The old and new collide as award winning theatre company Periplum explore the 1842 Stoke-on-Trent pottery riots. Reading the Riot Act is an interactive performance where the audience use headphones, i-Pads and visual installations to travel through a portal back in time to an explosive moment in local history. This unique performance, which takes place at Fenton Library on Saturday …

British troops returning from Germany will benefit from superfast broadband after Media Force, part of specialist broadband group Keycom, fibre enabled the Beacon Barracks site at Stafford. Media Force won a competitive tender to provide broadband to the 10 new accommodation blocks and two diners on the Beacon Barracks site. A major redevelopment project has seen the development of new …

Volunteers from across Stoke-on-Trent are to be given a chance to help make this winter’s Christmas lights switch-on event among the most colourful ever. A host of technicolour LED-lit umbrellas will add a new twist to the traditional parade as Christmas kicks-off in City Centre Hanley on Thursday, November 19. This year’s lights switch-on will feature all the traditional elements …

Family business E. Bennett Electrical has been keeping the wheels of British industry turning for half a century. Three generations of the Bennett family have worked for E. Bennett Electrical since it was founded in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1965 by Harry John Bennett. The company is now run by Harry John’s sons, Andrew, Nigel and Roger Bennett and is a …

Croft Architecture is helping to slake a new found thirst for real ale and craft beer in Staffordshire. The Stafford based architects have been successful in gaining planning permission for three new micro-pubs in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. “There’s been a revolution in the tastes of beer drinkers, with many people moving away from mass produced beer, and this has sparked …

Father and son David and John Marks are dialling up business success after completing a management buy-out at GRG Public Resources. The duo have launched Call Handling Stafford as they begin plans to remodel the business which employs 43 on the Staffordshire Technology Park, Stafford. Meanwhile, two long serving staff members have been rewarded for their work by joining David …

Runners, joggers, strollers and walkers are being sought for Stoke-on-Trent’s charity Santa Dash. The Alice Charity Is appealing for people to join the festive fun run at Hanley Park on Saturday, 12 December. Santa dashers aged 14 or over will be supplied with a free Santa suit in return for a £20 donation to the North Staffordshire based charity which …

Attacks by hackers on companies including Talk Talk and the Ashley Madison adultery website create panic around the world. Yet most businesses are failing to insure against the risk of cyber crime with many unaware of the availability of cyber liability insurance, commercial insurance expert James Miller has warned. Computer experts continue to warn about a rising tide of online …

A classically designed new coffee lounge and barbers shop is to open in Newcastle-under-Lyme following major investment from award winning Embassy Hair. The coffee bar at Embassy Grind is designed as a cool space pervasive in London or Manchester. Urbanites and the like can relax and enjoy excellent quality Nespresso coffee, Tiffin sandwiches, salads and pastries baked in house. The …

A Staffordshire based adoption agency is challenging prospective parents to consider adopting an older child. Adoption Focus has been really successful in finding families for older children, finding families for 22 children aged four and above in the past 12 months. As National Adoption Week 2015 begins on 19 October, Newcastle-under-Lyme based Adoption Focus is working with campaigners across the …