A £23million boost from the Government to the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership will support prompt delivery of major growth projects, its chairman has said. Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced allocations of the £900million…
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Staffordshire County Council is working with business leaders, our universities and other public sector partners to grow Staffordshire’s economy and create more, better paid jobs for our people. This work is now more important than ever following the enormous shock of the coronavirus to our economy…
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Businesses within Staffordshire may still be eligible for Local Government Discretionary Grants. If your business is located in Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford Borough, Lichfield or Cannock chase and you have not already claimed then please read on for further details of the schemes available in your area…
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Above: Smithfield Development (image courtesy of Genr8 Developments) Stoke-on-Trent has been evaluated to be one of the best cities to invest in by financial services company Raisin UK. Raisin analysed data on the largest cities in the UK and evaluated them based on the working population, the…
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ENGIE UK is continuing demolition work at the former Rugeley Power Station site to make way for their development that will integrate innovative, low carbon energy solutions on site. Like many major projects the outbreak of Covid-19 brought a temporary pause on works, though site remediation work…
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Above: Tom Irons and Matthew Tilt Hawkins Logistics, a UK based warehouse and distribution company, has taken occupancy of a brand new warehouse unit at Legal & General’s Fradley Park, Lichfield to facilitate the next chapter of its growth plans. Employing over 100 members of staff from two…
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As plans for re-opening pubs, restaurants and bars are drawn up in the UK, the British Ceramic Confederation is promoting the hygiene benefits of using ceramic tableware. The #DineSafe campaign is being supported by UK ceramic manufacturers including Churchill and Steelite, whose British made…
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A support programme for people with ambitions of starting their own business and whose current employment may be at risk due to the coronavirus crisis has been launched by Staffordshire county council. The Staffordshire Start-up Programme aims to build on and complement existing support for new…
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Location of new store between Matalan and M&S on Wolstanton Retail Park Work has started on a multi-million retail unit near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire for home furnishing retailer Dunelm Mill. Deeley Construction, which is headquartered in Coventry, has begun work on the 22,000 sq…
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Thirty small businesses from across Lichfield and Tamworth are currently being offered a free 12-month membership to the Federation of Small Businesses. Thirty small businesses that operate within Lichfield or Tamworth are currently being offered the opportunity to claim a free 12-month membership…
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