He has also become the chair of BSS (the company is based in Scotland). We quiz him about his role as a Forest champion and the pros and cons of being a Forest business.

Today was jam packed show as always. Also covered in todays show: Numold Ltd up for sale in Gloucester Quays, Cheltenham empty shops, news on the new High Sheriff, thoughts on free schools and schooling from home, shortage of skills, alcohol and vaping in schools. There was an educational theme in todays show but that's not surprising when all are interested in helping children achieve their ambitions.

Plus much, much more....

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