STAFFORD-based broadband and IT specialists Keycom have strengthened their top team by making two key appointments. Margaret Pate joins Keycom at Beaconside to head the project management team and Andrea Bailey joins as business development manager. The two appointments follow recent additions to Keycom’s management team. Neil Woolerton and Neil Willmott moved to Keycom in 2014 as business development director and head …

A popular Stafford pub is undergoing a £45,000 revamp five years after it was re-opened by Staffordshire brewers Titanic. Work began in mid-February on a refurbishment at the Sun Inn, in Lichfield Road, with the new look set for completion on Thursday, March 5, following a three day closure. “We are giving the Sun a thorough, general makeover with new …

Young brewers Tom Bott and Sam McGregor have won investment from a host of musicians as they aim to stamp their signatures on the beer and music scenes. Musicians such as Ed Harcourt and Frank Turner have backed a crowd funding campaign by Signature Brew. Tom and Sam, from Stafford, combined their love of quality beer and live music to …

When residents at Hargreaves Court, in Leek, wanted to brighten up their environment, they thought big. The result was a vast, stunning mural that has become the talk of the neighbourhood. The vibrant artwork, which measures 24×14 feet, depicts a Victorian schoolyard and is the work of artist Nick Roach, who took around four months to complete it using graffiti-style …

Communications and broadband experts Keycom and Vision Fibre Media have worked in partnership to supply state of the art fibre optic broadband to one of London’s best known addresses. Residents of the Barbican can now enjoy speeds of up to 1 Gb/s (one gigabit per second) – the UK’s fastest broadband. The fibre optic network has been supplied and installed …

NEWS RELEASE For immediate release:  29 January, 2015. Croft Architecture steps in after a developer falls foul of a rogue “architect” Failure to check the credentials of an “architect” has proven costly for a West Mildands developer. Daldar Singh Sandhu is more than £20,000 out of pocket due to planning mistakes made by a company wrongly advertising themselves as an …

City residents can meet Magnum photographer Mark Power and artist Dan Thompson at events staged by Appetite Stoke-on-Trent. Power and Thompson are working with Appetite on separate events showcasing the city and its people. Artist Dan Thompson will be talking about his social history project, London Road, at Room with a Brew, Stafford Street, Hanley, on Thursday, January 29 (6.30 …

Superfast broadband provider Keycom has gained accreditation from the Friendly WiFi scheme. The Friendly WiFi logo offers peace of mind to parents that their children can use internet services in public places without seeing pornographic or other unsuitable websites. Supported by the Government and children’s charities including the NSPCC, Friendly WiFi is the world’s first public WiFi accreditation scheme to …

Members of the public are being offered the opportunity to get involved with a unique arts project in Stoke-on-Trent. Acclaimed sound artist Ray Lee is to premiere Congregation, a new interactive composition involving groups of residents from across the Potteries. Appetite’s artist development programme is bringing Ray, named British Composer of the Year in 2012, to the city and has …