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March 1, 2023
Want To Shop Local But Don't Have The Time?

Want To Shop Local But Don't Have The Time? Supporting small local businesses is one of my favourite things to do. But sometimes with the busy lifestyles we all lead these days popping into town can be time consuming and buying online from huge conglomerates can often be the quicker option. The problem is you're […]

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January 1, 2023
Meet The Local Business Born Stokie Local Artist

Meet Mary Ellen the Owner of Born Stokie based in Hartshill is in the spotlight in our new series Meet The Local Business which features the person behind some of your favourite locally owned businesses.  Tell Us A Little Bit About You.   I'm Mary Ellen and I live in Stoke-on-Trent, I've been in business for […]

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October 4, 2022
We Get A Deal Is Working With Alice Charity

We met with Stephanie from Alice Charity, they help and support disadvantaged and vulnerable families in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent. We've just added a donation link to our local marketplace.   This means you can easily help local families in our community with just one click to give any amount big or small and you'll know that […]

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August 25, 2022
Meet The Local Business Punx Puds

Mike the Owner of Punx Puds based in Newcastle-under-Lyme is in the spotlight in our new series Meet The Local Business which features the person behind some of your favourite locally owned businesses.  Tell Us A Little Bit About You.   I'm Mike, I'm 51 and I live in May Bank in Newcastle-under-Lyme. I used to […]

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July 11, 2022
Meet The Local Business CBD SQ

Meet The Local Business Charlie Owner of CBD SQ based in Newcastle-under-Lyme is in the spotlight in our new series Meet The Local Business which features the person behind some of your favourite locally owned business.  Tell Us A Little Bit About You.   My name is Charlie, I'm 26 and I'm from Newcastle-under-Lyme. By day […]

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June 30, 2022
Meet The Local Business IL Capo Barbiere

Sophie Owner of IL Capo Barbiere based in Newcastle-under-Lyme is in the spotlight in our new series Meet The Local Business which features the person behind some of your favourite locally owned business.  Tell Us A Little Bit About You.   My name is Sophie, I'm 33 and I'm from Newcastle-under-Lyme right in the town centre. […]

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June 14, 2022
Meet The Local Business Volcanic Potions

Connor Owner of Volcanic Potions based in Stoke-on-Trent is in the spotlight in our new series Meet The Local Business which features the person behind some of your favourite locally owned business.  Tell Us A Little Bit About You.   My name is Connor, I'm 26 and I'm from Smallthorne in Stoke-on-Trent and I am a […]

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June 7, 2022
Flux And Co Barbershop, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The next episode of our Meet The Local Business is with Cameron from Flux and Co Barbershop Tell us a bit a bit about you. I'm Cameron, I'm twenty four and I run Flux and Co Barbershop here in Newcastle-under-Lyme, We've been here since the end of October 202. I originally opened in King Street […]

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June 6, 2022
Bubble Waffles At Eggettes Kitchen Newcastle-under-Lyme

Mark from Eggettes Kitchen in Newcastle-under-Lyme is in the spotlight in our new series Meet The Local Business featuring the person behind some of your favourite locally owned business.  Mark owns and runs a bubble waffle and bubble tea cafe. They make bubble waffles, street waffles, bubble tea, milk teas and fruit teas in a […]

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April 29, 2022
The Lymelight Festival Is Back

It’s BACK… The Lymelight Festival in Newcastle-under-Lyme is back after a two years break because of covid. Based in the heart of the town centre it offers a fun filled Bank Holiday Weekend from Saturday 30th April to Sunday 1st May. With live music from lots of local bands, this festival is all about promoting […]

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April 22, 2022
Meet The Local Business Pauls Portraits

Paul Wilcock from Paul's Portraits based in Tarporley in Cheshire is in the spotlight in our new series Meet The Local Business featuring the person behind some of your favourite locally owned business.  Paul is a premium level professional branding photographer and helps business owners not just be seen but be noticed by creating a […]

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April 12, 2022
Meet The Local Business Flying Teaspoons

Laura, Owner of Flying Teaspoons based in Stoke-on-Trent is in the spotlight in our new series Meet The Local Business featuring the person behind some of your favourite locally owned business.  Laura makes greetings cards, wall art, cushions and coasters. Inspired by her love of Stoke-on-Trent and the local dialect her work reflects many of […]

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March 28, 2022
Meet The Local Business Darren Brookes

Darren Brookes Life Coach and author of Dreams To Goals based in Stoke-on-Trent is in the spotlight in our new series Meet The Local Business featuring the person behind some of your favourite locally owned business.  Tell us what a life coach is and what you do.A life coach is someone who helps you develop […]

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March 23, 2022
Meet The Local Business Vagabonds Barbers

Jamal, Owner of Vagabonds Barbers based in Baddeley Green in Stoke-on-Trent is in the spotlight in our new series Meet The Local Business featuring the person behind some of your favourite locally owned business.  Tell us about you and your business.Vagabonds has been going for three years and we came up with the name with […]

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March 6, 2022
Meet The Local Business The Staffordshire Oatcake Company

Ok, so it's official we've started a new series featuring the person behind some of your favourite locally owned business. It will give us all an insight of what it's like to run and own your own business. Especially the trials and tribulations of what it means to be an entrepreneur and how we must […]

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February 22, 2022
Shopping Local, Why is it good for you?

Local communities are built around resourceful and reliable local businesses that provide services and sell goods such as shops, beauty salons, restaurants and bars places to take your family to have fun and socialise. Local businesses can offer so much more than the products that they sell and the services they offer. They provide a […]

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February 13, 2022
We Made Oatcakes At Home

We Made Oatcakes At Home From Ingredients in A Bag... As a proper born and bred Stokie one of my favourite things of all time is obviously the Stoke-on-Trent delicacy oatcakes. When I heard you could buy the oatcake mix from The Staffordshire Oatcake Company and have it posted through your door so you could […]

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February 1, 2022
We Visited The BCB British Ceramic Biennial

Are you looking for something to do with the kids this weekend FOR FREE? As part of Stoke-on-Trent’s regeneration of the city the seventh British Ceramic Biennial Festival based in The Goods Yard in Glebe Street in Stoke-on-Trent, is a yearly festival that celebrates everything to do with clay and ceramics with commissions from local […]

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December 14, 2021
When You Shop Local - They Do A Little Happy Dance

Shopping Local Makes A BIG Difference To Your Community Have you heard the phrase when you shop local an actual person does a little happy dance? We approached local businesses in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire and created a promotional video to show how much it means to a local business owner when someone spends […]

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