A new partnership between health and safety experts will ensure companies get a comprehensive one-stop solution for their training and compliance needs. Stoke-on-Trent based companies BPA Safety and You Can Do It. Training (this is the official trading name) have signed an agreement to work in partnership. “We want to create a one-stop shop for all health and safety needs, …

Sponsorship from IT and cyber security specialists D2NA is helping a driving school with a difference to change lives. The Community Driving School offers free lessons to adults needing extra support. Director John Nicholson says learning to drive has transformed many lives, but the cost of lessons is beyond many disadvantaged people. Funding from companies, including D2NA helps The Community …

Finding financial solutions for companies looking for growth has seen Beta Commercial Finance source funding for projects totalling almost £24 million in the last 12 months. Customers often tell Managing Director Tom Wilkinson that bank managers advise them to give Beta a call when funding packages are discussed. And this has led to a year of success with the Beta …

Health charity champion Ada Haywood has raised over £40,000 in her latest effort to support research to combat cancer and heart disease. Representatives from 50 businesses, together with partners and friends joined Ada at her 2024 Pink Tie Ball, held at the Double Tree by Hilton, Stoke-on-Trent. Ada, from Clayton, has raised almost £1.5 million for Cancer Research UK and …

Manchester’s property investors networking meeting is celebrating a year of wealth creation by offering a major giveaway at it’s first anniversary event, to be held on Wednesday, October 11. Attendees at the event at the Together Finance offices on the Cheadle Royal business park, will be entered into a prize draw to win an interest free loan of £100,000 towards …

A children’s playground has opened in a Staffordshire Moorlands village, thanks to the efforts of the community run committee behind a popular local pub. The play area at the rear of the White Hart, Alton, has been made possible following a successful grant application to the National Lottery Awards For All fund by the Community Interest Company which runs the …

Nicola Harrop, one of Staffordshire’s leading business development professionals has joined forces with Currie Young Insolvency and Restructuring as part of their continuing expansion. The appointment follows a successful 12 months for Newcastle-under-Lyme based Currie Young with the addition of new offices in Lichfield and Brierley Hill. Nicola has more than 15 years of experience working in business development in …

Water hygiene professional Tracey Elston is helping to ensure staff safety at the Loughborough site of global contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing group, Almac. Tracy, a site engineer with SAS Water Ltd ensures water at Almac’s Charnwood laboratory facilities are protected against Legionella and other waterborne bacteria. “I visit Almac weekly and have built up positive relationships on site,” said …

Building services company Ford Mainwaring has confirmed its commitment to bringing through new talent by giving North Staffordshire school leavers Mitchell Lavery and Charlie Henaghan the chance to train as apprentices.  Mitchell, aged 16, and Charlie, 17, will work with Ford Mainwaring engineers four days a week and attend college once a week.  It’s part of a commitment from Ford Mainwaring …

When a major health scare threatened his life HR specialist Richard Tunnicliffe couldn’t have been blamed for taking a prolonged break from building a business. For many people, an operation to remove a brain tumour, would have been a signal to rein in plans to develop their small business, but just months after undergoing major surgery, Richard’s not only back …