Legionella control and water hygiene experts, SAS Water Ltd, are urging more organisations and companies to train their staff to recognise potential issues in their workplace. The Leek-based company offers awareness and education workshops – in recent months working with a diverse range of groups from housing associations to a North Staffordshire church group. As temperatures rise towards summer, cases …

A Cheadle school hit the headlines as Staffordshire University journalism students staged the Future Journalist Awards 2023. Painsley Catholic College, Cheadle, scooped the majority of awards in a competition which attracted around 400 entries. The Future Journalist Awards are organised by final year Sports Journalism students at Staffordshire University and were judged by a panel of industry experts made up …

A Dorset solicitor has joined a specialist network designed to provide clarity and a clear direction for families who find themselves dealing with probate issues for the first time. Probate gives the legal right to deal with someone’s property, money and possessions when they die. Becci Newton, of Woodstock Legal Services, Poole, will offer a free, no obligation, 20-minute legal …

Staffordshire Moorlands based business finance expert Tom Wilkinson has been named in an index of the most influential people in the consumer and commercial credit industry. The 2023 Credit 500 has been announced by Credit Strategy. Tom, Managing Director of Beta Commercial Finance, was invited to a special event in the Houses of Parliament where this year’s index of members was …

More families are to benefit from services at the Peter Pan Centre thanks to generous donations from the North Staffordshire charity’s supporters. Around £50,000 has been raised to create a new playground at the Wolstanton-based centre for children with special needs, which provides facilities and education for children from birth to five-years-old. Chief Executive Catherine Cook said: “The new playground …

Cyber security and Cloud transformation IT experts D2NA have signed a sponsorship deal with high-flying Cheshire football club Macclesfield FC. And the Stoke-on-Trent based IT specialists are also backing strikers Harry Freedman and Kane Drummond, and midfielder Luke Murphy, as the Silkmen bid for promotion. The club recently featured in a BBC documentary “From The Ashes”, having been resurrected, by …

Simmer Down Festival, Birmingham’s annual celebration of reggae, has announced plans to hold its 2023 Festival in Handsworth Park and organisers say it will be bigger and better than ever before.   Now Simmer Down is searching for key business sponsors for the event on Sunday 16 July.   Up to 20,000 people are forecast to attend Simmer Down, which …

A homes sales and lettings agency has scored with young footballers after striking an agreement to sponsor Leek Town’s under-10s. Belvoir Stoke-on-Trent, Biddulph and Leek has a proud track-record of working with charity and not for profit groups, but the new deal is the company’s first to feature grassroots sport. Ramona Hirschi, Managing Director, said: “We’ve previously looked to help …

Pic: Rob Goodley of the Rural Brewing Co and Tom Wilkinson, from the White Hart inn CIC Plans for a new brewery at a community run Staffordshire pub have won planning approval. The Rural Brewing Company is planning to set up home at the White Hart Hotel, Alton. Planning permission was granted at a meeting of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council’s …