Award-winning delivery firm EDS Stoke has reported 'significant growth' as a result of the surge in online shopping during the pandemic. The Stoke-on-Trent company – part of the APC delivery network – has recorded a 40 per cent year-on-year increase in business over the past 12 months. The firm…
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A Staffordshire training provider has helped than 60 young people secure placements as part of the Government’s Kickstart scheme. Since January, The Inspirational Learning Group (TILG) has placed a total of 69 youngsters – aged between 16 and 24 – into roles at businesses across Staffordshire…
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A road over railway bridge that has undergone extensive refurbishment as part of a multi-million-pound project to support Stafford’s regeneration has reopened today - ahead of schedule. The Doxey Road bridge works have been carried out as part of the Stafford Western Access Route project which aims…
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Up to 30 new jobs look set to be created at a sheet metal manufacturing business as part of a £4 million investment in a new site. Alpha Manufacturing has broken ground on a 35,000 sq ft facility which is being constructed at Beacon Park, in Stafford. The new warehouse is being constructed on the…
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JCB started a fresh recruitment drive for 500 new shop floor employees as demand for its machinery continues to soar. The company is setting on the additional agency employees at its 11 plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham – on top of the 850 shop floor jobs already created so far in…
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GLP, a leading investor and developer of logistics warehouses and distribution parks has today announced that it is to develop a 136,000 SQ FT manufacturing facility and distribution centre for leading UK composite door manufacturer Solidor on the final plot at its G-Park Stoke development in…
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In March this year, Capital&Centric announced plans for the exciting new Urban Quarter in Stoke-on-Trent next to the main train station. The plans will involve a transformation of the city centre site, with around 180 new homes, a 150-bed hotel, 25,000 sq ft of workspaces and 10,000 sq ft of retail…
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Engineering services specialist Briggs Equipment has acquired a Northern Ireland-based plant hire firm. Cannock-based Briggs Equipment has taken over JB Plant Hire as part of its plans to strengthen its position in the Irish plant hire market. The acquisition comes after Briggs purchased Laois Hire…
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An organisation which supports businesses across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire has released a new report showcasing the contribution it has made to the local economy ‘in a year like no other.’ The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (SSLEP) has published its 2020-2021…
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National maintenance and construction contractor Novus Property Solutions has revealed plans to create 250 new jobs in the next five years as part of its ambitious five-year growth plan. The business, whose headquarters are based in Stoke-on-Trent, wants to have a 1,000-strong workforce and a…
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