Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK) back issues from July 2007:
Entertaining dreams of creating big bucks
Jul 01, 2007 ... The entertainment and fashion industries are now as valuable tothe economy as the financial services sector. Cultural exports from the UK, including music, television showsand computer games, are greater than from any other country in theworld, according to a new report by an ...
Evolving to survive in a competitive market
Jul 01, 2007 ... One of the most important things behind the success of a smallcompany is keeping all your staff involved, says Mike Walley. The 39-year-old used to be responsible for the marketing offorklift trucks before he set up his online company, EverythingDinosaur, as a way of sharing his ...
Balalaikas! It's time for sergei's samovar
Jul 01, 2007 ... Craig of Meir writes: "I've been thinking about going intobusiness as a market trader. I've been getting a bit fed up ofworking indoors after 20 years on a potbank, and friends assure methat there's good money to be made on the markets. "I recently inherited a giant samovar from a ...
Opening doors to new cash
Jul 01, 2007 ... What was your childhood ambition? I don't recall having any great ambition at that time. Someonesuggested I become an optician but I couldn't see my way to doingthat! I was good with numbers so the route I eventually chose wasaccountancy and helping business. What was your ...
Prepare properly to enjoy holidays
Jul 01, 2007 ... With floods of rain lashing down and scores of commuters bravingthe wickedly wild weather to head into the office, many a working daymoment is inevitably taken up dreaming about the serene shores andbeautiful beaches of exotic holiday destinations. But as you sit as your desk ...
Appeal for workplace victims evidence
Jul 01, 2007 ... The Government has pledged to tackle abuses at work as it appealedfor information about the poor treatment of vulnerable employees. Ministers called on unions, businesses and workers to pass on anyevidence they received to a new enforcement body which has recentlymet for the first ...
Welcome migrants, says union
Jul 01, 2007 ... A Leading trade union has urged the Government to change the viewof migrant workers in Britain. It said migrants play a vital role in the country's publicservices, but come up against attitudes which "criminalised" them. Unison said thousands of care workers, kitchen ...
Managers resigning as wage rises slow
Jul 01, 2007 ... A Growing number of managers are resigning amid a dip in wagerises, according to a new report. The Chartered Management Institute said "alarm bells" should beringing for employers, because of increased recruitment problems. A survey of 42,200 managers showed that earnings ...
Resultsdiary
Jul 01, 2007 ... Monday Finals: Photo-Me International Interims: Travelzest Tuesday Finals: Greene King, NCC, Northgate AGM: Home Retail ...
Bosses dismiss healthy working
Jul 01, 2007 ... Employers are being accused of not doing enough to improve thehealth and well-being of their workers. A survey of 900 firms showed that almost a third believed healthyworking was a "waste of time or money", or that it had nothing to dowith them. Investors in People said its ...
Making things easier when it doesn't work
Jul 01, 2007 ... Employment relationships are often turbulent and can deterioratedue to no particular fault of either the employer or employee. This can result in either the employee being dismissed, or theemployee leaving employment. However, when serious disputes arisethis split can become ...
Don't leave home without attending to basics
Jul 01, 2007 ... I Am moving to the U.S. on a three-year contract, which may beextended to five years. My wife and children are coming with me. Whatshould I be doing before I go? There are so many things to get in order. I hope you have givenyourself a good couple of months to sort them out before ...
Better bottom line but go figure on job losses
Jul 01, 2007 ... One of the first things you're taught as a young journalist isthat it's figures which make a story. It doesn't matter who you're quoting and what they've got to say,if you can't spice things up with a few numbers it's not worth thepaper it's written on. There were plenty of ...
American adventure helps firm buck trend
Jul 01, 2007 ... National Grid Transco was formed by the merger of National Grid(operator of the UK electricity grid) and Lattice (operator of the UKgas pipeline) in October 2002. By selling Energis (the telecomssubsidiary) at the top of the telecoms and technology bubble, thegroup was able to move into ...
'I'd like to inspire the next Robbie...'
Jul 02, 2007; ... Budding musicians could benefit from the success of a singer'sdebut single. Howie, the on-stage persona of Etruria businessman HowardVickerman, hopes to raise more than pounds12,000 from his firstrelease Some Day, to donate to schools to buy musical instruments. Mr Vickerman, ...
Expertise group becomes a more flexible friend to its clients
Jul 02, 2007 ... A Printing company is investing pounds500,000 in new equipment toexpand its services. The Expertise Group, which employs 11 people at its headquartersin Oldfields Business Park, said the new machinery will create moreflexibility for its clients, enabling marketing material to ...
On course for change
Jul 02, 2007 ... A New programme offers workers the chance to learn more aboutgetting the work-life balance right. National training and development provider MCP Langcet has set upa programme for people working in small to medium-sized organisationsin Staffordshire. Through a series of workshops ...
