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Ceramics news and Staffordshire news on industry events and developments.
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Pottery firms show new lines at Spring Fair trade event
7th February 2016
POTTERY giant Portmeirion has launched an exclusive new collection to mark the 10th anniversary of its best-selling tableware range.
The Stoke-based firm has produced 10 new mugs to mark the milestone of Portmeirion for Sophie Conran.
New coloured mugs have been introduced to the all-white ran…
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Emma Bailey Ceramics makes Port Vale vase to raise charity cash for Prostate Cancer UK
4th February 2016
A Stoke-on-Trent pottery firm has created a vase dedicated to Port Vale Football Club to raise money for charity.
Emma Bailey Ceramics, based at Middleport Pottery, has made the piece decorated with Port Vale’s colours, signed by all the players of the League One side.
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Prince Charles opens new pottery studios in Burslem
26th January 2016
The Prince of Wales visited Middleport Pottery in Burslem today to officially open The Prince of Wales Studios.
The Pottery received £200,000 from The Princes Regeneration Trust towards a £9 million conversion.
They are designed to offer work spaces to local arts, crafts and ceramic business…
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Stoke-on-Trent Ceramic Valley to be showcased at U.S. Ceramics Expo
4th January 2016
Stoke-on-Trent’s newly announced Enterprise Zone, which could create over 7,000 new jobs for the city, will be promoted to dozens of companies at an international trade show in the United States this coming April.
For the second year running a group of businesses from the Potteries, supported b…
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MEPs urged to fight carbon-trading rules and help ceramics industry
4th December 2015
CERAMIC industry leaders have called on their MEPs to fight new carbon-trading rules which could cost them millions of pounds.
Conservative Dan Dalton and Labour’s Neena Gill, who both represent the West Midlands in the European Parliament, visited Stoke-on-Trent today to offer their support to c…
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CERAMIC VALLEY ENTERPRISE ZONE GETS THE GO-AHEAD
1st December 2015
Government approval for a new Ceramic Valley Enterprise Zone in Stoke-on-Trent and north Staffordshire has been warmly welcomed by the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which coordinated the bid.
Chancellor George Osborne today gave the go-ahead for Ceramic Vall…
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11th November 2015
Column by Dave Proudlove in the Stoke Sentinel about how the ceramics industry could hold the key to boost in Stoke-on-Trent’s economy.
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Staffordshire University alumnus succeeding at Derby ceramics company
9th November 2015
Story from the Derby Telegraph about Richard Eaton’s success at Denby.
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9th November 2015
Story in the Stoke Sentinel about a First World War exhibition in Manchester involving ceramics and the North Staffordshire Regiment.
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Graduate wins FRESH 2015 award at British Ceramics Biennial
9th November 2015
DeMontford University graduate Hannah Tounsend has won the FRESH 2015 award at the British Ceramics Biennial.
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