A North Staffordshire based business coach is on a mission to create 1,000 jobs in the next five-years by helping companies to grow.  Former international sales and marketing director Doug Flynn is using his vast experience both on the corporate world and as a business owner to support business growth.  Doug has joined the international ActionCoach network, returning to North Staffordshire …

Sponsorship with Team Toyota GB in their much-prized return to the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) is revving up the profile of Staffordshire firm Graphix on the national stage. At the same time, the deal is adding to the work load at the print, design and signage specialists, with marketing collateral, newly branded bumpers, bonnets and car panels needed for …

Thousands of people across Staffordshire and Cheshire are enjoying a happy, affluent retirement thanks to pensions expert Richard Jacobs. 2019 sees Richard reaching 40 years as a Chartered practitioner in the pensions business, but at the age of 69, Newcastle-under-Lyme based Richard has no intention of penning his own retirement letter. “I don’t work full time hours anymore, having gradually …

A new bod café bar will be opened by Titanic Brewery in Trentham on Monday, 29 April. Located in a former bank building on Longton Road, it is the third Titanic bar to open in the brewery’s innovative new café bar concept. bod café bars have been a major success in Stafford and Stoke and the Trentham bod has been …

An illustration of The Donna Louise Butterflies artwork has been unveiled. Taking Flight, to be installed at Trentham Gardens, will feature 5,000 ceramic butterflies and each is on sale as part of an innovative campaign to raise funds for The Donna Louise Hospice for children and young people, in Staffordshire. Each vibrant blue butterfly has been manufactured in the Stoke-on-Trent …

Training specialists Now u Know has recruited its first apprentice. Digital Marketing apprentice Joe Eardley has joined the Lymedale Business Centre based business as it continues to grow. Now u Know’s Managing Director Heather Broadhurst said: “2018 was a successful year for Now u Know and employing an apprentice formed part of a managed programme of expansion moving forward. We …

Award winning recording artist Charlie Green has been added to the bill at May’s Proms and Prosecco in the Park concert at Weston Park. After thrilling audiences on Britain’s Got Talent as a teenager, Charlie has gone on to record seven albums and toured across the world. With a silky smooth voice. Charlie, from Worcestershire, has performed on TV shows …

A unique drinks festival which celebrates independent business and champions Crewe takes over the town’s heritage centre on April 26 and 27. Berries Beans & Beer brings together great beer, cider, gin, rum, wine and coffee, celebrates local music and adds in good food from local suppliers. “We believe Berries Beans & Beer has developed a recipe for success and …

A hospice and Stoke City’s community team are on the road to success with the support of North Staffordshire based Adept Vehicle Management. The Chesterton based business has backed the Douglas MacMillan Hospice and Stoke City FC Community Trust by providing cars at heavily discounted rates.   The Dougie Mac is using its vehicle to help raise awareness of its …

Globe-trotting Cheshire opera duo Belle Voci are looking forward to performing ”just down the road” in Staffordshire after a stellar breakthrough year. Emily Burnett and Sophie Rohan will headline Proms and Prosecco in the Park at Weston Park, near Stafford, on Sunday, 26 May. This time last year, Belle Voci were finalists in ITV prime time show The Voice and …