Business Tips for Better Sales
A Telford-based business consultant has issued some top-line tips for firms…
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End of Season AFC Telford United Events
AFC Telford United will be hosting 3 unique end of season events in the marquee on The New Bucks Head Pitch.
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Fish meets Chips
Fish and Chips is nothing unusual but this was a more…
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The Best Chip Shop in Telford
I asked twitter if anyone remembered Angelos Chippy at Little Dawley. The chip shop was legendary.
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Les Mills Workout Hits Telford
A Telford gym will become the first in the town to offer all six of the popular Les Mills workout classes taking the fitness world by storm
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Telford Homeless Action Week
A series of events to raise awareness and money gets underway in Telford during May. Organised by Stay, events include a Firewalk, a Skydive and a sleepover at the summit of the Wrekin.
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25 Jobs Created by Security Business
A new security firm has opened in Telford creating 25 jobs. Clearview Security Ltd has been launched on Halesfield 8 by Jonathan Hill.
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Zombie Movie to be Filmed in Telford
Earlier this year, we decided to try and create a stir with a April Fools prank that would reach across the whole of Telford.
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History: New York Times Perspective
The feature on Telford from an April 1975 edition of The New York Times. I really doubt many people in Telford will have seen this until now.
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History: Telford New Town 1971
A prospectus for Telford New Town from c1971.
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History: Telford – Your Opportunity
Another gem from the collection of John Steele and contributed by Michelle Jones. A promotional booklet for Telford from 1972.
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History: Telford Town Park
In what would become Telford, green rolling hills were in short supply. This article from 1971 has a cute line drawing portraying an artists impression of what the Town Park could eventually become.
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Telford & Wrekin Council Budget Meeting
UPDATE: Mark who runs the excellent blog LightmoorLife.co.uk filmed this event…
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History: Cascades and Telford Nightlife in the 80s & 90s
While many would think of Telford history as stuff of dusty books and etchings of men in stovepipe hats, part of the Telford Live History Project is to capture your memories from the 60s onwards, and the 80s is firmly part of that.
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History: Telford, A Marvellous Way of Life
The year is 1976, and Telford Development Corporation (TDC) need to get businesses on the ground employing people that are filling up estates such as Brookside, Stirchley, Woodside and Sutton Hill over the past few years.
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Maz Bedson and Gareth Connell and Stuart Henderson of Ideal Fitness who have teamed up to launch Fit Weekenders.
New Fitness Kick Started in Telford
A new fitness kick-start programme which could attract people for weekend visits to Shropshire will be launched by three fitness experts this month.
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The scan is a clipping of a local resident, who kept a scrap book at the time. Thanks to Michelle Jones for this.
History: The Return to Nature c1976
This newspaper cutting from 1976, explains the early work to reclaim the industrial wasteland around Telford including the start of the development of Dale End Park at Coalbrookdale.
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History: Telford Promotional Leaflet c1971
An early Telford Development Corporation booklet showing the conception and forecasts for growth in Telford. The document dates from around 1971.
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Telford IT Guys Leaving Chairs for Charity
A team of Shropshire IT experts will be swapping their hard drives for a hard walk over the Shropshire hills as they take on a 50-mile hiking challenge.
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Review: The William Withering
Close your eyes and think of the word ‘Wetherspoons’. Do you think of poor food, cheap beer and low rent punters? Time to throw out your preconceptions.
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Ironbridge Antiques Arts and Craft Centre
Ironbridge renaissance had actually occurred in relatively recent times. It’s only since the 1970s that tourists have been encouraged to visit the now world famous heritage site, with the focal point firmly focused on the fabulous museums.
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TADLOPs Secret Garden
Telford’s senior musical Theatre society TADLOP (Telford And District Light Operatic Players) are currently embarking on a magical journey to a show full of wonder and mystery.
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The Gathering 2013 comes to Telford
The year 2013 has been chosen by Ireland as the year to bring all those who claim to have a little bit of Irish in them to come home for a visit. As part of the promotions, a dance show, Celtic Dream is coming to Telford.
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Telford Utd Seeks Old Relics
A group of Telford supporters are appealing for fans of the Club to come forward with old programmes, photos and memorabilia of times gone by as part of a project to raise awareness about dementia in the borough.
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Hannah Charmans Wood Sorrell Clinic
I’d always loved the look of Ironbridge from the photos I’d seen and things on the TV, but for some reason I’d thought it was somewhere in Herefordshire, near the Forest of Dean!
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Valentines Day Supper Club
Couples celebrating Valentines in Telford this year are being offered an alternative to the usual dinning out experience.
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So what do businesses in Telford want?
A Telford Business Summit was held on 29th Jan 2013 by Telford and Wrekin Council to discuss with the businesses in attendance, and some who put questions by email, what their plans were.
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Review: The Beacon, Wellington
This weeks under a fiver is The Beacon in Wellington. The Beacon is well known for cheap beer on Thursdays, but before ‘spoons opened, it was the only thing close to a pub lunch in the centre of Wellington.
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Review: Severn Gorge Carvery, Telford
Review: Severn Gorge Carvery, Telford. On the edge of Telford Shopping Centre, this Marstons-owned pub is a no-nonsense, comfort food favourite of mine.
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Telford Social Media Workshops
Shropshire Chamber HQ is to be the venue for the next series of social media workshops run by Jan Minihane of The Net Advantage Ltd.
