Leading developer St Modwen Logistics has put forward plans for a business park at Uttoxeter which is expected to lead to hundreds of jobs.
Leading lawyer Sean Spinetto has joined legal and professional services business Knights as a partner, bolstering two of its key teams. Sean is based at Knights’ Stoke operation to support the business’ focus on key markets outside London. He brings vast experience of advising on the acquisition and sale of
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A local authority is planning to make millions of pounds of service cuts and raise council tax in the next financial year. Stoke-on-Trent City Council proposes £11.5 million savings as part of its 2023/2024 budget. It is also looking to increase council tax by 4.99 per cent – the new
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A new scheme to support businesses with their energy bills is being announced by the Government today. Under the current scheme the unit cost of gas and electricity is capped for all businesses but that will expire at the end of March. It is now set to be replaced with
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Up to 1,700 jobs are set to be created after work began on a multi-million-pound enterprise zone development. Chatterley Valley West in Newcastle-under-Lyme is receiving £3.7 million funding through the Kidsgrove Town Deal and a £3.5 million investment by Staffordshire County Council, which will be paid back through business rates
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Work starts this week on the renovation of the Market Square in Stafford. It is the first phase of a project that will see the biggest transformation of the High Street in the town for a generation. The more than £1 million work involves enabling the area to be equipped
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New car sales have been rising over the last five months – and battery electric vehicles have secured their best-ever monthly market share. The good news for the automotive industry comes on the back of a difficult first half of 2022 when new car registrations fell to their lowest level
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Small businesses – already experiencing issues over obtaining loans – need support with access to finance ahead of a possible lending squeeze, claims a report. Only two-fifths of requests for credit are currently successful at an all-time low, according to Small Business Index data compiled by the Federation of Small
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Staffordshire County Council is voicing concerns about the role taxpayers are playing in helping to foot the rising bill for Adult Social Care. The council has set aside around two-thirds of next year’s anticipated £587 million net budget for the provision of social care for the elderly and for supporting
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Businesses are experiencing no signs of recovery while confidence and profit expectation has stabilised at “worryingly low levels”, according to a report published today. The British Chambers of Commerce’s latest Quarterly Economic Survey looked at the fourth quarter of 2022 with the research taking place between November 7 and November
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A Staffordshire businessman said today it would be “disappointing and frustrating” if the Government drastically reduces its energy bills support for SMEs. Reports are circulating that the subsidy for the non-domestic sector is to become less generous for all except heavy users, with an announcement expected next week. John Tudor,
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