Digital inclusion organisation Wavemaker has secured major new funding to help people develop AI skills and gain professional qualifications through a national programme backed by Google.
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Commercial vehicle manufacturer Don-Bur has reported record turnover and profitability for the second year running after increasing efficiency across its operations and maintaining a strong orderbook throughout the year.
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Plans for a new town council serving Stafford have moved one step closer after a cross-party working group recommended its creation following a public consultation.
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Fifteen jobs have been created at a new flame grilled chicken chain opening in Newcastle-under-Lyme tomorrow (3 June).
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Seven daring individuals from three local companies have raised more than £10,000 for a children’s charity by completing a sky dive.
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Residents and businesses are being invited to share their ideas for the future of Cheadle Market Hall and Square as plans for a major regeneration project continue to develop. Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, which bought the indoor market and outdoor market space in September 2024, is preparing proposals for investment
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A Stoke-on-Trent engineering business has raised more than £43,000 for Dougie Mac as part of an ambitious company-wide charity challenge. Fletcher Moorland, based in Stoke, has collected £43,925 so far after launching an “Around the World in 80 Days” fundraising campaign in support of the hospice charity. The challenge has
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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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Tamworth Borough Council has launched a formal review into whether a new town council should be created for the borough. Councillors approved the start of a Community Governance Review (CGR) at a full council meeting last week, beginning a process that will seek the views of residents, community groups and
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Staffordshire digger giant JCB‘s community team and Stoke-on-Trent charity The Hubb Foundation brought a day of free professional stage performances to a community in the city as the highlight of their second half-term Hubb Holidays scheme this week. The two organisations joined forces with Newcastle’s New Vic to bring the theatre’s Stoke the Fiery Dragon interactive show and fun workshop to Bentilee’s St Maria Goretti Primary School – entertaining more than 50 youngsters. Stoke the Fiery
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