A Staffordshire businesswoman has become one of the first distributors in the county for a stunning jewellery collection straight out of Africa. Kay Bevans is launching the Miglio Jewellery brand at the Moat House Hotel, Festival Park, on Tuesday, 30 November. Stone based Kay says interest is high in the event – which is being billed as A Sparkling Experience – with people …

A Kent garage is helping motorists to achieve the ultimate driving experience. Old Forge Garage of Orpington has become a Black Code vehicle re-mapping specialist after purchasing the brand’s franchise for Kent. The  Black Code system offers motorists the chance to increase the engine power and torque of their car by 35 per cent. At the same time, drivers can achieve up to …

Families are to be offered free safety checks to help allay fears over the safety of window blinds. Long established window blind retailer and manufacturer, Barnes Blinds, has launched a drive to make window blinds safer. Several children have been injured after getting caught up in window blind cords and two youngsters died in incidents in southern Staffordshire in early …

A Staffordshire computing expert is helping to spearhead a UK wide campaign aimed at keeping people safe on line. Liz Thursfield, former Associate Dean of Computing, Engineering and Technology at StaffordshireUniversity, is heading the social media campaign for Get Safe Online. Liz, of Stafford, runs social media consultancy Ariadne’s Thread which helps many public and private sector organisations to use tools such as Twitter, Linkedin …

Veterans are being invited to join pupils at a Remembrance service at Newcastle-under-Lyme School. The school holds an annual Remembrance Service and Parade on 11 November each year. Current and past pupils have been joined in recent years by members of the town’s Normandy Veterans Association for the service. However, earlier this year, the Newcastle-under-Lyme Branch of the Association was disbanded due …

An award winning North Staffordshire roofing company is using a cash boost to branch out into green technology. Rydale Roofing took joint first place in the recent Newcastle-under-Lyme Business Boost competition. Now the Keele Road based company is to offer the latest photo-voltaic roofing panels to customers for the first time. Rydale Roofing was set up by Mick and Julie Mirowski in 1993. It …

Titanic Brewery is teaming up with successful quality food and drink retailer Brown and Green to help champion local produce. The Burslem breweries bottled range is among the best selling beers at Brown and Green’s store at the Trentham Shopping Village. Two special Titanic tasting days will be held in the store. Customers will be given a chance to take advantage of some …

Stafford will become the focus of national attention on Wednesday as its economic future is debated in the light of the Government’s long awaited Public Sector Spending Review. BBC TV has singled-out Stafford for national coverage because of the high level of public sector jobs in the County Town. The town will feature on the live coverage of Chancellor George Osbourne’s speech on …

A Cheshire welder whose hearing was damaged while at work has been awarded £12,000 compensation in an out of court settlement by his former employer. Stephen Rothwell of Middlewich suffered serious hearing damage while working for Henry Smith Constructional Engineering. He took action against the company with the help of industrial injury specialists, Attwood Solicitors Stephen, 50, a plater welder, was never …

The facts about new equality laws, recently lampooned by TV business Dragon Duncan Bannatyne, will be explained to North Staffordshire companies at an event staged by leading regional employment lawyers Grindeys. Health club boss Bannatyne mocked the Equality Act 2010 as the end of the office joke. But businesses will be able to get a more considered view of the new rules …