A Leek couple who used to run a popular Mexican restaurant are preparing to open a waffle and dessert venue in their hometown.
Two products made by Nelson’s Distillery picked up recognition at the World Wine & Spirits Trophy. The Uttoxeter-based firm has described its success as a “remarkable achievement” in a competition which is a benchmark for excellence in the industry. Its Signature Blend Rum won a double gold medal and was
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One of the most successful and celebrated British swimmers of all time emphasised the importance of physical activity in all stages of life when she attended an official groundbreaking ceremony for a new Staffordshire leisure centre.
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Anna Jones is Head Chef of The Granary restaurant at Weston Park on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border. The restaurant’s menu is focussed on homemade dishes inspired by the seasons and driven by harvest from the estate’s Walled Garden. Here, Anna, pictured below, shares her recipe for custard tart with rhubarb. Custard
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A major boom in commercial work and its first instruction at Manchester Airport has capped a record-breaking first half of the year for a Cannock-based firm’s North West office.
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A hairdresser has opened his own salon bringing a new independent business to a North Staffordshire town centre.
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Businesses have been invited by Tamworth Borough Council to get involved in the initiative which will help them to improve their use of social media for promotion and to drive both sales and footfall to the town centre.
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A pub company, a brewer and a waste management firm combined forces to take part in a clean-up operation at Cannock Chase. Staff from Punch Pubs & Co, Molson Coors Beverage Company, both based in Burton upon Trent, and Biffa were among 100 volunteers who collected 73kg of waste from
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A family-run funeral directors operating across the East Midlands has expanded into Staffordshire after purchasing a crematorium and cemetery in Lichfield. A.W. Lymn The Family Funeral Service will be re-branding the eight-acre site currently known as Chase and District Crematorium and Memorial Park to Hammerwich Crematorium and Cemetery, under its
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An artist and teacher who took a leap to open her own business has won a spot in an exhibition representing the best of equestrian art. Catherine Averill has been drawing since she was a youngster but took the chance to open Catherine Averill Artwork at Amerton Farm, near Stafford,
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Titanic Brewery has said farewell to two stalwarts of the company who have retired after 60 years of service. Phil Salt has left the business after nearly 40 years and holding a variety of roles in that time, most recently that of drayman. Meanwhile, Bob Crumpton’s retirement puts an end
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