Young footballers in North Staffordshire are benefiting from better pitches, toilets and changing rooms, thanks to the support of locally based grants and funding expert Andrew Heaward. Andrew, of Heaward Solutions, worked with Staffordshire Ladsandads to support improvements at their Trubshaw Cross football centre and at pitches across North Staffordshire. Now Andrew has helped the Ladsandads has helped them to …

Security experts believe hi-tech door entry devices which also take your temperature could be crucial if workers and school pupils are to return with confidence following lockdown. The Security Services Group, based in Stoke and Shrewsbury, are advising customers to install Temperature Monitoring Access Control (TMAC) solutions brought to the market for the first time in June. “This is brand …

A community owned pub is hoping to welcome back some of the people who saved it as they celebrate the end of lockdown on Saturday. The historic White Hart, Alton, will reopen again at mid-day on 4 July with new rules in place to protect customers and staff. The White Hart, which dates back to the 19th Century, was saved …

A decade in business has seen UK Business IT grow year on year, serving customers across the Midlands and North West. Experienced IT experts Mark Swann, Ian Gloyne and David Sleight took a leap of faith when they founded UK Business IT in summer 2010. “We had an office and the knowledge built up from years in the sector, but …

A young finance professional from North Staffordshire has been named as New Paraplanner of the Year in a prestigious national awards scheme. Sean Hurst, of Richard Jacobs Pensions and Trustee Services Ltd triumphed over a record number of applicants in the 2020 Professional Paraplanner of the Year Awards. Sean of Kidsgrove, is currently a trainee paraplanner, but is working towards …

Standfirst: The success of Marcus Rashford’s campaign to get free school meals is rightly gaining huge praise right now. With experience in the business of charity PR and the relationship with celebrities, I thought it worthwhile giving it some thought here and I have asked grants and fundraising expert Andrew Heaward to add his insight – thanks Andrew. There was …

Legionella specialists SAS Water Ltd have created new jobs and won new contracts. The company has worked through lockdown as legionella monitoring and compliance is regarded as an essential service, with legionella consultants and plumbers having key worker status. As lockdown ends, the Leek-based firm, which works across the UK, has taken on two experienced plumbers and has further expansion …

Leading Health and Safety consultant Darren Bedson says most firms are behaving responsibly and are using professional experts to ensure safety as they re-open following the loosening of the Covid-19 lockdown. This has resulted in safety companies being  busy as workload increases. “We’re busy at BPA Safety but that’s an indication that companies are behaving responsibly in protecting the welfare …

Commercial Finance Specialists Beta CF have been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. Recognition for the Staffordshire Moorlands based firm is an acknowledgment of Beta Commercial Finance’s commitment to solving complex financial cases and getting the right solutions to support companies. Director Tom Wilkinson said he was encouraged to apply for the Commercial Broker Awards at the suggestion of a …

A creative agency who responded quickly to a national need for coronavirus and social-distancing signage has supported around 100 companies and organisations. Graphix, based in Norton, Stoke-on-Trent, has worked across almost every sector from schools to transportation companies, film makers to financial services. “There’s been a huge demand from companies needing to get back to work after lockdown and we …