Mar 04
The Sentinel newspaper has increased this week by 5p to 45p whilst its sales continue to fall. The paper blames the 12% increase on the rising cost of paper, fuel and other production and distribution materials. The cost of the Saturday Sentinel is to remain at 60p. The rise comes as a recent report shows …
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Feb 28
Anger as chief exec Jon van de Laarschot lands £5k Stoke-on-Trent City Council pay riseCITY council chief executive John van de Laarschot is to pocket a £5,400 increase in his basic salary – despite the national public-sector pay freeze. His salary will rise from £189,600 to £195,000 from April, due to an incremental increase allowed …
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Nov 27
Mike Barnes: Opinion What an interesting couple of days I have had in my work on PotteriesEYE. I am led to believe that a theatre in the north of the city has a pantomime playing that includes a character called Pervez. Unfortunately I have not had the pleasure of watching it, I have never got …
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Nov 27
A Stoke-on-Trent City councillor has written to the secretary of state, Eric Pickles, to intervene over the appointment of consultants in the council’s media department, in an open letter. Dave Conway, leader of the City Independents has accused the council and the Labour Party of using £25,000 of taxpayers money to appoint Westco, a consultancy, …
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Nov 26
Blundering Stoke-on-Trent City Council staff lose 20 tablet computersBLUNDERING council officers lost 20 tablet computers while moving to a new office. The gadgets containing local authority documents went missing during office relocation – and were only reported as missing a fortnight later. Seven of the computers are still missing almost a year after the …
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Nov 21
The Sentinel and This is Staffordshire’s owners sold to new media groupTHE company behind The Sentinel and This is Staffordshire is to be sold by its current owners the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail General Trust (DMGT) today announced it has reached an agreement to sell Northcliffe Media to Local World, a newly-formed media group …
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Nov 19
Stoke-on-Trent City Council tax to be frozen- but cuts are on the wayCOUNCIL tax will be frozen next year but residents are being warned to prepare for cuts of up to £23 million. Stoke-on-Trent City Council will not increase bills from April amid fears that families will refuse to pay in the same way they …
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