JCB employees are playing Santa this Christmas with a company-wide toy appeal to bring festive cheer to vulnerable youngsters. The digger giant has launched the JCB Christmas Toy Appeal and set up 13 collection points across its sites in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham for employees to donate new and unwrapped
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Van theft has rapidly risen in the county causing a blight to many businesses, the Staffordshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner has revealed. Ben Adams, who is responsible for a county-wide budget of £250 million, said that incidences of van and commercial vehicle crime had more than doubled in the
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Many tens of thousands of apprentices are dropping out of their programmes every year, according to a hard-hitting report by an education think tank. The EDSK carried out an investigation into the quality of apprenticeships in England called No Train No Gain. It found that many businesses were providing little
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A former apprentice has been appointed as Head of Business Development at one of the largest sheet metal engineering firms in the UK. Just 11 years ago rising star Adam Ellis was starting out on his four-year in-house apprenticeship at KMF Group, based in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He gained valuable on-the-job experience
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A trio of Staffordshire University filmmakers have been awarded cash bursaries after impressing a local film company. For the sixth year running, Inspired Film and Video offered BA (Hons) Film Production students from Staffordshire University the chance to compete for funding to support their final year projects. After pitching their
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Business leaders have welcomed the tone and long-term goals of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement but have expressed concern over immediate lack of detail in critical areas. In the budget plan outlined in Parliament on Thursday, Jeremy Hunt announced around £55 billion in tax rises and spending cuts. There was a
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said that his Autumn Statement budget plan, in which he announced tens of billions in tax rises and spending cuts, provided a “balanced path to stability” He also made it clear that his priorities were stability, growth and public services. Here are the key facts of the
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Local authorities are considering their options as they await the full impact of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on budget plans for the next financial year. As billions in tax rises and spending cuts were announced by Jeremy Hunt, councils across the county were getting ready to drill down into the
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A rallying call has gone out to businesses to sign up to a charter which will help prevent and reduce violence against women and girls across the Staffordshire. A recent survey found that 67 per cent of females have experienced harassment, intimidation or violence in a public place. The survey also showed
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Businesses have called on the Chancellor to provide a clear plan for investment and growth after the UK’s inflation rate rose to 11.1 per cent in October – a 41 year high. The figure – mainly down to rising energy and food prices – has surprised many economists who expected
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