TRUSTEES from a charity which supports parents in need are on the lookout for a mini digger – to help their fund-raising stunt. Karen Coleman and Nigel Howle are hoping for a vehicle to help them take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge in aid of the city-based Gingerbread Centre. The duo want a mini-digger to help get them thoroughly …

THE sweet smell of success is in the air at cosmetics and perfume packaging company Collcap after it secured a grant to support its growth plans. The Leek business is expanding into new premises with the help of the Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce Jobs and Growth Fund, backed by the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF). Collcap, which produces packaging for a …

A major refurbishment of Stoke-on-Trent’s Titanic Brewery has created a new venue for small conferences, events and training workshops. The Sample Room at Titanic Brewery, Burslem, gives the expanding brewery professional standard visitor facilities for the first time. Around £300,000 has been spent by the brewery to provide new offices, a brewery shop and a remodelled brewery with new up-to-the-minute …

An expanding brewery with a track record of reviving pubs in Staffordshire is taking on its first Cheshire pub. Ye Olde Kings Arms, High Street, Congleton, is the eighth pub to be opened by Titanic Brewery in seven years. The historic inn comes with a gruesome place in South Cheshire history – condemned prisoners were led down a secret passage …

A hospital discharge service is working at record levels and is saving the NHS almost £500,000 a year. The Stoke-on-Trent based Revival Hospital Discharge service took on a record 90 new clients in one month, visited 183 clients at the hospital bedside or at home during July and is responsible for 196 ongoing cases. The Staffordshire Housing Group service aims …

Broadband specialists Keycom has bolstered its expansion plans with the appointment of Neil Woolerton as Business Development Director. Neil Woolerton has joined Keycom from a similar role at BT Global Services and comes to Keycom at a time of growth. The Stafford and Wrexham based company recently expanded its Media Force division with the acquisition of TriCommunications “After more than …

Richard Jacobs Pension and Trustee Services is hosting an open evening for clients to showcase their new business premises. The company recently moved from Water Street, Newcastle, to offices at Brindley Court on the Lymedale Business Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The new offices offer flexibility for the growing company and well equipped facilities to welcome clients and other visitors. Director Emily Jacobs …

Howle Communications was honoured to work on PR with the Find A Better Way team at the global Soccerex exhibition held at Manchester Central. Sir Bobby Charlton, football icon and founder of the Find A Better Way charity, officially opened the event and welcomed delegates from around the globe to the business of football event. He was joined at the …

Experienced housing professional Wendy Hocking has taken up a new challenge as Chief Executive of the Gingerbread Centre. Wendy has moved to the Gingerbread Centre from a role managing the Newcastle Housing Advice service on behalf of Newcastle Borough Council. Wendy previously held senior housing management roles at Aspire Housing and at Stoke-on-Trent City Council. She said: “The Gingerbread Centre …

Business mentors have been helping Design Bindings almost every step of the way since the successful family business was launched three years ago. The company specialises in binding academic theses, guest books and presentations, as well as restoring books, and takes orders from all over the country. It allies time-honoured craftsmanship with excellent customer service and an eye for modern …