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Giving Children a Head Start
With ever increasing-class sizes coupled with the amount of children losing the basic concepts in Maths and English, Adele Conlon started Shropshire Tutor.
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New faces at Telford Estate Agents
A local family run estate agency based in Wellington announced the appointment of two new apprentices to expand the sales and lettings team.
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Telford is Snow Joke
The real snow story this weekend is the one at the New Bucks Head, home of our local fan-owned football team, AFC Telford Utd.
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New Comedy Night is Hit
Local comedy promoter, Roger Swift helps to make Dawley a barrel…
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The Changing Face of Madeley
Of course, there are still people living in the area who remember Madeley before developers decided it needed to be buried in blocks of concrete in the 60’s.
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Telford Day Nursery Secures Planning for Move
Bosses at a Telford nursery chain were celebrating today after winning their battle to move one of their nurseries to Hoo Farm after a u-turn by planning chiefs.
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Musical Fun For Parents and Babies in Telford
Well over 20 parents and babies attended the first National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Bumps and Babes session for 2013 to enjoy a singing and dancing session with Musical Steps.
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Ironbridge Antiques Arts & Crafts Centre Campaign
Getting visitors to Ironbridge Antiques, Arts and Crafts Centre has proved a real challenge over the past few weeks, but a brown tourist sign would help.
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Opinion: Shropshire Star – Delivering Local News?
The Shropshire Star is paper that locals love to hate, but will printing tweets improve the quality of local news?
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Telford Tesco Staff in Charity Boost
Staff at a Telford supermarket where seven members of staff are battling cancer have raised thousands for a charity which supports the disease.
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Telford Baby Group Appeals for Volunteers
The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Bumps and Babes group for Telford and Wrekin is appealing for new volunteers to help run the group as well as new members for 2013.
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Group launches to support Telford mums in business
December saw the launch of a new group, led by Michelle Childs, which will be supporting local mums who are self-employed and running their own businesses. Bizmums will be held twice a month in the Telford area.
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Telford Concrete Company Mixes with the Biggest
A Shropshire precast concrete manufacturer is ending a hugely successful year in style after being formally accepted as a member of an influential industry body.
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Play our Crap Parking game
Now’s your chance to pick the worst parker in Telford by clicking on the picture below that you think demonstrates the worst parking attempt out of the pair.
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Telford’s Worst Parker
Here we have from left to right, the worst parkers in…
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A442 in Telford
The EP, Eastern Primary, A442, Dawley-Donnington Distributor Road, Queensway. Good or bad?
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Axe The Tax Says Telford Accountant
A Telford accountant today urged hundreds of people across Shropshire to sign an online petition to reduce a “tax on jobs”.
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PICTURED: From left, Back: Dean (coach) Josh, Ciaran, Steven, Callum, Jarod, Kev (Manager); Front: Ryan, Jake, Mitchell, Alex, Grant, Brayden.
Support Builds for Lawley Comets
Lawley Lightmoor Comets U14s will proudly sport the logo of Lawley Village after a deal was agreed with the Lawley Villager Developer Group.
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Review: Krispy Kreme in Telford
I appreciate that this isn’t a “restaurant review” in the traditional sense, but after my experience in the newly opened ‘Krispy Kreme’ store in Telford Town Centre yesterday I feel compelled to write it down and share it with others!
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A Telford business consultant is urging entrepreneurs across Shropshire to secure one of the final few spaces at an upcoming free seminar aimed at offering essential top tips to ensure business growth in 2013.
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New Broom Katie Cleans Up
A local teenage entrepreneur is scrubbing up well after her cleaning company enlisted the support of a project looking to boost self-employment for young people across Shropshire.
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Review: The Huntsman, Little Wenlock
Situated in the sleepy village of Little Wenlock (population: 350 souls) The Huntsman long had a reputation for good food, and long overdue a visit.
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Young Britain Gets a Boost
An initiative to kick-start youth enterprise across Shropshire has been given a boost thanks to the generosity of a leading local design company.
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Shires Sponsor Imps
A Telford fire safety company will be seen across the world after bosses sponsored the world famous youth motorcycle display team, The Imps.
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Catering Company Preps for Growth
Ironbridge Catering Company, a Telford catering company is preparing for a record-breaking year as company bosses revealed bookings have increased three-fold.
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Fire Safety for Nursery Children
Children at a Telford nursery have been learning how to stay safe as part of their month-long fire safety project.
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The Clifton Strikes Back
Wellington’s Clifton Cinema hasn’t turned a projector wheel in anger for a good few years now. Long empty, Dunelm expanded their fabric store into the ground floor in the 1990’s but vacated the cinema and the retail shop next door in the Autumn 2012.
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Coleman Estates Rebrands
A family-run estate and lettings agency in Telford has undergone a rebrand to move the company with their latest market as it celebrates its 14th year of business.
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Artist David Pearson
Artist David Pearson has invited me to a exhibition at The Fine arts & Framing Gallery at Merrythought on Friday 7th December, So I thought I’d catch up with him before hand to find out about the man behind the paintings that I was about to see.
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Telford Peugeot Pedallers Raise Cash
Peugeot UK is an official charity partner of BBC’s Children in Need and Telford Motors has been fundraising throughout 2012 for the charity.
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