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Friendly Neighbours
30 Mar 2016
by Rhea Alton
A community charity in Shrewsbury is holding a coffee morning with a variety of free entertainment on offer to raise awareness about the support it provides for people. North Shrewsbury Friendly Neighbours is inviting everyone to the event at Bagley Sports and Social Club in Greenfields on Tuesday 5 April from 10.30am to 12.30pm. There will be a variety of […]
by Rhea Alton
A family-run tutoring business in Shropshire is expanding for the second time in just six months. It follows increasing demand for the services offered by Shropshire Tutor, in particular specialist SATs tutoring classes in maths and English. Back in October the company, owned by Adele Conlon, took on two new tutors and this saw qualified primary teachers Sarah Connolly and […]
by Rhea Alton
A new business hub for sole traders and small business owners is to be launched at a Shropshire hotel. The hub will be located in the newly refurbished 1630s cafe bar at the Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hall Hotel and Spa on Ellesmere Road. It is expected to attract a number of small business owners and sole traders on the look-out […]
by Simon Alton
Dozens of students came together for a debating competition as part of a new project set up by a trainee solicitor at a Shropshire law firm. Holly Edwards, who works at Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors, created the Debate-Ed programme for sixth form students to mentor school pupils to develop their debating and presenting skills. The competition took place at Shrewsbury Sixth […]
by Rhea Alton
Two members of staff at a family-run pharmacy in Shropshire are celebrating after clocking up 40 years of service between them. Both Mandy Price, 49, and Mary Lewis, 58, are marking 20 years at Lunts Pharmacies in Craven Arms. And, across all four of its pharmacy sites in Shropshire, Lunts staff are celebrating a combined service of almost 200 years. […]
by Dani Wozencroft
As well as working at J&PR I also work at a college teaching journalism, so the school holidays are always a chance for me to catch up with clients I haven’t seen in a while or get ahead on some of my accounts. I often forget it’s also a chance for a holiday – but this Easter I thought I’d […]
by Rhea Alton
A Shropshire mum is giving up her time this Easter holidays to help children across the county prepare for their SATs tests.. Adele Conlon, mum to eight-year-old Finn and owner of family-run tutoring business Shropshire Tutor, will hold two Easter SATs Busting sessions over the school holidays. Miss Conlon, who set up her tutoring business three years ago and has […]
by Rhea Alton
A Shrewsbury-based football team – whose players are all aged 55 plus – is to purchase a life-saving piece of equipment thanks to a generous donation from a local painting firm. Andy Watkins, of Watkins Contractors, gifted the Shrewsbury Walking Football Club £1000 at a recent presentation held at the Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hall Hotel and Spa. The funds will […]
by Six Ticks Support
Head housekeeper Clara Lagos may almost be 60 but she can still change the bedsheets faster than most of us can get our slippers on in the morning. In fact, the 59-year-old, is certain she can strip and remake a double bed in less than five minutes. She laughs out loud during her morning room rounds at the Mercure Shrewsbury […]
by Rhea Alton
A Powys urgent response service has been named as the 2015 winner of the Steve Hugh Award. The award is given annually by urgent care organisation Shropdoc in memory of Dr Steve Hugh, who was medical director of the organisation in the early years of the service. The Powys Urgent Response Service at Home (PURSH) was this month (February) announced […]