Leek businessman Carl Barlow buys the Great Gear Store

A Staffordshire entrepreneur is living out his childhood dreams after buying the Great Gear Store and moving the business to Leek. Carl Barlow has created six jobs in his home town and is using his skills as a digital marketer to grow the business. The Great Gear Store is every schoolboys dream, with thousands of collectable items in stock such …

New Lifestyle Show set to attract healthy crowd

Staffordshire catering and events entrepreneur Sarah Lewis has revealed ambitious plans to stage the Midlands biggest ever healthy lifestyle show. Sarah, a Gnosall tea room owner and event organiser, has organised the Healthy Lifestyle Show at the Telford International Centre on March 25th. “The Healthy Lifestyle Show is set to be the biggest event of its kind ever to be …

Our review of 2017 highlights business and charity success

As a new year dawns at Howle HQ, we felt it was a good time to look back at 2017. We have had the privilege to bring you some amazing success stories and we’ve listed some of the highlights below. We’ve helped businesses mark their anniversaries, provided news on MBEs for bosses at Titanic Brewery and KMF and chronicled stories …