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Tickets have gone on sale for a new week-long book festival designed to strengthen Stoke-on-Trent’s cultural offer and help tackle the city’s literacy challenges. The inaugural Stoke Book Festival will run from October 3 to 10, bringing together nationally recognised writers, local authors, workshops, performances and family activities at venues

Fitness facilities in Biddulph will receive a major upgrade as part of new investment approved by Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. The fitness suite at MyActive Biddulph will be fitted with new cardiovascular and strength-training equipment, safety flooring and refreshed branding. A new fleet of technology-enabled indoor cycles will also be

A Stoke-On-Trent based commercial relocation firm is on track for its strongest year yet following significant turnover growth over the past three years.  Move Management Asset Removals is enjoying increasing demand from customers looking for a single supplier to manage an entire relocation rather than having to coordinate several different businesses.  The company

The hunt is on for a senior leader to drive the biggest council shake-up in Staffordshire for more than 50 years. Staffordshire County Council is leading the process and expects to pay around £135,000 a year, depending on experience, for a Programme Director to lead the proposed reorganisation of local

Wanted: diplomat, transformation expert, financial strategist, organisational architect, risk manager and occasional political tightrope walker. (You also need to be strategic, credible, inclusive, decisive, resilient, courageous and stewardship-orientated.) It’s a tall order but there’s a big salary up for grabs and a chance to make history in Staffordshire.  Could it be

Development partners behind the first development at the landmark Etruscan Square site in Stoke-on-Trent’s city centre are working on a planning application to build new affordable homes on the brownfield site. Genr8 and sustainable developer PfP Igloo have the green light to submit their plans after the demolition of the former Iceland store

A free event designed for rural businesses based in the Moorlands will take place at Biddulph Town Hall next month. Hosted by Staffordshire County Council in partnership with Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce, the ‘access to finance for rural business’ will set out funding options available, including grants and loans, as

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has approved a financial restructuring of the Hilton Garden Inn at Smithfield in a move aimed at securing the long-term future of the city centre hotel. The authority has agreed measures which give it the option of providing additional capital and converting its own debt into equity

Planning officials have given the green light for a new pickle ball sports centre to be created in Stoke-on-Trent.  Pickleball People has been granted permission to change the use of the former Autobrite Direct building on Festival Way in Etruria into a centre with nine pickleball courts, a viewing area