News and Events

News items and event reports

Reports of Company-wide events and interest group events can be found below, together with the Company’s recent newsletters. News from our Charitable Trust, specifically reports on the presentation of grants, can be found on a separate page here. Pre-2026 newsletters can be found on a separate page here.

2026 Apprentice Awards – cathedral stonemasons

Further to the presentation of the  Company’s annual Anne Cadbury Apprentice Awards by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal (see previous news item), the Warden, Michael Jones, visited Gloucestershire Cathedral...

Paul Massey

4 August 2026

The July 2026 newsletter

The Honourable Company's July 2026 newsletter can be found here.

Paul Massey

31 July 2026

HRH The Princess Royal presents the 2026 Apprentice Awards

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited Gloucestershire College on Monday 6 July 2026 to present the Company’s annual Anne Cadbury Apprentice Award grants, in a joint celebration with Hartpury...

Paul Massey

20 July 2026

The June 2026 newsletter

The Honourable Company's June 2026 newsletter can be found here.

Paul Massey

16 June 2026

Company Summer Drinks 2026 – Highnam Roses

On Thursday 4th June, over 70 Honourable Company members and their guests gathered at Highnam Court for our summer drinks event. As well as a chance to catch up with...

Paul Massey

5 June 2026

Gloucestershire Lecture 2026

On 14th May, Jacqueline Sutton MBE gave the 2026 Gloucestershire Business Lecture at the University of Gloucestershire’s Park Campus, Cheltenham. Jacqueline spoke on her experience in the civil aviation industry...

Paul Massey

15 May 2026

The Flowers Band

(Update 28th April: The Flowers Band won, and are now European Champions! The first English band to win since 2015. Warmest congratulations from all at the Honourable Company!) The Flowers...

Paul Massey

22 April 2026

Annual Dinner 2026

The Company held its annual dinner on 16th April 2026, in the dining hall of Cheltenham College. 62 members and guests attended. Guests of the Company included the Mayor of...

Paul Massey

17 April 2026

The March 2026 newsletter

The Honourable Company's March 2026 newsletter can be found here.

Paul Massey

11 March 2026

Company Winter Drinks 2025

On the 2 December, the Company held its Winter / Christmas drinks party; present were both new and existing members and guests. We had a potential 65 people attending with...

Paul Massey

19 December 2025

Company Summer Drinks 2025

Our Company summer drinks party was held at Highnam Court on the evening of the 30 July; we were exceeding lucky with the weather as the sun shone, which helped...

Paul Massey

8 August 2025

Installation Dinner for the New Warden 2025

The Installation Dinner for the new Warden of the Honourable Company of Gloucestershire was held in the Cheltenham Pump Room. The Dinner was attended by 63 members and their guests....

Paul Massey

21 May 2025

AGM & Supper Lecture 2024

The Company’s AGM took place at Hartpury University and College on 19 November.  As the Warden was unable to attend, she delivered her report to the AGM using a video...

Paul Massey

14 January 2025

Visit of Paju, South Korea to Gloucestershire 2024

A 13-person delegation, led by the Mayor of Paju City, Mr Kim Kyung-il, visited Gloucestershire at the beginning of November following a visit to Paju, South Korea in April 2023...

Paul Massey

21 October 2024

Installation Dinner for the New Warden 2024

The Installation Dinner for the new Warden of the Honourable Company of Gloucestershire was held in the Pillared Room of the Cheltenham Town Hall. The Dinner was attended by 76...

Paul Massey

17 April 2024

AGM & Supper Lecture 2023

On 1 November 2023, the Company held its Annual General Meeting at the King’s School, Gloucester.  The meeting passed uneventfully, and members can read the Warden’s report via the link...

Paul Massey

2 November 2023

Annual Dinner 2023

The Honourable Company’s Annual Dinner was held at the Manor by the Lake on a very wet evening. We were delighted to welcome the Very Rev’d Andrew Zihni, Dean of...

Paul Massey

11 October 2023

Visit to Paju, South Korea 2023

Watching Colonel Andy Hodson and Warden, Andrew Tabor laying wreaths at the memorial for those from Gloucestershire lost in the Korean War (1950-1953) was a moving experience.  It was also...

Paul Massey

9 May 2023

Gloucestershire Lecture 2023

On 22 March, 109 members and their guests attended the Officers’ Mess at Imjin Barracks to hear Lieutenant General Nick Borton, the Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and...

Paul Massey

10 March 2023

AGM & Supper Lecture 2022

The official meeting took place with ease and the Warden's Report is available by clicking the link below. We were then treated to a talk from Neill Ricketts, CEO of...

Paul Massey

9 November 2022

In Conversation with...

‘In Conversation’ Interviews with Company members

A series of interviews with members of the Company can be seen on the Company's You Tube Channel. View videos

Jon Wallace

23 May 2022

Installation Dinner for the New Warden

Installation Dinner for the New Warden 2022

High Sheriff, Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome again to this, our first installation dinner since we welcomed Helen Lovatt to her wardenship at the Pump Room in Cheltenham in 2019. The...

Jon Wallace

19 May 2022

AGM & Supper Lecture

AGM & Supper Lecture

The AGM was held in November at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester in what was a window of non-virtual opportunity. Some 60 plus members and partners managed the formalities...

Jon Wallace

9 November 2021

Annual Dinner at Tewkesbury Abbey

Annual Dinner at Tewkesbury Abbey

The Company’s Annual Dinner took place in Tewkesbury Abbey in September, graced by the presence of our Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, and Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence. The Abbey looked...

Jon Wallace

16 September 2021

Glos Lecture 2021: 'The Future for Rural Gloucestershire’ by Adam Henson

Glos Lecture 2021: ‘The Future for Rural Gloucestershire’ by Adam Henson

The 2021 Gloucestershire Lecture was given by Adam Henson on 18 March; the Lecture was sponsored by the Honourable Company of Gloucestershire and CPRE Gloucestershire, the Countryside Charity. Adam Henson...

Jon Wallace

18 March 2021

The Honourable Company of Gloucestershire

Virtual AGM 2020

The virtual AGM was embellished by presentations from the Gloucestershire Community Foundation (GCF) with whom we are working on the mentoring project. The Warden's Annual Report and the Trust Annual...

Jon Wallace

10 November 2020

Installation of the New Warden

Installation of the New Warden

It was not possible to hold the Installation Dinner for the New Warden, Professor Christopher Gaskell, during the pandemic so the hand over from Mrs Helen Lovatt took place at...

Jon Wallace

29 April 2020