Lichfield & Tamworth Lichfield & Tamworth Chamber Patrons
Contact: Marilyn Castree T: 0845 603 6650
In Brief
Armitage with Handsacre Parish Council has submitted a neighbourhood plan to Lichfield District Council, becoming the ninth community within the locality to do so. The neighbourhood plan outlines how Armitage with Handsacre could be shaped in the future and, if approved, it will provide a framework for development that will form part of the development plan for Lichfield District. Lichfield District Council is now holding a
six-week consultation so local people, organisations and agencies can give their views. The district council will then collate all the
comments and pass them on to an independent examiner, who will look at the comments and the neighbourhood plan when assessing whether it meets national requirements and can proceed to the next stage of the process, which is a referendum within the neighbourhood area.
Midlands-based accountant Dains is investing in an 18-month programme to develop its next generation of leaders. The programme will be delivered by
specialist consultancy, ‘theGrogroup’, which is based in Nottingham. Dains says the leadership programme is part
of an ambitious plan to grow the business. It will help Dains’ partners, directors and managers understand what enables people to work at their best, how to empower people to deliver great performance, how to create more value in a working week, effective and flexible communication and the need to understand and adapt to differing behavioural styles. The firm’s managing partner, Richard
McNeilly, said: “We plan to grow our business by a further 50 per cent over the course of the next five years and more if we acquire like- minded accountancy and advisory businesses. “Without doubt, our greatest asset is our
people and we are keen to build our leaders of the future. We look forward to working with theGrogroup.”
Lord Digby Jones is set to give local businesses ‘a leg-up’ at the George Hotel in Lichfield. Lord Jones of Birmingham has served a
number of ministerial and director roles in West Minister and Birmingham, and is set to speak about business issues on the 26 April. Lord Jones held positions in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, the Foreign Office, Confederation of British Industry and was appointed business adviser to HRH The Duke of York in 2006. Lord Jones will talk about a variety of topics
at the event, including pressing issues for local businesses. The evening will include a two- course meal, presentation, question and answer session, book signing and raffle, with tickets costing £39.
Tickets are available by emailing
trishmellor@yahoo.co.uk or calling 07971 597406
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A modern update for pocket watches
A trio of award winning businessmen in Staffordshire have collaborated over the production and launch of pocket watch chains for digital watches. The new business venture has been launched
by Steven Quance, Peter Howard and Adrian Barrows, who have already worked in the design, e–commerce and jewellery sectors in Staffordshire and Birmingham. As a result of their business collaboration, they have successfully launched their new product, ‘Alby Chain’.
‘We all worked together on the idea to see how we could best use our respective skills’
Adrian Barrows, award winning tailor and
director of The Bespoke Tailor, said: "Collaboration was the key driver for this business. The next step was to put together a team of trusted colleagues who could make this into a reality”. “We all worked together on the idea to see
how we could best use our respective skills to create something truly unique. Steve set about creating the unique lug fixing which fits an Apple watch, many ideas were floated until we had one which stood proud among the others.”
Keeping time: (from left) Steven Quance, Peter Howard and Adrian Barrows
The chain is a seamless attachment to the
Apple watch, which allows the wearer to use the watch as a pocket watch. The idea was born out of a mutual
collaboration of ideas between the three, who met four years ago at a business network international networking event. The trio together spotted the gap in the
market for a jewellery item that would appeal to the current hipster style, which blends Edwardian men’s fashion with modern influences.
Wedding bells in magic garden
Unusual setting: The Sunken Garden at Moor Hall
Couples can now get married outdoors in Moor Hall’s historic Sunken Garden after the hotel in Sutton Coldfield, after the granting of approval for such ceremonies by Birmingham Register Office. The Sunken Garden has a lengthy history
dating back to the 1750s, when it was used as a bear pit. In the late 19th Century it became a sunken garden complete with Victorian style grottos, a water fountain and stone archways. Today, the Sunken Garden creates the perfect backdrop for weddings and civil ceremonies with
its woodland setting, shrubbery borders, restored stone walls and verbena and rose lined pathways. Seating up to 200 guests, the wedding party can make a grand entrance at the top of the sweeping double staircase, which sits above a stone grotto and the couple exchange vows under the classical stone archway. Moor Hall Hotel & Spa’s manager, Sam Goss,
said: “The Sunken Garden at Moor Hall is a fairy tale setting and offers couples something very unique. We are delighted it has been approved for marriage and civil partnership ceremonies.”
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