Simon joins dunelm board
Jul 02, 2007 ... Specialist homeware retailer Dunelm has appointed a new non-executive director. The company, which created 58 jobs when it relocated itsdistribution centre from Burton and Syston, Leicestershire, to thePrologis Park in Stoke last year, has appointed Simon Emeny,director of ...
Bright future for students
Jul 02, 2007 ... Tunstall tile maker H&R Johnson has announced the winners of itsstudent design competition. A panel of judges from the design world chose University ofNorthumbria students Henry Marks and Rebecca Williams' team entry asthe winner of its Future Designs competition. Their work ...
Tile project helps fire up interest in science
Jul 02, 2007; ... Two ceramics firms have joined forces to teach children about tile-making. Trentham-based retailer Living Glaze has been working withchildren at James Brindley Science College, in Chell, to help themput together a display of tiles to be hung in the school's ...
Your care is key for dedicated Gavin
Jul 02, 2007; ... Physician Dr Gavin Russell is being credited as a key figure inthe breakthrough decision to bring North Staffordshire its biggestNHS investment for a century. As a renal consultant at the University Hospital for the past 20years, he has vastly extended kidney dialysis services ...
Loving Yvonne is 'more than one in a million...'
Jul 02, 2007 ... It's Not easy looking after a partner who has become seriously illand requires kidney dialysis three times a week. Or to be the linchpin of a charity that supports families in thesame situation. But Yvonne Coxon, pictured, manages to do both bycaring for her husband Graham while ...
Wade trains up staff in face of redundancy
Jul 02, 2007; ... A Company making redundancies is offering more training to all itsstaff - including those who are leaving. Training has been offered to all 140 employees at Wade Ceramics,in Burslem, and 70 have taken it up. Twenty of those are people who are being made redundant. The ...
Warning for accountants
Jul 02, 2007 ... The accountancy industry is facing a shake-up of procedures. From December 2007, all accountants offering advice to the publicwill need to be supervised by an approved regulatory body - or riskbreaking the law, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountantswarned. The ...
Firms' great dane mission
Jul 02, 2007 ... Members of a professional services network have the opportunity tofly the flag for North Staffordshire during a trip to Denmark. Finest, which is based at Commerce House in Festival Park, and UKTrade and Investment are organising the trip which aims to raise theprofile of the ...
Campus hosts green seminar
Jul 02, 2007 ... An Architect and a cameraman will speak at a seminar on ecologicalmatters concerning university campuses. Bill Dunster, of ZEDfactory, an award-winning practicespecialising in low energy building, will be joined by BBC wildlifecameraman Rebecca Hosking at Keele University on July ...
'Hub' could be perfect marriage for couples
Jul 02, 2007; ... Despite having no interest in marriage herself, Lesley Walker hasset her hopes on providing a one-stop shop for brides and grooms tobe. The 41-year-old has taken over Stafford-based wedding stationeryand favours business Sherry Trifle and will now take it into a newhome. A ...
More motivation for jamie
Jul 02, 2007 ... Internet business Jamedia has been hired to build the website ofthe original Apprentice. Jamie Gudgeon founder of the web development company has beenasked to create the site for Sir Alan Sugar's former right hand manTim Campbell to promote his motivational speaking. Mr ...
Legal expert joins dechra
Jul 02, 2007 ... Animal drugs firm Dechra Pharmaceuticals has appointed a newcompany secretary. Zoe Bamford begins her new role today following the retirement ofStephen Whitehouse last month. The Talke-based company, which develops, makes and distributesveterinary drugs, employs around 380 ...
Council left us facing an uphill battle
Jul 02, 2007; ... The family of a disabled toddler are finally set to move to aground-floor home - 18 months after asking the council to be re-housed. Mother-of-three Sara Hood has had to carry two-year-old daughterStorm, who suffers from a rare brain disorder that limits hermovement, up 13 steps ...
Healthy response to art challenge
Jul 02, 2007 ... Schoolchildren are battling it out to have their work immortalisedin North Staffordshire's newest health centre. Fifteen of them have risen to the challenge to come up with apicture which can be incorporated into a design to dominate thereception of the pounds3.2 million complex at ...
Pupils hog the night
Jul 02, 2007 ... Stone: Youngsters are looking forward to a hog roast which willhelp raise funds for their school. Oulton First School, in Stone, will be eating heartily onSaturday, July 7. Doors open at 6pm, and tickets are ...
Staff spend lives earning their crust
Jul 02, 2007 ... Warburtons' depot in Stone, is celebrating its 20th birthday thismonth- and three staff have worked there since day one. Administration clerk Cath Edwards, van salesman David Milner, andnight dispatch worker Anthony Allcock, were honoured for their longservice at a surprise ...
