A new role has been created at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) to help improve the day-to-day experience of patients and visitors with disabilities and learning difficulties.
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An investment in pothole-busting technology has paid dividends for a council which has smashed through its target to fix 6,000 road defects in six months.
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Staffordshire-based Lucideon has teamed up with a leading tech group in a cutting-edge deal to develop a NASA-patented ceramic material. The development and commercialisation organisation is working with the Technetics Group to explore the use of the substance in high-temperature, high-speed applications. Technetics Group has licensed the patented ceramic composite
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A firm specialising in creating art trails and engaging communities has entered the next phase of its long-term growth plan by taking on a new unit and launching a new offering. Making Trails has had an impact in towns and cities across the UK by creating bespoke art trails such
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The founding cohort of students have started school at Stoke-on-Trent’s newest academy. Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams in Meir opened its doors to 120 Year 7 students yesterday. They will begin learning inside temporary classroom accommodation while the school’s state-of-the-art building is constructed. Named after Florence Jessie MacWilliams, a trailblazing mathematician
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A major expansion at a popular enterprise centre is set to be completed in November.
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Punch Pubs & Co has partnered with a hospitality charity to provide soup flasks to people sleeping rough in cities across the UK. The pub company, which is based in Burton upon Trent, has supplied 5,280 portions of soup left over from a menu cycle change to support Only A
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A family farm attraction has teamed up with a foodie influencer to offer visitors the chance to experience their very own ‘harvest’. PLAY@ Lower Drayton Farm, based just outside Penkridge, has joined forces Milly Fyfe, who shares simple recipes based on seasonal British ingredients via her No Fuss Meals for
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Four former employees were treated to a VIP visit to JCB to mark the 60th anniversary of their recruitment as the company’s first ever apprentices. A total of nine 15-year-old boys started as Craft Apprentices at the Rocester plant in 1964. And four of them – Chris Carnwell, Nigel Heinich, Mick
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The UK’s leading trade supplier and manufacturer of first aid and medical supplies, a charity that supports people in furniture poverty and a digital forensics and cyber security company were among the winners at the Staffordshire University Business Awards 2024.
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