A solicitor who is calling for Government intervention regarding faulty breast implants has been inundated with calls from concerned women. Medical negligence experts, Attwood Solicitors, have received over 100 enquiries in just three days about the risk of PIP implants. Up to 50,000 British women are thought to have breast implants supplied by French firm PIP (Poly Implant Protheses) which …
Call for clear Government guidance for UK women caught up in French breast implants scare
Medical negligence lawyer Ashley Attwood has called on the Government to give support and guidance to thousands of women in the UK caught up in the scandal over faulty French breast implants. Up to 40,000 British women are thought to have breast implants supplied by French firm PIP (Poly Implant Protheses) which has admitted using low grade industrial silicon gel …
New Courses from Howle Communications
1) Powerful PR – how to build your company’s profile 2) Working with the media These two courses are being offered either as a package or separate to businesses, charity and voluntary organisations. To be held at the easily accessible Moat House Hotel, Stoke-on-Trent, on the mornings of Friday, 24 February, and Friday 9 March, they are designed for organisations …
Titanic Brewery honours Moorlands Inns of Excellence
Nine Staffordshire Moorlands pubs have been recognised for their quality and service by North Staffordshire’s Titanic Brewery. The pubs have been awarded Blue Riband Inns of Excellence Service by the Burslem based brewer. And to celebrate, customers are being given the chance to claim a limited edition T-shirt, by having a special Blue Riband passport stamped in each pub. The …
Free skills courses help residents to Live and Learn
Staffordshire Housing Association is offering free courses to residents looking to boost their education and skills. The North Staffordshire based social housing group offers a Live and Learn Programme to its 3,000 residents. A wide variety of education, leisure and vocational training opportunities are available through Live and Learn. Former stay-at-home mum, Maria Tylman, is hoping to embark on a …
Staffordshire Housing’s West End Village is Best of British
A Stoke-on-Trent housing complex has been declared the Best of British. The West End Village, Stoke, was named as “The Most Outstanding Extra Care Housing Complex in the UK” (for 2011) at the annual UK Over 50s Housing Awards. The West End Village was opened by Staffordshire Housing Association around 12 months ago. The architecturally designed, state-of-the-art complex provides 100 …
New premises on the horizon as Titanic Brewery continues to grow
A successful Stoke-on-Trent brewery is looking to expand or relocate after outgrowing its current Burslem base. Titanic Brewery has expanded rapidly in recent times and is now operating at capacity at its site at Callender Place, Burslem. The company is in negotiations with Stoke-on-Trent City Council about either planning a move to a new site or expanding through a remodelling …
HEARING ADVICE DAYS COMING TO GREAT YARMOUTH AFTER HUGE SUCCESS IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
A Hearing Advice Day is due to be held for all workers in Great Yarmouth and surrounding areas who may have been exposed to noise at work at some point during their life. Attwood Solicitors, specialist Noise Induced Hearing Loss Solicitors, have already had great success for shipyard workers in the North of England and are now looking to extend …
Girls on the run in tribute to popular landlady
Barmaid Tracy Leese is leading a team of footballers on a 10 mile jog from Newcastle-under-Lyme to Stone in a tribute to former Landlady Cherryl Poppitt. Cherryl, the popular licensee of the Royal Exchange, Stone, died in October just weeks after being diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Now Tracy and fellow players from Holditch Ladies FC, Chesterton, have decide to complete …
New Staffordshire Moorlands architects’ practice is on the up
Two former employees have drawn up big plans for the future following the demise of well known Stoke-on-Trent architecture practice Hulme Upright. Natalie Hewitt and Mark Carr have joined forces to launch Hewitt and Carr Architects based in High Street, Cheadle, Staffordshire. The work colleagues found themselves without a job when the well known company shut its doors in Festival …