Landmark anniversary celebrated as film company aims to Reel in further growth

A film production company named among the best in Britain is celebrating 15 years in business and forecasting major future growth. Reels in Motion is flying the flag for Stoke-on-Trent and competing with big city film studios in London and the South East. Its five year plan aims to more than double their staff and achieve a £5 million-plus  turnover …

Winners unveiled in 2019 Business Boost awards

Business growth and potential were under the spotlight as the Newcastle-under-Lyme Business Boost competition unveiled its 2019 winners. A diverse range of finalists took to the stage for the awards event held at Newcastle-under-Lyme College’s Performing Arts Centre. This year’s competition featured four major awards, for Entrepreneurial Spirit, Growth, and solo-entrepreneurs, awarded by the Business Boost committee, and the Newcastle-under-Lyme …

Happy brides and grooms lead to prestigious award nomination for Joanna

Reviews from brides and grooms have resulted in a North Staffordshire wedding photographer being shortlisted for a prestigious award. Joanna Wilkinson, owner of Toland Photography, is one of just seven finalists in the English Wedding Awards West Midland s photographer of the year competition. The shortlisting came as a major surprise to Joanna, of Wolstanton, who didn’t know she had …

Telehealth services social enterprise has a thorough business health check-up with Let’s Do Mentoring

Innovative hi-tech telehealth services designed by Staffordshire-based Simple Shared Healthcare are supporting patients’ health from Staffordshire to Australia. Now Let’s Do Mentoring is ensuring the social enterprise behind the successful health applications itself is fighting fit to support patients for years to come. Stoke-on-Trent IT innovator Phil O’Connell has spent years perfecting telehealth services supporting patients with health needs from …

Appeal for residents to buy a Donna Louise butterfly for Christmas as spectacular Trentham Gardens Taking Flight installation comes to an end

Staff from The Donna Louise Hospice for Children & Young People are carefully taking down the spectacular Taking Flight butterflies installation at Trentham Gardens. But there’s still chances to buy a ceramic butterfly to support the Trentham-based children’s and young people’s hospice with fundraisers appealing to people and companies to buy a butterfly for friends, family members and business customers …