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Young professionals successfully receive a free 12-month business programme 
Appears in: / Business/ Staffordshire/ Young People
YOUNG talented business professionals across Tamworth and Lichfield District have received a FREE 12-month membership to Future Faces Chamber of Commerce, for the second year running. Following the success of the business programme last year...
Tamworth business in the running for a top award!
Appears in: / Arts & Culture/ Business/ Staffordshire
VANILLA Underground, based in Tamworth, is in the running for a top award for Midlands family businesses. Vanilla Underground is a first-generation family business and was started by Jason & Deniz Yarnell, husband and...
Ankerside extends access to mobility aids
Appears in: / Business/ Community & Charity/ Staffordshire
ANKERSIDE Shopping Centre is delighted to announce that customers requiring mobility support during their visit will now be able to access a range of products seven days a week. Ankerside visitors are now able to...
Tamworth and Nuneaton to have a share of £1 billion to improve Town Centres
Appears in: / Business/ North Warwickshire/ Politics
TAMWORTH and Nuneaton have been announced as one of 50 Town Centres to receive a share of £1 Billion from the Government in an expansion of the High Streets fund. The funding could be used...
Commissioner supports fire and rescue over sprinkler campaign  
Appears in: / Business/ Politics/ Staffordshire
STAFFORDSHIRE Commissioner for Police, Fire and Rescue and Crime, Matthew Ellis is backing the fire and rescue service’s campaign for a change in the law regarding sprinklers and residential buildings to help save lives. Staffordshire...
Get your geek on at Ankerside!
Appears in: / Business/ Entertainment/ Staffordshire
A DR Who legend is one of three special guests visiting Ankerside this weekend, as the shopping centre teams up with Geeks Events to host a special ‘Heroes & Foes’ event. From 9am on...
Local business continues to support Tamworth Foodbank
Appears in: / Business/ Community & Charity
RefTech, a Tamworth business that provides a cloud-based event management system for events worldwide, has again collected over 500 items of food to donate to the Tamworth Food Bank to help local families. The Amington...
Countdown on to the first ever Statfold  Barn Festival
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THE countdown to Tamworth’s first ever Statfold Barn Festival is well and truly on with organisers promising a weekend of fantastic live music, hearty street food, comedy and family fun. The festival is being held...
Bank funding positions manufacturing firm for growth in Tamworth
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SIMPLE Stuff Works, which manufactures specialist pillows for people with disabilities including scoliosis, has received a six-figure funding package from NatWest to purchase its first permanent premises in Tamworth. The business has used the funding...
Businesses asked how council cash should be spent
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BUSINESSES in Tamworth are being asked for their views on where – and how – they feel council money should be spent as part of the budget setting process for 2020/2021. The annual Budget Consultation...
Tamworth barbershop launches new campaign to raise awareness of testicular cancer
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A TAMWORTH barbershop is encouraging its customers to ‘have the guts to check their nuts’ as part of a new campaign to raise money and awareness for testicular cancer. House of Jones Barbershop, based in...
Housebuilder holds summer deal event in Tamworth
Appears in: / Business/ Property/ West Midlands
HOUSE-hunters in Tamworth can make some great savings this month, thanks to Bellway’s summer deal event. The five-star builder is holding a Say Hello to Summer event at Barley Fields and Peels Meadow, which are...
Stunning luxury property development in Austrey
Appears in: / Business/ Property
INTRODUCING an opportunity to enjoy this enviable individual lifestyle with gated access in this unique development in the shadow of Austrey church within a picturesque village location. Austrey is a pleasant blend of both old and new properties serviced by local village school, shop and thatched public house "The Bird In Hand".There is a thriving village community and the added benefit of Twycross House private school located in the village of Twycross and the Dixie Grammar School located in the village of Market Bosworth.The development of four luxury properties will be accessed through a private electric gated entrance controlled from either the property or by phone and will be echo friendly and fitted to the very highest of standards. Spire House will have a single garage with the addition of further land to the front...
Work Starts on £400 K Revamp to Reopen Landmark Tamworth Pub
Appears in: / Business/ Leisure & SportHeadline
WORK starts this week to refurbish and reopen a landmark Tamworth pub after a three-year closure thanks to a £400,000 investment by Heineken-owned Star Pubs & Bars and local resident Sam Smith...
