Pub group Marston’s Plc is hoping to achieve £1 billion in sales this year after a strong festive period. Latest figures show like-for-like sales for the 16-week period to 21 January were up 12.9 per cent compared with last year when the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was circulating. For the
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JCB has struck a deal with leading commercial asset supplier Dawsongroup for five more of its revolutionary pothole fixing machines to help tackle Britain’s nine-year backlog of road repairs. Just three months after Dawsongroup | emc bought six of the JCB Pothole Pro machines, they have signed a deal for another
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A range of nursing, health-related and support jobs are being created locally at a new £1.75 million care home for adults with learning disabilities. ECHO Group is looking to appoint five registered nurses – some in clinical-lead roles – 10 support workers and several part-time housekeepers to work at Falcon
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Dozens of career and training opportunities are being made available as Severn Trent plans to welcome its biggest-ever apprentice intake this year. The water company has opened applications for this year’s apprenticeship programme and is looking to take on 130 apprentices across the Midlands. Roles on offer range from level
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Staffordshire saw a decrease in the number of available job vacancies between November and December, new figures show. A total of 16,700 vacancies were available in the county during the time period, a four per cent decrease, and 6,300 in Stoke-on-Trent, a two per cent decline. The numbers obtained by
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Plans to deliver new homes as well as business, hotel, and leisure facilities in Stafford have moved a step forward. A masterplan for the Stafford Station Gateway mixed-use development has been approved by councillors at Stafford Borough Council’s Cabinet meeting. It follows extensive consultation with residents and businesses. The endorsed
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A huge bright orange ‘carbon bubble’ is set to tour Staffordshire to help businesses and residents learn more about climate change. The 10-metre bubble installation, which will ‘float’ through the county this summer, will help people visualise what a tonne of carbon looks like and how their daily activities can
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A £43-milion road, key to the further development of a Stoke-on-Trent regeneration zone, opens to traffic later today but commuters are being warned of several weeks of upgrading works to support the scheme. The Etruria Valley Link Road – which connects the A500 at Wolstanton to Festival Park – is
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A Stoke-on-Trent creative agency has won a contract to help reshape a national charity’s digital presence. The team at Harrison Carloss will be building and designing a new website for YMCA England & Wales, which will be rolled out across 83 local YMCAs in the Federation. The agency has also
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Businesses can have their say on two sets of Government proposals aimed at averting future energy crises and achieving net zero carbon emissions. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a consultation on reforming the Electricity Capacity Market. The policy proposals fall into three broad categories: strengthening the
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