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Andy Jackson

Senior journalist and PR professional with just under 40 years’ experience. Andy’s investigated for and written for every national newspaper, many magazines and most broadcasters. He’s also handled strategic PR, crisis management and media relations for major NHS and private sector organisations. He grew up in Stoke-on-Trent and is an advocate for Staffordshire business. “Our county deserves Daily Focus,” he said.

    Createch, social event ad Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
    20 September 2023
    Events/News

    Josiah Wedgwood to give keynote speech at imaginative social event aimed at putting Stoke-on-Trent’s creative sector on the map

    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.

    gv of buildings on the site Spode, Stoke Stoke-on-Trent.
    News

    Clear alternative vision called for as plans for Spode site dropped

    Controversial plans to develop Stoke-on-Trent’s Spode site under a city council flagship £10 million Levelling Up project have been shelved and will be replaced.

    23 March 2023

    Motor racing prodigy racing towards F1 big time at Red Bull supremo Christian Horner’s young driver academy

    Lifestyle & Leisure/News

    Motorsport fans in Staffordshire  are being urged to back a rising driving prodigy from the county who is racing towards the big time at

    Help shape Staffordshire’s biggest-ever showcase of apprenticeships

    Education and Training/News

    Businesses in Staffordshire are being asked to complete a new survey to fuel the biggest-ever, widest-reaching promotion of apprenticeships in the county.

    Spode signs
    News

    Spode site regeneration: Businesses welcome latest announcement

    Businesses and stakeholders based at Spode have welcomed the city council’s announcement that the site’s regeneration will include them and will focus on creative and createch uses.

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    by Andy Jackson
    8 August 2024
    Seven people standing in a line outdoors in front of a steel structure and brick building.
    Education and Training/News

    Call for businesses to support YMCA youth hub fundraiser as major donation comes in

    Businesses are being urged to help fund facilities at a flagship new youth hub in Stoke-on-Trent, after one major donation paid for a state-of-the-art recording studio.

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    by Andy Jackson
    1 August 2024
    National Forest Adventure Farm Screamfest
    Lifestyle & Leisure/News

    Be afraid… be very afraid of this horrific Halloween recruitment drive

    Psychotic clowns, zombies, demons and cannibals needed at award-winning Staffordshire SCREAMFEST… that’s got to be the most horrific job ad so far this year.

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    by Andy Jackson
    14 June 2024
    Three people posing with a large smiling flower character cutout at an indoor event venue.
    Innovation/News

    Stoke-on-Trent creative agency scoops national award for imaginative cartoon character-led sustainability campaign 

    Award-winning creative agency i-creation has added another national title to its trophy cabinet with a win at the UK’s leading community rail awards. 

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    by Andy Jackson
    28 March 2024
    Simon Davies, Protectapet
    News

    Entrepreneur’s Teapot Tour aims to bring business people together

    A Staffordshire entrepreneur on a mission to create a new passion for the Potteries is hosting the latest in a series of heritage walks aimed at inspiring other business people.

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    by Andy Jackson
    13 March 2024
    Kart racing champion Jay Leverton
    Lifestyle & Leisure/News

    Motor racing prodigy racing towards F1 big time at Red Bull supremo Christian Horner’s young driver academy

    Motorsport fans in Staffordshire  are being urged to back a rising driving prodigy from the county who is racing towards the big time at a prestigious academy founded by F1 supremo Christian Horner and his family.

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    by Andy Jackson
    28 February 2024
    Peter Coates MSc in Entrepreneurship.
    Education and Training/News

    Entrepreneurs celebrated as they gear up to pitch business ideas to Peter Coates Foundation

    More than 70 entrepreneurs and their supporters, backed by Staffordshire University and bet365’s Peter Coates, heard that “wealth creation” is the key to the county’s future prosperity.

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    by Andy Jackson
    23 February 2024
    Waterworld Group Chairman Mo Chaudry
    Guest Articles/News

    Mo Chaudry: We need answers on District Heat Network progress 

    As sustainability becomes an even bigger watchword, Waterworld Group Chairman Mo Chaudry is calling on the Government and local council to give an update on Stoke-on-Trent's District Heat Network and the latest plans to deliver it.

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    by Andy Jackson
    10 January 2024
    Lifestyle & Leisure/News

    Waterworld solar panel project tops off multi-million-pound investment programme

    Leading leisure resort Waterworld is set to cap off a £13m growth investment programme with a huge sustainable energy project to save money and the planet.

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    by Andy Jackson
    8 January 2024
    Guest Articles/News

    Mo Chaudry: do your bit to inspire, mentor and encourage

    Entrepreneur and Waterworld Group owner Mo Chaudry explains why he's suppporting the Peter Coates MSc in Entrepreneurship and why it is a tremendous kick start for fledgling businesses.

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    by Andy Jackson
    1 January 2024
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