A new bod café bar will be opened by Titanic Brewery in Trentham on Monday, 29 April. Located in a former bank building on Longton Road, it is the third Titanic bar to open in the brewery’s innovative new café bar concept. bod café bars have been a major success in Stafford and Stoke and the Trentham bod has been …

An illustration of The Donna Louise Butterflies artwork has been unveiled. Taking Flight, to be installed at Trentham Gardens, will feature 5,000 ceramic butterflies and each is on sale as part of an innovative campaign to raise funds for The Donna Louise Hospice for children and young people, in Staffordshire. Each vibrant blue butterfly has been manufactured in the Stoke-on-Trent …

Training specialists Now u Know has recruited its first apprentice. Digital Marketing apprentice Joe Eardley has joined the Lymedale Business Centre based business as it continues to grow. Now u Know’s Managing Director Heather Broadhurst said: “2018 was a successful year for Now u Know and employing an apprentice formed part of a managed programme of expansion moving forward. We …

Award winning recording artist Charlie Green has been added to the bill at May’s Proms and Prosecco in the Park concert at Weston Park. After thrilling audiences on Britain’s Got Talent as a teenager, Charlie has gone on to record seven albums and toured across the world. With a silky smooth voice. Charlie, from Worcestershire, has performed on TV shows …

A unique drinks festival which celebrates independent business and champions Crewe takes over the town’s heritage centre on April 26 and 27. Berries Beans & Beer brings together great beer, cider, gin, rum, wine and coffee, celebrates local music and adds in good food from local suppliers. “We believe Berries Beans & Beer has developed a recipe for success and …

A hospice and Stoke City’s community team are on the road to success with the support of North Staffordshire based Adept Vehicle Management. The Chesterton based business has backed the Douglas MacMillan Hospice and Stoke City FC Community Trust by providing cars at heavily discounted rates.   The Dougie Mac is using its vehicle to help raise awareness of its …

Globe-trotting Cheshire opera duo Belle Voci are looking forward to performing ”just down the road” in Staffordshire after a stellar breakthrough year. Emily Burnett and Sophie Rohan will headline Proms and Prosecco in the Park at Weston Park, near Stafford, on Sunday, 26 May. This time last year, Belle Voci were finalists in ITV prime time show The Voice and …

GUEST BLOG Sarah Clowes, Clowes & Co. www.clowessolicitors.co.uk The government has announced it is overhauling the law on divorce for the first time in over 50 years. Proposals unveiled by Justice Secretary David Gauke MP today should make it easier for people to gain a so-called no fault divorce, ending the need to play the blame game. Currently a spouse …

North Staffordshire businesses have over a million reasons to thank technology and telecoms expert David Meigh. David, of the aptly named Enable Business, Newcastle-under-Lyme, is the first Staffordshire BNI member to pass over £1 million in business referrals to members of the international network marketing organisation. Tony Altham, Executive Director of BNI, said: “David’s success is phenomenal. We know he’s …

A hospice today launches a special campaign inspired by former service user Charlotte Thom which will culminate in a stunning butterfly themed art installation at the heart of the world-renowned gardens at the Trentham Estate. Taking Flight, an inspiring temporary installation made up of 5,000 ceramic butterflies will take centre stage at Trentham Gardens from late May until early November, …