Tile guru in line for award
Jul 02, 2007 ... The man behind the success of retailer Tile Giant is looking topick up another award. Mohammed Iqbal, managing director of the Longton-based retailerwhich has around 28 outlets, has been nominated for the Business andCommerce Excellence Jewel Award organised by Lloyds ...
Share delight for michelin
Jul 02, 2007 ... Tyre giant Michelin is the automotive supplier offering thehighest shareholder value, according to the latestPricewaterhouseCoopers shareholder value rankings. The figures for the year ending April 2007 show the French firm,which employs 1,300 people at its industrial site and ...
'Every letter they send brings back the hurt'
Jul 02, 2007; ... Fraud investigators have launched an inquiry after a payment wasmade from a pensioner's bank account a month after she died. Now Shirley Ashley's daughter Elaine Redman says her grief hasbeen compounded by numerous letters sent to her deceased mother byAlliance & ...
Bring back the bells on bikes
Jul 02, 2007 ... Sir, - How come bicycles are not fitted with bells these days? I have often been nearly knocked down by passing bikes ...
No water goes into the grids
Jul 02, 2007 ... Sir, - I read the letter written by Kevin Gordon, of Kidsgrove,regarding the state of the grids. Most of the ones in Church Lane,Mow Cop, are the same. I don't know why we need ...
Deadline extended on pounds5m scheme
Jul 02, 2007 ... Businesses have been given an extra fortnight to get their entriesin for the Connect Midlands pounds5 million Investment Challenge. To give more time for interested parties to complete their entry,the deadline has been extended to July 18. The challenge offers a reserved pot of ...
Capula to help cut emissions
Jul 02, 2007 ... Information technology specialist Capula has secured a contractfor a project at a power station. The Stone-based company, which employs 140 people, has beenawarded the contract for the Control System on International Power'spounds145 million Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) project ...
You alienate your workers
Jul 02, 2007 ... Sir, - I have recently discovered that two local businesses, awell-known pottery company and a private nursing home, haveintroduced the smoking ban prematurely. The (mis) management of thesecompanies inform their employees that the decision was made "so youcan get used to the idea". Do ...
Use your loaf about the bags
Jul 02, 2007 ... Sir, - It is great how some supermarkets are trying to encourageus to re-use shopping bags. Sainsbury's recently gave away re-usable strong carrier bags, asking customers to please start usingthem, instead of having new carrier bags every time ...
Am I entitled to make claim?
Jul 02, 2007 ... Sir, - I am writing about the article in The Sentinel on June 26,regarding the cleaning and catering workers employed by the countycouncil. I wondered if I was entitled to any reimbursement for anyloss of earnings during the period that I worked for the council. Ileft their employment ...
African mission helps Chris overcome grief
Jul 02, 2007; ... When Chris Thompson was struck by tragedy twice in four years hefound it difficult to see beyond his grief. But during a trip to Africa he found salvation in helping others,and now spends five months a year in Ghana teaching and improvingschools. He is now preparing his next ...
Have you seen my lost cats?
Jul 02, 2007 ... Sir, - I would like to ask, through The Sentinel, if the person orpersons who stole two garden figures of cats - cream in colour, onesitting next to the other curled up asleep - from my garden wouldjust put them back. They are of no value to anyone but myself.Chances are this person or ...
Lock them up with one of us
Jul 02, 2007 ... Sir, - First, may I congratulate The Sentinel on it's front page,below, exposing two of the four who put that little kitten throughhell. Now, go a bit further and do the same with the others. Idon't see why they should say that they are under age, because at 16they can get married and ...
Firms revving up for awards
Jul 02, 2007 ... Motor firms have until Friday to enter this year's AccelerateSupplier Awards. Now in its eighth year, the nationally-recognised competition ison the lookout for some of the region's finest and best in classcomponent manufacturers, with companies urged to showcase innovation,QCD ...
Cash loss costing wedgwood
Jul 02, 2007 ... The index has had a tough month, as can be seen from the graph,falling by just shy of 10 per cent and wiping out all of the gainsmade during the year to date. That Waterford Wedgwood contributed to this fall is perhapsunsurprising, but St Modwen's hefty drop is more of a shock as ...
Cobra issues profits warning
Jul 02, 2007 ... Bio-pharmaceutical firm Cobra has announced increased pre-taxprofits and revenue but warns market expectations for the fullfinancial year will not be met. The Keele-based company has announced revenue up 24 per cent, topounds5.3 million, for the six months up to March 31 ...
