A Staffordshire businessman who has helped dozens of companies to expand has become the new Managing Director of Business for Breakfast in the UK. Stuart Walton left the world of corporate finance in 2009 to take on a Business for Breakfast franchise in Staffordshire. Since then, the former President of the Stafford Chamber of Commerce, has established a network of …
Brewery head calls on MPs to save the Great British Pub
A Staffordshire brewer is calling on the county’s MPs to back a British tradition during a debate in beer prices in Parliament this week. Keith Bott, Managing Director of Titanic Brewery, has written to five MPs in North and Mid Staffordshire urging them to speak and vote in the Beer Tax Escalator debate to be held in the House of …
Brampton heads the search for important heritage roles within key local heritage-led regeneration project
A North Staffordshire recruitment agency has been handed the task to fill two crucial high profile vacancies at an historic Stoke-on-Trent pottery site. A Visitor Services Manager and a Site Manager/Clerk of Works are being sought by Brampton Recruitment for The Prince’s Regeneration Trust who acquired the Middleport Pottery site in 2011. Extensive work is being carried-out to regenerate Middleport …
Titanic Brewery challengers customers to “Grow a Mo Like Captain Smith” as Stoke-on-Trent embraces Movember madness
A challenge to “Grow a Mo Like Captain Smith” is being made by Titanic Brewery as its pubs join the Movember fundraising effort in Stoke-on-Trent. The brewery is backing a campaign which will see the Potteries renamed as Motown for a month as supporters get behind the annual fund raising marathon for cancer research. Titanic is changing the name of …
Commander honoured for 30 years service to school’s cadet force
A teacher who has helped many Newcastle-under-Lyme School pupils to pursue officer careers in the Armed Forces is to be honoured. Nick Carter will receive the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire’s Award during a ceremony at the school’s Founders’ Day on Wednesday, 24 October. Mr Ian Dudson CBE, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire will present the award at the Founders’ Day Service …
£3.5 million school project moves a step nearer
Exciting plans for new facilities at Newcastle-under-Lyme School have been unveiled. Plans for a new library and resources centre, the development of three new science laboratories and the refurbishment of eight other labs have been submitted to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council by the school’s Governors. The £3.5 million scheme, produced in conjunction with Associated Architects, would also see an increase in …
Stoke-on-Trent becomes Mo-town for a month as the Potteries take centre stage in worldwide fundraising campaign
Movember madness is set to hit the Potteries as Stoke-on-Trent is chosen to lead the annual cancer campaign in the West Midlands. Organisers have won the support of local companies and Stoke City FC as they gear up for this year’s Movember fundraising marathon. Stoke-on-Trent has been earmarked as the West Midlands base for Movember in recognition of the success …
Award winning Roebuck is the toast of Staffordshire
A much loved Staffordshire pub which has been restored to the heart of the community by Titanic Brewery has won a Taste of Staffordshire award. The Roebuck Hotel, Leek, scooped the Special Award for a British Heritage Pub at the 2012 Taste of Staffordshire Good Food Awards. The award is made “to honour an establishment that embodies all that is …
100 not out as fledgling architects’ practice goes from strength to strength
A thriving new architecture practise is celebrating its 100th commission – just nine months after being set up. Hewitt and Carr Architects was set up after the owners found themselves unemployed in the wake of the collapse of well known Stoke-on-Trent practice Hulme Upright. The decision to go it alone has paid off for Natalie Hewitt and Mark Carr as …
Football fans score for charity in zip wire challenge
Football fans score for charity in zip wire challenge A Crewe couple scored for their favourite charity by undertaking a hair-raising charity challenge at the home of Everton Football Club Jan and Phil McKeown have so far raised over £400 for Asthma UK after taking on the Goodison Park zip slide challenge. Businessman Phil, who owns the Cheshire, Staffordshire and …