Fairground fun is coming to Ankerside kids’ club
Appears in: / Business/ Staffordshire/ Young People
KIDS’ Zone - Ankerside Shopping Centre’s new activity for young visitors, commences on Saturday 20th July, and it promises all the fun of the fair. Children and their families are invited to the free, kids’...
Greggs is coming to Ventura Park
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PLANS submitted to Tamworth Borough Council have revealed that Greggs is to come to Ventura Retail Park later this year. Earlier this year, Greggs used Tamworth Informed to advertise job vacancies for a store in...
Deadline extended for 10th Midlands Family Business Awards
Appears in: / Business/ Community & Charity/ North Warwickshire
FAMILY-OWNED businesses now have an additional two weeks to enter the 2019 Midlands Family Business Awards as the deadline has been extended to Friday 26 July. The extension will cater for the high volume of...
Plans to revitalise Tamworth town centre will continue
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PLANS  to revitalise Tamworth town centre will continue, despite the news that the town has not made it through to the next stage in its bid for funding from the Future High Streets Fund. It...
Tesco CEO and Tamworth MP urge charities to apply for Tesco Centenary funding
Appears in: / Business/ Community & Charity/ Politics
TAMWORTH MP, Christopher Pincher is encouraging charities and community groups in Tamworth to apply for a share of a new £100,000 funding pot being offered by Tesco to mark its Centenary year. Mr Pincher...
CARE Fertility Group acquire Tamworth IVF Clinic
Appears in: / Business/ Health
CARE Fertility, the UK’s leading independent provider of fertility treatment has announced the recent acquisition of IVI Midland (formerly Midland Fertility), based in Tamworth. With their prestigious clinic in Tamworth, the team have over 30...
Views Sought on New Draft Licensing Policy for Tamworth
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VIEWS are being sought on a proposed new Licensing Policy, which sets out how Tamworth Borough Council will determine applications for activities such as the sale of alcohol, the provision of late night refreshments and...
Community and voluntary groups invited to discuss ‘What’s Next?’ for Tamworth town centre
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PEOPLE who run community, voluntary and charitable groups in Tamworth are being invited to share their views on Tamworth town centre and how it should evolve for the future as part of an ongoing consultation...
Small Business Grant Scheme to give more start-ups a helping hand
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MORE grants of between £500 and £1500 are now available to help promote new small business start-ups, self-employment and entrepreneurship in Tamworth. The Tamworth Borough Council Start-up Business Grant Scheme continues to run into its...
Trio of community groups share cash raised by Tamworth Co-op supermarket shoppers
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AN award-winning charity which helps people suffering acute mental distress is one of three Tamworth organisations receiving a much-needed injection of cash, thanks to shoppers. Customers at the Co-op supermarket in Church Street have given...
Tamworth barber’s headshave party raises £8,100 for St Giles Hospice
Appears in: / Business/ Community & Charity/ Entertainment
A TAMWORTH barber’s shop has raised more than FOUR times its £2,000 target for St Giles Hospice after the community got behind its charity headshave extravaganza. Staff and customers at Menzair, in Lower Gungate...
Housebuilder supports Staffordshire village’s open gardens event
Appears in: / Business/ Community & Charity/ Property
A VILLAGE near Lichfield is holding an Open Gardens event this weekend to raise money for the church and a series of ‘green’ projects – boosted by a £1,000 donation by a local housebuilder...
Tamworth-based Construction Company Agrees £110K IT contract
Appears in: / Business/ Science & Technology/ Staffordshire
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE-based Your IT Department has secured a £110K contract with Staffordshire construction giant, PCE Limited, cementing its position as a market leader in outsourced IT solutions for the construction industry. Based in Tamworth, PCE Ltd is...
One Great Day at Ankerside this weekend
Appears in: / Business/ Community & Charity/ Staffordshire
ANKERSIDE is one of 200 shopping centres across the UK taking part in ‘One Great Day’ on Saturday 15 June. One Great Day is a series of family and community charity events being held throughout the...