Staffordshire boarding kennels and cattery Quintessential Quarters is looking forward to 2021 with staff returning to the business and a partnership with a local travel agency. It has been an unusual year for the Cotes Heath based business which had to furlough staff twice, and close their home away from home for cats and dogs, due to Coronavirus. But with …

A new recruitment company which began trading this summer has forecast a bright future after placing 100 people in permanent roles in less than six months. Blink Recruitment , based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, has created four jobs within its own business and expects to bring in further new recruits in 2021. The company was launched by successful digital services entrepreneur Tracy …

Staffordshire’s trailblazing financial services company, Signature Financial Services, has been crowned Property Finance Experts of the Year in the Midlands Enterprise Awards. The prestigious award celebrates the hard work and ambition of the growing team and their desire to innovate and position themselves as market leaders in their field. Since July, due to a rising demand for its services following …

Young people who are looking for a career in the construction industry are being urged to apply now for a place at Staffordshire’s first roofing career pathway. Rydale Roofing recently unveiled plans to launch the Building Futures Stoke-on-Trent Roofing Hub in a partnership with Juniper Training. With 15 local building and roofing contractors pledging support for the initiative, work is …

Photo: Tony Altham, BNI Staffordshire. Up to eight start-up businesses in Staffordshire are set to benefit from a free membership offer from the county’s largest business networking organisation. BNI Staffordshire is offering free membership to one 2020 start-up at each of its established networking groups in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Moorlands and Stafford Borough as part of a UK and Ireland programme …

Stoke-on-Trent design, print and signage specialists Graphix has worked with the City Highways team on a project to help the gritting team communicate well with local residents this winter. Graphix have added vinyl graphics on the crew cabs to provide clear identities for the city’s seven gritting lorries. Each cab now has the first names of the crew displayed on …

A Stoke-on-Trent animation company has joined forces with international film studio to create a new headquarters and a digital and creative hub for Stoke-on-Trent. The new complex on Campbell Place, Stoke, features Framescape, a digital and creative hub to be run as a not for profit community asset to benefit young people in the city. “Stoke-on-Trent was a powerhouse of …

One of the UK’s leading on line gift suppliers is supporting suppliers close to its Newcastle-under-Lyme base by offering more local produce than ever before in a new 2020 deluxe Christmas hamper. AdGiftsOnline supplies corporate and personal gifts across the UK from its base at Lymedale Business Park. The company’s Christmas stock features a host of hampers to appeal to …

Over 100 companies have now benefitted following the launch of First Aid training by a Stoke-on-Trent health and safety company, with workshops continuing during Lockdown 2 in a Covid-19 safe environment. BPA Safety has invested in new equipment in its spacious training room at Quantum House, Stoke. The company added first aid training to its portfolio in 2019 and acquired additional …

A Staffordshire Moorlands financial services company has backed grass roots junior football by sponsoring under-14s girls football at Leek Town Lightning. Beta Commercial Finance has bought new home and away kits for the team which plays in League One of the Staffordshire League. Tom Wilkinson, Managing Director, at Alton-based Beta Commercial Finance, said: “I know the team manager, Richard Weaver, …