Ian Knight is Chief Information Officer of Cheslyn Hay-based PP Control & Automation, one of the UK’s leading strategic manufacturing outsourcing specialists working for some of the largest machine builders in the world. Here, he calls for a more practical approach to AI adoption in manufacturing.
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As temperatures are forecast to rise again and families across Staffordshire prepare for their holidays, Wayne Goodall, Managing Director of Waterworld Leisure Resort, shares why water safety is everyone's responsibility, and why investing in people and training is just as important as investing in attractions.
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Student Felix Wiley reflects on a week of work experience at Stoke-on-Trent creative agency i-creation, explaining how fresh perspectives, digital skills and adaptability can benefit businesses.
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In Armed Forces Week, Jane Shepherd - a director of North Staffordshire-based Shepherd PR, and a RAF Reserves Media Operations Officer - gives an insight into how the Staffordshire business community can take the step to support the military community.
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By Professor Philip Plowden, Interim Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, University of Staffordshire.
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George Lowe is chef-owner of the award-winning Lowe’s on Carter Street in Uttoxeter. Since starting out in a village pub aged 15, his career has taken him from Michelin-starred restaurants to Cape Town, where he worked as a private chef for high-net-worth clients and helped launch restaurants. He has also
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Daniel Cope is a chartered environmentalist and director at Green Lark Environmental Solutions, with ongoing involvement in skills and training initiatives at Stoke on Trent College.
Here, he discusses how investing in green skills is key to strengthening Staffordshire's economy, supporting local businesses, and creating better career opportunities for young people.
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Steve Currie, director at Stoke-on-Trent-based business advisory and insolvency specialists Currie Young, reflects on the significance of the government’s recent £120 million support packages for the ceramics industry and examines the challenges that continue to face manufacturers across Staffordshire and beyond.
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By Wendy Dean, Group CEO Strategi Solutions and Strategi Global Having worked as an Exec leader and board member for more than 20 years across global companies of varying sizes, I’ve seen first-hand the journeys businesses go on to achieve growth. Those journeys are rarely smooth, and the way businesses
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University of Staffordshire Director of Commercial Strategy Martin Tideswell on why actively “bigging up” the area where we live and work – Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire – has big picture benefits. I want to talk about place… and why I’m always banging the drum for Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. On social media
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