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.
Staffordshire business leaders have warned the county risks being left behind in the race for investment and economic growth unless the Government accelerates devolution and releases £10 million of funding they say has been held back by delays. Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce has written to Local Government, Devolution and Regional Growth Minister Jim
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Cannock-based refurbishment and fit-out specialist Inco Contracts has opened an office near Glasgow as it seeks to expand its share of the Scottish construction market. The company has taken space at New Alderston House on Strathclyde Business Park, giving it a permanent base for projects north of the border. The
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A 734-acre rail-freight and logistics hub under construction near Junction 12 of the M6 in South Staffordshire, has already generated more than £7 million in social value across South Staffordshire, Staffordshire and Wolverhampton. The figure is revealed in West Midlands Interchange’s first Social Value Impact Report, covering 2022 to 2025. The development,
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Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) is expanding its main campus after securing £6.8 million from the Department for Education’s Post-16 Capacity Fund. The funding will contribute to a £13 million extension at the Newcastle-under-Lyme site, creating at least 16 additional classrooms and a dedicated health and social care teaching
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Staffordshire businesses are being encouraged to check their telephone lines and connected equipment ahead of the final switch-off of the UK’s traditional public switched telephone network, or PSTN, at the end of January 2027. With fewer than six months remaining, organisations that still use analogue lines should contact their communications
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A rogue trader who stole £187,000 from customers across Stoke-on-Trent has been jailed for five years following a Trading Standards investigation.
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A Burton manufacturer has warned that new energy-efficiency rules for housebuilding could lead to roof leaks, overheating and condensation unless government works more closely with the construction industry. Russell Roof Tiles says manufacturers, roofers, developers and designers have not been sufficiently involved in preparations for the Future Homes Standard, which
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Innovative Stafford-based rental technology business Renticy has secured £300,000 in the first deal completed by a new investment fund focused on Staffordshire.
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Landmark government plans announced yesterday to put technical education on an equal footing with academic study have been welcomed by Staffordshire Chambers as a boost the skills pipeline in the county’s key industries. Under the proposals announced yesterday as part of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s change drive, students from Year
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Dan Canavan, who appeared on BBC TV’s Newsnight this week, launched The Spark Group in 2023 to create work opportunities for young people, through construction and green apprenticeships. Here’ he tells Daily Focus why Andy Burnham’s NEET approach, announced yesterday, mirrors his lifetime’s work. For many months I have been
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