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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For Mental Health Awareness Week, Horizons Coaching founder Helen Dos Santos shares why supporting workplace mental health and wellbeing needs to start long before crisis point.
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Stuart Elford, Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce’s new Chief Executive, has arrived in the county at a time when its businesses are navigating rising costs and global uncertainty. During his first month in post, he’s been quick to engage with the policy landscape shaping the prospects of local enterprise. Following yesterday’s
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Today is the 10th annual Staffordshire Day, a celebration of the people, places and stories that define our county.
Here, Louisa Shaw, from We Are Staffordshire, the county’s place promotion agency, talks about how what began as a moment of pride has grown into something far more powerful - a platform
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