Josiah Wedgwood has been announced as the keynote speaker at the first event staged by a group of creative businesses based in Stoke-on-Trent.
Ministers dealt a hammer blow to Stoke-on-Trent’s historic ceramics industry after hoped-for support failed to materialize in the Government’s 10-year industrial strategy, announced yesterday.
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Stoke-on-Trent’s historic ceramics industry is today holding its breath as indications are that the Government could announce significant support which could save businesses millions of pounds in crippling energy costs.
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Businesses are being urged to sign up to a Future Ready Pledge pooling offers of training, jobs and work experience which can reach young people seeking a leg up into work. The project gives employers who join access to a pool of eager, young talent, support in shaping meaningful opportunities
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Residents can enjoy a free afternoon music festival as part of Stoke-on-Trent’s centenary celebrations. The Party in the Park will take place from 1pm on Saturday, June 7, in Hanley Park. It will coincide with the arrival of the People’s Parade, which will see hundreds of residents walking through the
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A free two-day festival celebrating life on and around Stoke-on-Trent’s canals is taking place this weekend. Organised by B Arts, the Etruria Canals Festival will be held on Saturday, May 31, and Sunday, June 1, from 11am to 5pm each day, at the Etruria Industrial Museum. Historic narrowboats will moor
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An independent family-run hotel and pub group has welcomed plans announced to help tourism businesses offer better deals and value-for-money packages. The Government is looking at measures which could remove barriers that currently prevent small businesses including B&Bs and restaurants from working together to create tailored UK holiday experiences. Measures
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A manufacturer of specialist flooring adhesives has doubled the amount of energy it generates from renewable sources following further investments in solar panels at its Staffordshire Moorlands headquarters. F. Ball and Co now has over 1,700 solar panels generating over a 500kw peak across its main building and powder plant
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Hospitality businesses and Daily Focus readers are being urged to pin their colours to the mast by backing the UK ceramics industry as part of a rescue package which goes straight to Westminster.
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Business tenants have moved in to the latest multi-million pound regeneration chapter at Stoke-on-Trent’s landmark Spode site. Historic building 4L, in the Bottle Kiln Courtyard, becomes home to more businesses included in the city’s fast growing and influential Createch Cluster. The £3m project was privately funded by developer Dog &
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Supporters have just a day and a half left to see donations to the British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) doubled up by a national funding pot.
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