Businesspeople are invited to support a University Hospital of North Midlands Charity film launch that highlights how groundbreaking surgery backed by cutting edge equipment saved a cancer patient’s life.
The government is being urged to bring in urgent labour market reforms and be realistic about recruiting from abroad after new figures revealed job vacancies remain close to record high levels. The latest Labour Market data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the period September to November
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Average consumer spending is set to drop by nearly £100 this Christmas compared to 12 months ago, in a bitter blow for businesses this festive season. The 16 per cent drop – from £554 in 2021 to £463 this year – is blamed on the cost-of-living crisis. More than a
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A Keele University criminologist has lent her expertise to the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) annual campaign to tackle drink and drug driving over the festive season. With the World Cup coinciding with the run up to Christmas this year, police are facing an extra challenge in their annual efforts
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Four in 10 family businesses have changed their succession plans as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report has highlighted. According to research carried out by KPMG Private Enterprise around seven in 10 business leaders (72 per cent) now intend for their children to take on their company
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Staffordshire has been included in a pilot innovation scheme to support new entrants into farming.
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Jobs are being created and the local tourism industry is set to receive a boost after it was announced that work will start on £5.4 million history centre for Staffordshire early in 2023. More than a thousand years of the county’s history will be brought to life with the building
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Keele University’s Business School is expanded its offering with a host of new courses and a new Director at the helm. Dr Scott Bambrick has joined Keele from Manchester Metropolitan University, where he was Head of the Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability department. Dr Bambrick said: “This is a very exciting
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A leading estate agent has said that the biggest monthly fall in UK house prices in two years is the ‘cooling down’ and ‘rebalancing’ that is needed in the property market.
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Food inflation rose to 12.4 per cent in November – the category’s highest inflation rate on record. The increase from 11.6 per cent in October is putting a further squeeze on consumers, retailers and their suppliers. The rise in food prices forms part of a sobering set of figures released
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Van theft has rapidly risen in the county causing a blight to many businesses, the Staffordshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner has revealed. Ben Adams, who is responsible for a county-wide budget of £250 million, said that incidences of van and commercial vehicle crime had more than doubled in the
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