A cricket club at the heart of its community is asking residents to help them train local youngsters. Sandbach CC has launched a Crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for vital new practice facilities. The money is needed to replace ageing practice nets at the Hind Heath Road cricket club. The club has just won promotion to Division One of the …

Business finance specialists Beta Commercial Finance is celebrating its fifth birthday and looking forward to further growth. The Alton based company, founded by former business banker Tom Wilkinson, has been instrumental in job creation of and business growth in Staffordshire and beyond. Beta has created three new jobs of its own in the past 18 months and has plans for more …

Stafford based kitchen design and retail specialists, Staffordshire Kitchens, has been crowned Best Luxury Kitchen Designer in a prestigious national awards scheme. Recognition from the Build magazine Home and Garden Awards is based marks a successful year of growth for the North Walls, Stafford based company. Company owner Sandra Johnson said: “The awards are made following extensive independent research by …

A water safety and legionella expert has begun a series of workshops and seminars to grow understanding and awareness about waterborne bacteria and the potential dangers this can cause. Lizzie Ward, Managing Director of SAS Water Ltd, is offering talks to architects, surveyors and facilities managers, and says water safety issues in the workplace are often forgotten. “There’s often an …

Augmented Reality experts, Enlighten, are offering to build free AR marketing material for one West Midlands charity to mark the UK’s  Random Act of Kindness Day. The award winning Tamworth firm is a leader in digital marketing,  producing Augmented and Virtual Reality materials for business and education. Managing Director Suzanne Edwards, a former West Midlands Woman in Tech winner, said: …

Covid-19 has inevitably cast a shadow over businesses during 2021 and while those firms who failed to survive are upper most in our minds, the end of the year is also a time to look back on business success and to mention some of the highs we’ve written about throughout the year.       Quarter One (January, February, March) We celebrated …

Pressure to be happy at Christmas could overwhelm some people suffering mental health issues, a specialist charity has warned. Taking Off The Mask will be providing support on Christmas Day for people struggling to cope with the strains of the festive season. Adam Parkes, founder of Taking Off the Mask, said: “Christmas can be very challenging for people suffering mental …

Work to renovate two derelict bottle kilns and bring alive the final part of Stoke-on-Trent’s historic Phoenix Works can now get underway following completion of repairs to the site’s landmark chimney. The 90ft tall chimney, at the former Thomas Forester and Sons factory, at 500 King Street, was in major disrepair, according to owner Mark Milner of Kirklands Properties. Now …

New trends in the business gift sector is helping a leading national supplier to bounce back following the Covid-19 lockdowns. AdGiftsOnline say that sales are up by 50 percent on 2020, thanks to a strong demand from companies looking to reconnect with customers who may have gone quiet in 2020. Tony Altham, a director of the Lymedale Business Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, …

A business network which supported more than 200 businesses to continue to win business during three Covid-19 lockdowns is now opening up face-to-face meetings again and is launching new groups across Staffordshire. BNI held weekly meetings online for much of 2020 and 2021, allowing member companies to continue to work together and pass business referrals. But several groups have now …