A charity is urging people to get into the Christmas spirit to raise funds for North Staffordshire families in need. The Alice Charity has organised a Christmas Jumper Day on Friday, December 12. The charity is appealing to people to wear a festive jumper to work and make a donation to the Alice Charity. Local businesses on the Silverdale Enterprise …

A Stoke-on-Trent community will celebrate Christmas with a twist this year. Meir will be home to a spectacular six metre high Christmas tree – made from thousands of discarded plastic bags. The colourful Consumerist Christmas Tree has been commissioned by the Meir Christmas Events Board working with the arts programme, Appetite. The tree will be next to the Health Centre …

An historic Congleton town centre inn will reopen as a pub with the community firmly at its heart, following a major refit. Ye Olde Kings Arms will open on Thursday, 13 November, under the ownership of Titanic Brewery. Experienced pub manager Kathy Morton (pictured) is overseeing the transformation of the 16th Century pub which has perhaps been best known for …

Artist Sarah Nadin aims to get people talking with the help of her #chumbrella. The #chumbrella is simply an umbrella adorned with the Twitter hashtag – a shorthand form for sharing which is familiar to millions of Twitter social media users. Sarah hopes her #chumbrella will get people talking in open spaces around the world, but is trialling it in …

A charity founded to help people to enjoy life as we get older has launched its first ever fundraising appeal. Living Longer, Living Stronger! aims to raise £75,000 to help put in place positive support programmes to help people to live well as they get older. There are now more than 11 million people aged over 65 in the UK …

BREWERY bosses have unveiled ambitious plans to open more than 20 new pubs in the next six years. Potteries-based Titanic Brewery is set to open its ninth pub, Ye Olde Kings Arms, Congleton, in November. But managing director Keith Bott has also unveiled plans to expand Titanic’s estate to 30 pubs, concentrating the expansion in Staffordshire, South Cheshire and Derbyshire. Titanic, …

North Staffordshire businesses are being given the chance to gain free advice from four experienced professional service practitioners. The Four Experts in One Room event, on 18 November, has been organised by Richard Jacobs Pension and Trustee Services Ltd. Company Director’s Kate Barnard and Emily Jacobs will be on hand to give advice at the event along with Joy Hancock, commercial …

An expanding Staffordshire brewery has announced plans to open 22 new pubs by 2020. Titanic Brewery is set to open a ninth pub – Ye Olde Kings Arms, Congleton – in November. Now Managing Director Keith Bott has unveiled plans to expand Titanic Brewery’s estate to 30 pubs, concentrating expansion in Staffordshire, South Cheshire and Derbyshire. Founded in 1985, Titanic Brewery had …

See the video of a special ice bucket challenge with fellow Gingerbread Centre Trustee Karen Coleman, Head o f Employment Law at Myers and Co. Solicitors. Gingerbread Centre ultimate ice bucket challenge

Experienced Staffordshire architect Tom Achtmanis is drawing up plans for success at Croft Architecture. Tom, an ARB qualified architect with more than 10 years experience, joins an expanding team at the Staffordshire Technology Park based architects practice. He began his career as an architectural assistant at Hulme Upright, Stoke-on-Trent before combining work for Midlands and Manchester based practices with study …