North Staffordshire concrete supplier Thorp Precast has won a contract to provide precast cladding panels for Staffordshire University's £40 million Catalyst building. The 8,800 sq ft building, which is under construction at the Stoke-on-Trent campus in Leek Road, is due to be completed in next…
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Staffordshire businesses are being urged to find out more about all available support to them following the introduction of new Covid-19 restrictions. The national Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, also known as the furlough scheme, has now been extended until the end of March next year and there is…
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Since Wednesday 2nd December 2020, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent have been at the local COVID alert level three (also known as Tier 3), to help slow the spread of Coronavirus. While our pubs, restaurants, cafes, and tea rooms are currently closed for eating in, they are still allowed to offer…
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Additional sources of help for businesses across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent The new ‘JSS Open’ scheme – enhanced support from the Job Support Scheme particularly aimed at businesses in ‘High’ to help retain employees. For those businesses that are not forced to close but can show that the…
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On Saturday 31st October, at 00:01am, Staffordshire will enter the High COVID alert level (Tier 2), putting the whole county, including Stoke-on-Trent, at the same level. Here is everything you need to know about what you can and can't do under the Tier 2 rules. Read on for details of which tourism…
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Pictured: Aaron Bell MP and John Lee, owner of Broxap. Street furniture manufacturer Broxap has invested more than £80,000 transforming a former storage area into a new timber workshop at its North Staffordshire headquarters. The Newcastle-under-Lyme-based company relocated the workshop – which was…
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Staffordshire County Council is looking to work with Stafford Borough Council and other partners to ensure parcels of land off Eastgate Street are brought back into productive use, forming part of the wider regeneration of the town centre. The Eastgate Regeneration Scheme focuses on the county…
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Stoke-on-Trent’s first build-to-rent scheme has reached practical completion, shortly after the neighbouring Hilton Garden Inn announced its official opening last week. The development, which forms part of Genr8’s £250m Smithfield scheme in Hanley, is due to welcome its first residents from this…
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With the United Kingdom leaving the EU, one might think that European companies would be reluctant to invest in the UK. But nothing could be further from the truth for Dutch company PRN-Group. In 2017, its UK office, John Scott Works Ltd., started to design, manufacture, and install mezzanine…
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Half term is here and there’s no better way to escape the everyday than with a trip to Staffordshire. Here’s our list of the best half term things to do in Staffordshire. Please check with individual attractions before you visit, to be aware of their COVID safety measures. They may need you to book…
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