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Jennifer Ashe & Son, a family-run funeral director in Willenhall, is asking local businesses to support its Easter egg appeal, which aims to provide more than 250 chocolate eggs for children at Walsall Manor Hospital. The Jennifer Ashe & Son branch on 19-21 New Road, Willenhall, is acting as the collection…

Southgate Global has joined leading trade organisation, the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA), to consolidate its stance as a leading supplier and advocate for sector needs. The partnership with UKWA – a trade organisation dedicated solely to warehousing – allows Southgate Global to contribute to UKWA’s…

Two independent opticians in Liverpool are merging their practices to safeguard the future of independent eyecare in the local community. Bennett and Batty Opticians and Stephen Wilcox Optometrists have joined forces and will continue to trade from the former’s site on Allerton Road. The merger will allow Stephen…

Was it more ‘Middle Lidl’ than Middle England? By James Pinchbeck, Partner at Streets Chartered Accountants. The headline grabbing announcement from the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget, and perhaps his last before an election, was the 2% cut in rate of National Insurance. This second cut follows a similar…

Mel Archbould, Owner and Managing Director of Cloud-busting, a business scale-up consultancy based in Chesterfield, has joined NLT Training Services’ Board of Directors. Mel joins the five-strong board and will play an active role in advising on and shaping the training provider’s strategy for its future growth…

I head up the Wills, Probate and Lifetime Planning Team in Redditch and deal with a range of matters including powers of attorney, probate and the Court of Protection, I aim to help families through what can be a really difficult time. In 2016, I became a full member of The Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners,…

High-achieving teenagers from a city school swapped the classroom for university lectures as they learned what it takes to get a PhD. Pupils from Murray Park Community School, in Mickleover, have taken part in the Scholars Programme – The Brilliant Club where pupils completed a PhD-style programme with PhD tutor…

A woman who was left in intensive care and subjected to badly damaged eyes after contracting a rare auto-immune condition has been handed “a new lease of life” thanks to a pioneering set of custom-made contact lenses. Clare Elliott was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome – a rare condition arising from…

A family-owned care group has acquired two more care homes in Yorkshire – after recently acquiring its first homes in the county. The acquisition of The Millings in Bedale and St John’s in Kirk Hammerton, both in North Yorkshire, bring the total now owned by Constantia Healthcare to nine. It follows a spate of…

Rhea Alton is Operations Director at J&PR, providing marketing and PR services for businesses across Shropshire, the West Midlands and beyond. Rhea started the business Journalism and PR as a sole trader in 2009 before joining with co-director Kirsty Smallman and launching J&PR Ltd in 2013. Tell us a little…