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 …

Broadband specialists Keycom are to take centre stage at a major housing conference on digital inclusion. Neil Woolerton, Keycom’s development director, will deliver a keynote speech to delegates at the prestigious National Digital Housing Conference 2014. The event, to be held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on October 14, is being held to promote powerful and efficient online …

NEW conference and meeting room facilities are being made available to businesses as part of the expansion of Titanic Brewery. The Sample Room at the Burslem company means it has professional-standard visitor facilities for the first time. Around £300,000 has been spent on new offices, a brewery shop and a remodelled brewery with new up-to-the-minute cooling tanks and additional cool stores. Office …

Arch has stepped in to save the Up! mental wellbeing service from closure. Up! was set to shut its doors in September following a decision by Staffordshire County Council to remove its funding support. But with no available alternatives available for the service’s users, Arch has acted to guarantee funding until 31 March 2015, to give it time to explore …

TRUSTEES from a charity which supports parents in need are on the lookout for a mini digger – to help their fund-raising stunt. Karen Coleman and Nigel Howle are hoping for a vehicle to help them take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge in aid of the city-based Gingerbread Centre. The duo want a mini-digger to help get them thoroughly …

THE sweet smell of success is in the air at cosmetics and perfume packaging company Collcap after it secured a grant to support its growth plans. The Leek business is expanding into new premises with the help of the Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce Jobs and Growth Fund, backed by the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF). Collcap, which produces packaging for a …

A major refurbishment of Stoke-on-Trent’s Titanic Brewery has created a new venue for small conferences, events and training workshops. The Sample Room at Titanic Brewery, Burslem, gives the expanding brewery professional standard visitor facilities for the first time. Around £300,000 has been spent by the brewery to provide new offices, a brewery shop and a remodelled brewery with new up-to-the-minute …

An expanding brewery with a track record of reviving pubs in Staffordshire is taking on its first Cheshire pub. Ye Olde Kings Arms, High Street, Congleton, is the eighth pub to be opened by Titanic Brewery in seven years. The historic inn comes with a gruesome place in South Cheshire history – condemned prisoners were led down a secret passage …