Geens Chartered Accountants has won a hat trick of accolades for its support for the Douglas Macmillan Hospice. The Stoke-based accountants were the only business to be recognised in the three major categories in the hospice’s 2018 Corporate Awards. Staff at Geens are keen fundraisers – raising over £50,000 for various charities through a programme of sporting challenges – and …

The Gingerbread Centre is inviting local residents to join them for an oatcake to celebrate Staffordshire Day. The Stoke-on-Trent based homelessness charity is an official partner in this year’s May 1st Staffordshire Day celebrations, organised by Enjoy Staffordshire. Oatcake stalls will be set up outside the Gingerbread Centre’s two accommodation units at Rothesay Court, Normacot, between 12 noon and 2pm, …

Brothers Stephen and Simon Ward are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Graphix, their full-service design agency. The brothers began Graphix on the kitchen table at their parents’ Stoke-on-Trent home and have masterminded growth which has seen the company work with household names such as bet365 and Help for Heroes. Millions of football supporters will have seen Graphix’ work featured on …

The world is crying out for genuinely sustainable alternatives to manmade plastic packaging, so the winning of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation by Staffordshire company Woolcool demonstrates the very real credibility of using a natural, renewable packaging resource – sheeps wool. First conceived by founder and CEO Angela Morris in 2001, Woolcool is a superior insulated packaging solution …

Experienced lawyers Sarah Clowes and Alexandra Finney have joined forces to create a family friendly new solicitors practice in Stoke-on-Trent. The duo have founded Clowes and Co. Solicitors offering services including conveyancing and property, wills and estate planning, elderly care services and all aspects of family law. With a base in the former Britannia Building Society branch at Baddeley Green, …

Doubling its office space has capped a year of growth for Stoke-on-Trent based UK Business IT Ltd. The eight-year-old firm has added four new staff in recent months and a move to a spacious new office in the well-equipped Cauldon Locks development, Etruria, has given UK Business IT space for further growth, “We were bursting at the seams and needed …

A Newcastle-under-Lyme studio and workshop space has converted to Community Interest Company status to ensure it provides maximum value as a community asset and has now launched a 3D tour to showcase its facilities. King Street Studios was launched by local businessman and arts producer Peter Herbert in 2016. It is home to the popular North Staffordshire music showcase HoneyBox …

Protective clothing and workwear supplier Stafford Industrial Supplies (SIS) Ltd are celebrating winning new customers including big names such as General Electric (GE) in the county town. Persistence paid dividends for SIS MD Paul Walters as he targeted the Lichfield Road based electrical giants. “I have been chatting to them and knocking on the door for many months and it …

An award-winning chiropractor is expanding its services after taking on a specialist sports therapist. Andrew Smy established clinics in Hanley and Leek after founding Peak Chiropractic in 2015. Now sports therapist Daniel Thompson has joined Peak Chiropractic, allowing Andrew to add new clinics in Hanley, with more sessions planned in Leek later this year. “From the start of April, we …

Major kitchen and restaurant renovations at an historic Alton pub are nearing completion – just in time for the start of the summer season at the UK’s biggest theme park. James and Gemma Miller bought the Bulls Head in 2016 and have transformed the 17th Century inn from a derelict shell to a thriving local pub. Now phase two of …