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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A Staffordshire business which helped pioneer the UK’s wedding dog chaperone industry has launched a new training course aimed at raising standards across the sector. Precious Pets Weddings, based in Weston Coyney, has unveiled a CPD-accredited Wedding Dog Chaperone Course designed for dog groomers, walkers and other pet professionals looking to
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The hunt is on to find 10 Stoke-on-Trent ceramics workers whose skills and stories can help protect the city’s world-renowned industrial heritage for future generations.
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A trust behind plans to restore Burton’s oldest building has launched a major crowdfunding campaign amid warnings the historic site could soon be lost forever. Trustees at Sinai Park House Trust say the timber framework at Sinai Park House has reached a critical stage, with fears that another winter could leave the
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Stoke-on-Trent’s ceramics industry has received a second major boost in less than a week, with tile production set to return to the city through a new low-carbon manufacturing partnership. Johnson Tiles is working with materials technology company Dekiln to scale up a kiln-free, low-energy alternative to traditional ceramic tiles, with
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Staffordshire business leaders are stepping up pressure on government and National Highways to deliver long-awaited improvements to the A50/A500 corridor, warning that further delays risk undermining a nationally significant route at the heart of the UK’s road network. Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce has written to Jacob Collier, MP for Burton
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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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The National Forest Adventure Farm, in Tatenhill, Burton, which attracts over 175,000 visitors a year, is marking its 15th anniversary with a fun-filled half term celebration. With plans to introduce two new Farm Nights in August with live music, wildflower picking and street food stalls as well as a new
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