Residents and housing staff join forces for community clean up

Photo opportunity: Where: Hambro Place, Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent. When: 11.30am, Thursday, 22 September, 2011. Residents will join forces with Staffordshire Housing Association (SHA) staff to clean up a local play area. A work party will be at the play area in Hambro Place on Thursday (22 September) to remove graffiti and rubbish and to repaint play equipment. They will be …

Expansion excitement as JSW Insurance Services unveil new office plans

Independent insurance expert, JSW, has announced expansion plans as it opens its second North Staffordshire office. JSW Insurance Services has outgrown its current headquarters in Church Street, Silverdale. Around half of the current 20 strong team will move to office premises on the Lymedale Business Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, over the next few weeks. And Managing Director, Nathan Walton revealed plans to …

Open Day as Housing Association gym opens to city residents

Residents in Stoke are to be offered a new option to aid their efforts to get fit. Staffordshire Housing Association is opening the doors of its gym at the West End Village to residents. An open day is being held on Saturday. 17 September, to show off the fitness facilities at West End Village, which provides high quality independent living …

FREE EMPLOYMENT SEMINAR AS PROFESSIONAL FIRMS COME TOGETHER TO OFFER ADVICE

Businesses are to be given up to the minute legal and insurance advice at a free to attend employment law seminar. The event is being held to demonstrate the advantages of taking up an employment law and insurance package offered by Knights solicitors llp and JSW Insurance Services . The Newcastle-under-Lyme based professional services experts are working together to provide …

ORDERS, ORDERS! Titanic Iceberg on sale in Parliament

Politicians and visitors to Parliament are now able to raise a toast with beer from the Potteries. Titanic Brewery’s Iceberg beer is on tap in the House of Commons for a limited period from 12 September, 2011. The distinctive light wheat beer will be on sale in the Strangers’ Bar which is a major meeting point between MPs and visitors …

Green Team host workshop on going solar

Vital information on how, when and why organisations should consider solar power will be discussed at a workshop run by the Staffordshire Housing Group. Staffordshire Housing has begun work to fit homes under its ownership with photo voltaic (often known as solar) panels. Their “Green Team” will pass on their knowledge at a workshop – Feed-in Tariff in Reality – …

AUCTION NIGHTS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPICE

A popular town centre pub is to host a series of auctions to raise funds for North Staffordshire’s only children’s hospice. Auction nights will be held every two months at the White Star, Stoke, on behalf of the Donna Louise Children’s Hospice Trust. Licensee Pam Rowlands, said: “The first auction will be on Sunday, 11 September. There will be entertainment …

MARATHON PUB CRAWL WILL RAISE FUNDS FOR STAFFORDSHIRE HOSPICE

Walking to the pub will take on a new meaning for a group of beer lovers. Lee Farrington, landlord of the Greyhound, Hartshill Road, Newcastle, is encouraging friends and pub-goers to join him on a 23 mile pub crawl between Titanic Brewery’s five inns. And their efforts are expected to raise hundreds of pounds for the Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Blurton, …

Households go Solar with Staffordshire Housing Association

Around 200 North Staffordshire households are to benefit from a Staffordshire Housing Association scheme to install solar panels to heat homes. The scheme will help to cut heating costs for tenants and support the Stoke based association’s work to cut its carbon footprint. Householders can typically knock between £70 and £100 a year off their household bills by installing solar …