The best street theatre and outdoor arts specialists from across the UK are to gather in Stoke-on-Trent for a weekend showcase and conference. For The Love Of It 2014 is being held in partnership with the National Association of Street Artists and Appetite. Appetite is part of the Creative People and Places programme and is supported using public funding by …

A business mentor brought about a decisive change of direction when he took a file management company under his wing. Ken Jenkinson and Melissa Amison set up File Management Solutions in March 2013, offering file and data storage services, largely to the health sector, schools and legal firms. Ken had worked in mental health for more than a decade and …

A Stafford couple have freed up extra funds to upgrade their home after winning an architecture practice’s fifth birthday competition. Michelle Gomes and Andre Canelhas, of Wildwood, struck lucky in the competition run by Stafford based Croft Architecture. “It is quite an ambitious project and this means we can afford to spend more on the fit out,” said Michelle. Practice …

Print and design company Rowtype has acquired the assets of fellow Potteries based printer, J H Brookes. Rowtype stepped in following a decision by J H Brookes to cease trading after more than 100 years. The takeover will save a number of jobs through re-employment by Rowtype and result in the continuation of digital printing and finishing services at the …

Staffordshire Housing Association is offering a ready-made business opportunity for a catering company or start-up. A caterer is being sought to run the restaurant and cafe at the West End Village, Stoke. The winning proposer will get a year’s rent-free use of the West End Village’s well equipped kitchen and restaurant facilities to allow them to establish their catering business. …

A Stoke-on-Trent legal firm has helped nearly 100 women from all over the UK to receive compensation in an action over faulty breast implants. Attwood Solicitors was the only UK law firm to join forces with French lawyers who successfully claimed compensation for PIP victims against TUV Rheinland in the French courts. TUV, a German Company, who approved the PIP …

Persistence and a willingness to work hard paid off for job seeker James White.  James, aged 21, has been crowned Temp of the Year 2013 by Brampton Recruitment and his “can do” attitude has led to a permanent job with timber company SCA.  But the road to employment proved anything but easy for James, of Talke.  He impressed staff at …

An enterprising Staffordshire Moorlands business group is celebrating after its members smashed a networking organisation’s records. The Leek Thursday Business for Breakfast (BforB) group generated just under £1 million of business in 2013 – around treble the next best amount recorded by any BforB group in Staffordshire. Nearly 20 business owners meet fortnightly to pass business referrals and leads. Regional  …

More than £2.5 million in business was generated in 2013 by members of BforB (Business for Breakfast) in Staffordshire. 2013 was a major year of growth for the BforB referral marketing organisation and Staffordshire – where the national office is based – is the international organisation’s most successful county. A year end survey of income for 2013 revealed members gained …

Andrea Siegertsz and Jayne Phillips Talented artist Andrea Siegertsz spends her time painting super heroes and fantasy princesses. But the Knypersley artist has now found a business fairy godmother in Let’s Do Mentoring’s Jayne Phillips. Andrea called on Let’s Do Mentoring for help after a chance meeting with a member of the Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce team at a networking …