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Ambitious community hub plan for Hednesford

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Hednesford is to get a new community hub, café and garden under ambitious new plans. The scheme is going ahead following the award of a £105,000 grant from the Customer and Communities Fund at West Midlands Railway. The main attraction will be a fully-restored rail carriage converted into a café and community hub set within a newly-created leisure garden. There will also be Incredible Edible planting boxes, outdoor seating and a greenhouse. Local mining heritage will be celebrated with a restored coal wagon and secure cycle racks will create an integrated travel hub for visitors and local people. David Wisehall, […]

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Caring kids’ chance to win a family heirloom in jeweller’s creative contest

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Children are being given the chance to design a unique family heirloom for their mum or dad in a competition being launched by a Birmingham jeweller. Joanne Turner, from GemPort Jewellery, was inspired to launch the giveaway after her own daughter gave her a beautiful pendant design as a Mother’s Day gift. Mum-of-two Joanne, who lives near Lichfield, said she was so touched with the pendant – a hummingbird designed as a symbol of love by daughter Alisha, 14, that she wanted another parent to celebrate that special bond. She said: “Alisha drew a pendant with a mum and baby

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Lockdown toilet paper venture cleans up with £1 million sales forecast

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An environmentally friendly toilet paper business rolled out since lockdown hit is set for £1 million of sales in its first year.  Award-winning Tanki, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, is both glue and plastic-free and as well as for household use, is also aimed at the maritime and leisure market.   Founder Matt O’Crowley, 37, is a former deck officer with the Merchant Navy and switched careers as the pandemic took hold after discovering he was ineligible for furlough cash.    He said he turned to toilet paper because everyone needs it and there was a gap in the market for a brand that doesn’t

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‘Don’t be scared of cyber’ – leading industry figure in call to other women

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A leading cyber security firm boss is calling for other women to join her in the industry. Jane Chappell made the call in the run up to International Women’s Day on Monday, March 8, and shared her journey to become one of the country’s most renowned cyber security experts. She hopes to inspire a new generation of women to enter the traditionally male-dominated field and said: “Women shouldn’t be scared of cyber. It’s a hugely rewarding career for anyone, regardless of gender.” Jane was the first woman to command a cyber unit in the British Army and her expertise in

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‘Don’t let safety go out of the window’ – Nationwide safety call for hotels and student accommodation

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Hotel owners and student landlords are being urged to ensure buildings are safe amid government guidelines on allowing fresh air inside to stem the spread of Covid. Health campaigns have highlighted the importance of opening windows to allow fresh air indoors to protect people against coronavirus. But with travellers forced to quarantine in hotels and students preparing to return to universities, safety experts say stringent checks should be completed to prevent accidents. While government advice is to make sure fresh air can circulate through open windows, all public organisations have a legal duty to keep people safe, with experts warning

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Dad’s 1,000-mile challenge in memory of Marie

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A dad is embarking on a 1,000-mile cycling challenge in memory of the mother of his young son and to raise money for charity. Chris Hopkins and a team of nine other fundraisers will cycle from John O’Groats to Land’s End over nine days in September in memory of Marie O’Toole. She is the mother of his nine-year-old son Lewis and also mum to Elizabeth,19, Oliver, 16, and Charlie, 15. Marie, a carer, died in January at the age of 37, 12 months after first being diagnosed with cervical cancer and just three months after being told it was terminal.

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Businesses donate 10,000 drinks and snacks to support NHS staff

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Two Midland businesses have joined forces to help support under-pressure NHS workers by collecting over 10,000 donations of bottled water, coffee, tea and biscuits.  Bosses at Drain Doctor Plumbing and Coinadrink jumped in to help when they saw an appeal by Hampers for Heroes, a community enterprise which helps key workers by delivering hampers of treats and wellbeing items.  Hampers for Heroes had received a request from ICU doctors, who were looking for coffee, toiletries and other essentials, and shared it on social media to gather support.  When Richard Scandrett, director at Drain Doctor Plumbing in Burntwood, and Tom Williams, sales and

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Business support scheme to boost UK space industry has lift off

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A scheme to boost the UK’s space businesses, and alert more firms to the possibilities space-related enterprise can bring is set to be launched by the UK Space Agency.  The up to 10-week Business Accelerator programme, delivered in partnership with business growth experts from Entrepreneurial Spark and The University of Strathclyde, offers free virtual sessions to help companies with their sights set on space to make progress.  Businesses that may not have previously considered the opportunities presented by the space industry can also benefit. Pre-launch activity already involves a nationwide targeting of relevant businesses to alert them to the possibilities

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Good Morning Britain producer shares Covid reporting battle in new media podcast

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A TV producer who battled to report the Covid pandemic amid a government boycott has described the ‘extraordinary’ situation she faced, in an interview for a Midlands communications agency’s new podcast.   Anne Alexander reveals how, in her role as senior political producer at Good Morning Britain, things reached a ‘worrying state of affairs’ after ministers refused to be interviewed.   “It was really tricky because we were trying to get the correct information out there and we hadn’t got a minister to ask the specific questions we needed answers to,” she said.  “You needed to hold people to account and we weren’t

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Hannah’s golden opportunity for businesses to help charity

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Businesses are being offered the chance to help elderly people who may be struggling during lockdown with the launch of a new marketing venture. Award-winning marketing professional Hannah Montgomery is launching her new business Golddust Direct this week. Dubbed ‘Moonpig for businesses’ it offers firms a direct mail package to raise their profile. As part of the service, firms can add an extra donation to help Hannah’s charity Re-Engage Lichfield, which helps combat loneliness in the elderly by providing social contact. The donation through Golddust Direct would pay for a letter or card to be sent to an elderly person.

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