Leading developer St Modwen Logistics has put forward plans for a business park at Uttoxeter which is expected to lead to hundreds of jobs.
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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Many tens of thousands of apprentices are dropping out of their programmes every year, according to a hard-hitting report by an education think tank. The EDSK carried out an investigation into the quality of apprenticeships in England called No Train No Gain. It found that many businesses were providing little
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More than 70 business owners and leaders from across Staffordshire attended the Staffordshire Skills Summit to discuss the skills challenges that are facing local businesses. Staffordshire Chambers was selected by the Secretary of State for Education to lead the development and delivery of the Local Skills Improvement Plan for Stoke-On-Trent
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Business leaders have welcomed the tone and long-term goals of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement but have expressed concern over immediate lack of detail in critical areas. In the budget plan outlined in Parliament on Thursday, Jeremy Hunt announced around £55 billion in tax rises and spending cuts. There was a
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