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Hobbycraft has announced that its store in Cirencester’s Love Lane will shut as part of ‘necessary’ changes brought on by ‘the challenges faced by the retail sector in recent years’. It plans to close at least nine stores across the UK , including Cirencester – which only saw its Hobbycraft shop open in October 2021...

Several independent food businesses have recently opened in the town including a Ukrainian coffee shop Phoenix Café at the entrance to the Woolmarket, artisan foodie outlet Patisserie Box  in Bishops Walk and confectionery shop Chocolate has launched in Gosditch Street. These new arrivals coincide with the announcement that, despite mixed views from the general public,...

Oxfordshire-based Brakspear has announced this week that it has taken over the King’s Head Hotel in Cirencester’s Market Place. The hotel, which has 66 bedrooms, is the latest in the Cotswolds to be acquired by the business. It will be overseen by Brakspear’s managed house division, Honeycomb Houses who are making an initial investment in...

A NEW table tennis and pickleball group has been set up in Cirencester for people living with Parkinson’s disease. The group is part of a pilot project funded by Cotswold District Council’s Active Cotswold Programme in partnership with Freedom Leisure and the Cirencester and Stroud branch of Parkinson’s UK. To kickstart the programme, Active Cotswold...