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Funding Boost for Cannock Component Maker

A Cannock-based manufacturer of stainless steel metal components has received £60,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund. Run by father and son team Nigel and Jake Mason, Stainless Metal Solutions (SMS) secured the finance to help purchase new equipment and expand its team - creating two…

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Growing IT Firm to Create 15 New Jobs

Stoke-on-Trent-based Fifteen Group already offers business transformation solutions – including turnkey IT services, telecommunications and software development – to some of the world’s biggest brands including KFC, Costa, and Taco Bell. Now the company is expanding its portfolio after becoming an…

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Jobs are Safeguarded at Stoke-on-Trent Company!

Insurance giant, Atlanta Group, has swooped in to save the jobs of more than 200 Ageas staff after agreeing to take over the lease of the company’s Stoke-on-Trent office (ahead of Ageas' planned closure next summer). Ageas announced the closure of the Trentham Lakes site earlier this year, as part…

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£10m Investment in New Depot to Create 130 Jobs

Logistics firm Simarco Worldwide is investing in a new £10m distribution centre in Staffordshire, a move which will create 130 jobs. The company, headquartered in Essex, has taken on a 10-year lease on Stoke 108, a 108,000 sq ft warehouse at Radial Park in Stoke-on-Trent. The new depot will act as…

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New Era for i54 South Staffordshire

Work has started on an extension to a major Midlands business park which could generate around 1,700 jobs and lever in up to £300 million of investment. It will see i54 South Staffordshire, on the county border with the City of Wolverhampton, expand to provide much-needed sites of different sizes at…

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Lichfield Festival 2019: This Year's Highlights

The Lichfield Festival is back for a 38th year on Friday 5th July! A cultural extravaganza combining music, comedy, ballet, theatre and more, the festival began in 1982, making it one of the UK's longest-running celebration of the arts. Thanks to Festival Director Damian Thantrey for his guest blog…

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Kiln Specialist Secures Major Contract

Stoke-on-Trent-based Therser UK secured the contract for the manufacture and installation of a new, 48-metre fast-fire tunnel kiln. The new kiln forms part of an ongoing investment programme at Churchill, also based in Stoke-on-Trent, which is looking to increase production of its…

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