Leading loss assessors Oakleafe Claims has launched a new podcast exploring the complex world of insurance claims. ‘The Claim Game’, hosted by Oakleafe Claims co-owner Dean Goodwin, has just aired its first episode featuring Grant Williams, who heads up the Midlands claims team for Oakleafe based within Staffordshire. Grant said:
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Stoke-on-Trent’s economy is set to be the second fastest growing in terms of job creation when the UK emerges from recession, a new study has found. The report by law firm Irwin Mitchell, which estimates that the UK entered into a recession in the second half of 2022, expects economic
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Plans to regenerate part of a town centre and create new shop and office developments are moving forward. The proposals for York Place, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, involve two new four-storey buildings with food and drink outlets, or retail use, on the ground floor with office units above. More than £3 million
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Staffordshire County Council’s Chief Executive is to step down after almost eight years in the role. John Henderson joined the council in May 2015 and led the organisation through the Covid-19 pandemic. And as head of the authority’s paid service, he has overseen considerable changes in local government funding and
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The hospitality sector is bracing itself for a challenging first few months of the year as people rein in their spending, a lobby group has warned. Many venues are deciding to cut capacity by 20 per cent as the cost of living crisis continues to bite, according to Kate Nicholls,
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New research by The Centre for Retail Research has found that 17,145 shops across the country closed their doors for good during 2022 – up by almost 50% on 2021. The group’s survey also found that over 5,500 of the shops went bust, while more than 11,500 closed as larger
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Commuters returning to work following the Christmas period have been urged to avoid travelling by train as industrial action continues to disrupt services. ‘Significantly reduced’ train services will impact travellers from today, 3 January, throughout the week, to Sunday, 8 January. Travellers are then warned to expect ‘knock-on disruption’ to
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Habitans Lettings has completed the acquisition of long-standing Newcastle-under-Lyme estate agency, Heywoods. Building on the success of Habitans Lettings, which has been trading for just two years, Managing Director Alistair Trippett wanted to grow the business – and with organic growth currently slow in the market, he made the decision
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Hundreds of households across Stoke-on-Trent are getting help with their fuel and food bills this winter. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has distributed a further £300,000 to three organisations which are supporting families in need with fuel and food vouchers. The funding has been shared between Beat the Cold, who received £150,000,
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CEO of Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce, Sara Williams has been awarded an OBE in the 2023 New Year Honours list. Sara, who has received the award in recognition of her service to the community in Staffordshire, said: “I am humbled and, at the same time, enormously proud to receive this
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