Adept help the Dougie Mac and Stoke City Community Trust on the road to success

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 …

Cheshire’s Belle Voci add to the fizz at Proms and Prosecco in the Park

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 …

Divorce law reforms to end ‘blame game’ between couples

GUEST BLOG Sarah Clowes, Clowes & Co. www.clowessolicitors.co.uk The government has announced it is overhauling the law on divorce for the first time in over 50 years. Proposals unveiled by Justice Secretary David Gauke MP today should make it easier for people to gain a so-called no fault divorce, ending the need to play the blame game. Currently a spouse …

A million-plus reasons to thank Newcastle’s record-breaking business generator David Meigh

North Staffordshire businesses have over a million reasons to thank technology and telecoms expert David Meigh. David, of the aptly named Enable Business, Newcastle-under-Lyme, is the first Staffordshire BNI member to pass over £1 million in business referrals to members of the international network marketing organisation. Tony Altham, Executive Director of BNI, said: “David’s success is phenomenal. We know he’s …

Butterfly campaign takes flight for The Donna Louise Hospice for Children & Young People

A hospice today launches a special campaign inspired by former service user Charlotte Thom which will culminate in a stunning butterfly themed art installation at the heart of the world-renowned gardens at the Trentham Estate. Taking Flight, an inspiring temporary installation made up of 5,000 ceramic butterflies will take centre stage at Trentham Gardens from late May until early November, …

Cheers all round as the brewing Bott brothers win prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award

Brewing brothers Keith and Dave Bott have been honoured for their dedication to business and the brewing industry. The Titanic Brewery owners were presented with the Lifetime Achievement honour at the culmination of the Sentinel Business Awards, a long-standing, highly respected awards programme celebrating business achievement in Staffordshire and Cheshire. The honour came as a complete surprise to the business …

Warning as over-55s get caught out by pension tax charges

Almost one million people over the age of 55 have landed themselves with an unexpected tax bill by inadvertently triggering a big cut in their tax-free pension savings allowance when dipping into their retirement funds, pensions experts have warned. Figures released by UK tax authorities reveal that 980,000 over-55s who took advantage of new pension spending freedoms between 2015 and …

Why Blog?

Why Blog? Content is more important than ever in business marketing. It has to be unique, you should never simply copy words on other websites. For example, I was among a team of freelance writers recruited to populate a golf travel website. It was a mammoth task as we had to speak to the secretary at every golf club in …