A Newcastle-under-Lyme financial services practice is entering a new era following the retirement of David Nicholson. David’s son in law Danny Hattersley has taken the reins at the Lymedale Business Centre based St James’s Place. It will be renamed as Danny Hattersley Financial Management.  Beth Hattersley, Danny’s wife and David’s daughter, is joining the business. “I have worked as a …

Best of British Beer, a Staffordshire business which started with a car boot full of beer bought from a local brewery, is on course for a £3.5 million turnover in 2025/26. The Newcastle-under-Lyme based business is on a high growth trajectory and grew nett turnover by £900,000 between July 2022 and April 2024. July 2022 was a significant month for …

A Stoke-on-Trent leadership consultant who has led system and team level transformation in both large government departments and the private sector has now turned her focus on leadership in the business world, including those in her home area of North Staffordshire.  HW Leadership Consultancy founder Heather Whitehead, a psychologist and former Prison Group Director in HM Prisons and Probation Service, is …

A North Staffordshire based business network, founded by business and training entrepreneur Steve Rushton has generated over £500,000 in new business in just nine months.  The Training and Business Solutions Ltd trusted partners scheme now has 30 member companies, with the majority being based in Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the Staffordshire Moorlands.   “Much of my business life is about putting …