A new business networking group launched in North Staffordshire in February is already paying dividends to its members. BNI Victory officially launched at the Moat House Hotel, Festival Park, with 23 local businesses already on board and referring thousands of pounds of business prior to the launch. Representatives from around 50 companies attended a launch event which marked the culmination …

Award winning life coach Nicky Bartley has launched a new business and plans to swap globetrotting for a career supporting businesses closer to her North Staffordshire home. Nicky has set up Thrive and Shine and is on a mission to tackle stress in the workplace. She has been coaching in the business arena for six years and was crowned Female …

Two new trustees from the  business world are helping the Alice Charity to support more vulnerable families in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. Matthew Dashper-Hughes and Larne Payne bring a wealth of experience to the Alice Board of Trustees. Matthew has held chief executive posts at Bargain Booze and Rymans, before opting to leave the corporate world to set up his own …

Marketing solutions innovators Graphix have helped Britain’s favourite chocolate brand revamp and enhance their Cadbury World visitor attraction for 2020. Stoke-on-Trent based Graphix worked with the design team at Cadbury’s at the Bournville site, which attracts in excess of 600,000 visitors a year. They transformed the entrance areas and corridors by replacing the bland, white walls, with tough, durable wall …

Excellence across disciplines from pension advice, through staff training, to charity giving, has resulted in full Chartered Financial Planner status for Richard Jacobs Pensions and Trustee Services Ltd.   While Directors Richard Jacobs and Emily Small are both Chartered as individuals, it is much rarer for a whole company to achieve Chartered status.   Fellow Director Kate Barnard said the …

Members of Staffordshire’s biggest business networking organisation are celebrating a record-breaking year during which almost £10 million of revenue has been generated for the local economy. BNI Staffordshire has expanded year on year since it was taken on by Newcastle-under-Lyme entrepreneurs Tony and Stephenie Altham in 2015, growing revenue for its members by over £6m and doubling membership to around …

Karen Coleman, Employment Law specialist, Excello Law, examines the proposed introduction of Jack’s Law.  Parents who suffer the devastating loss of a child will be entitled to 2 weeks’ statutory leave under new rules to be known as Jack’s Law. The legislation will see those who suffer the loss of a child receive paid time off for bereavement – something …

Investment in state-of-the-art machinery and a clear business strategy has seen sales grow at Stoke-on-Trent-based Central Glass and Windows. The Hanley-based company is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2020 and goes into its second decade with confidence having made a significant investment in CNC fabrication machinery. This has resulted in new work across the UK. Recent contracts have included the …

Friends and family will raise a toast to commemorate Stoke City supporter and businessman Steve Poole at the Potters’ bet365 Stadium in January. Steve’s untimely death (aged 64), in spring 2019 also saw the end of an era for long-established business George Poole and Sons, a company that could track its history through four generations of the same family. His great …

Occupational nursing company Phoenix is forecasting further growth after moving into larger offices at the end of a year that has seen them double in size, Led by former Queen Alexandra Royal Naval Nurse Lyndsey Marchant, Phoenix Occupational Health provides services to companies across the UK. Now they are celebrating their success by sponsoring the prestigious BNI Staffordshire awards evening, …