Pub air may be clean but many are turning it blue
Jul 02, 2007 ... Patrick Currell is a compulsive effer and blinder. He freely admits that he has a foul mouth, and his best friendssay that he makes Roy Chubby Brown look like a saint. Roy Chubby Brown is seldom compared to a saint, though nor is heoften compared to a comedian ...
Burslem sets new benchmark
Jul 02, 2007 ... Sir, - Can I say what a good job they are doing at BurslemCemetery? Now the barriers have been put in place, you can walk around insafety without cars racing around. It hasn't stopped a few though, as they drive over verges and chewup the grass to get a bit closer. But it has ...
Sign wasn't in highway code
Jul 02, 2007 ... Sir, - Why does the Highway Code not apply to pedal cyclists? Yesterday I was in a traffic queue at Lime Kiln traffic lights,waiting to turn left from Leek Road up Bucknall Road. In front of me was a van and a cyclist riding up the left of us. The lights were on red, ...
The fag ban's left me quids in
Jul 02, 2007 ... Sir, - The day of reckoning will soon be upon us. As a smoker, I have already started to change my lifestyle. Goneare the visits to the pub. Gone are the meals out. Gone is theStoke City season ticket. However, my smoking will continue. The loss of the above has ...
Digby is primed for role
Jul 02, 2007; ... North Staffordshire business leaders have welcomed the appointmentof Sir Digby Jones as a Government minister. The former CBI director-general has been made a minister of statefor trade and investment by new Prime Minister Gordon Brown, picturedbelow. Many see the move as a ...
Royal order keeps patera on the rails
Jul 02, 2007 ... An Engineering firm has won a major order to supply BuckinghamPalace and Windsor Castle. Patera, in Oldfields Business Park, Fenton, will provide 180 handrails to the royal venues over the next two years. The stainless steel rails will be used to hold glass in place andcreate ...
Studies pay off for nicola
Jul 02, 2007 ... Surveyor Nicola Smith has won an award for her academic success. The 31-year-old, from Biddulph, has received The Property WeekPrize for Constant Achievement of High Grades after she achieved afirst-class degree in property management and investment from ...
English spoken in struggling democracy
Jul 02, 2007 ... Although it has many natural resources, Ghana remains heavilydependent on international financial and technical assistance. Gold, timber, cocoa, diamond, and manganese are its main exports. It was the first black African nation in the region to achieveindependence from a ...
Is this Britain's most potholed road?
Jul 02, 2007; ... Families have branded their road the "worst in the country" due toits many pot holes and parking problems. Residents in Langdale Road in Clayton say their street has beenriddled with holes and cracks for years, and believe attempts to fixit have been inadequate. They fear the ...
Wake-up call for dark poet
Jul 02, 2007 ... Writer and poet Mark Cantrell has launched his debut collection ofdark and humorous poems for insomniacs. Deus Ex Insomnia is the first poetry book to be published by theHartshill based writer and contains 80 poems. He said: "My poetry is written to be ...
My, my, my, delilah - 12 pups is hard work
Jul 02, 2007; ... Proud pedigree dog-owner Karen Fletcher is making space for 12 newarrivals after her briard Delilah gave birth to a bumper litter. And there is little time for sleep as Karen, aged 53, and herhusband Dave, aged 55, help the new mother care for her pups. The couple have been ...
Famous names...
Jul 02, 2007 ... Here are few of The Sentinel's suggestions for David Bowie-inspired names for the pups. Andy Warhol Madame George Hunky Dory Major ...
A rugged, sturdy French breed with a history of shepherding
Jul 02, 2007 ... The briard is an old French breed, sometimes known in France as"Chien Berger De Brie" or sheepdog of Brie. The British Briard Club says it has been used throughout thecenturies as a "shepherding" dog. The pets have keen hearing and vast intelligence and were usedduring the ...
Cadets want new recruits
Jul 02, 2007 ... More members are sought for a branch of the Sea Cadets. The Stoke-on-Trent Sea Cadets meet at the TA Centre on Ivy HouseRoad, Bucknall, and have openings for new members. Petty officer Beverley Bostock said: "We are similar to the Armyand Air ...
Mine victims remembered 70 years on
Jul 02, 2007; ... A Permanent tribute to 30 men who lost their lives in one ofStaffordshire's worst mining disasters is being unveiled todayexactly 70 years after the tragedy. The sandstone memorial outside Apedale Heritage Centre, inChesterton, is intended to be a reminder of the great ...
Rescue attempt ended in tragedy
Jul 02, 2007 ... The disaster that happened on July 2, 1937, was the worst inHolditch Colliery's 78-year history. The tragic chain of events began when miners Herman Payne andWilliam Beardmore discovered a fire at the coalface just before 6am. Most of the 55 men working close to the coalface ...