What's happening?

Shouting about things is our bag, so this is where you can find what our clients have been up to, what's happening in our beautiful county of Shropshire, Team J&PR updates - and, of course, our PR and social media advice and tips!

Shropshire tutoring business sponsors junior football club

24 Feb 2016

by Rhea Alton

A Shropshire businesswoman is supporting a junior football team’s bid for victory after becoming an official sponsor. Adele Conlon, owner of family-run Shropshire Tutor, has become the latest sponsor of Wrockwardine Wood Football Club, in Telford. Miss Conlon, who provides both private and class-based educational services to children under the age of 11 in English and maths, has provided the […]

Shropshire business to support Midlands Air Ambulance

22 Feb 2016

by Rhea Alton

A Shropshire business has announced the Midlands Air Ambulance as its nominated charity of the year in 2016. Caradoc Medical Services, based in Shrewsbury, is a not-for-profit buying consortium initially set up to negotiate better buying terms for out of hours providers Shropdoc. The company now works with thousands of GP practices across the country as well as other businesses […]

Shropshire taxi firm creates more new jobs

22 Feb 2016

by Simon Alton

A growing taxi firm has become the first in the region to employ driver support officers, who will focus on making sure vehicles are in top condition for the public. Go Carz, which is the largest private hire taxi firm in Shropshire, is looking to recruit up to three full-time members of staff to look after its drivers as they […]

Review: Avenue Q at Theatre Severn

19 Feb 2016

by Dani Wozencroft

To be in a musical you have to be a fantastic actor and an excellent singer. But to be in Avenue Q you also have to be a brilliant puppeteer. And the whole cast at Theatre Severn last night were all three. I kept wondering whether I should be looking at the humans or the puppets – truth is, it […]

Charity supporting people with rare genetic disease given boost by Shropshire IT firm

17 Feb 2016

by Rhea Alton

A charity which supports families affected by the same genetic disease which claimed the life of late fundraiser Stephen Sutton has received a welcome boost thanks to a Shropshire-based IT firm. Staff at Network Support Solutions (NSS) based at Shrewsbury Business Park began collecting their loose change 12 months ago in support of Lynch Syndrome UK (LSUK). Lynch Syndrome is […]

Residential property team expands at Shropshire-based solicitors

16 Feb 2016

by Simon Alton

The property market in Telford is having a busy start to 2016 with no “winter slowdown” which is usually seen at this time of year. That’s the view of lawyers in the residential property team at Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors, which has just taken on two new members of staff in the Telford office. Nicola Bates has joined the team as […]

Peppa Pig is coming to Shrewsbury

16 Feb 2016

by Rebecca Dutton

Now I may be the only mother in the whole world (slight exaggeration perhaps) who can honestly say I have hardly ever watched Peppa Pig. That’s not because I don’t sit with my nearly four-year-old when he does watch television but just because he is into other things – mainly dinosaur related (yes I know George has a dinosaur), Paw […]

Abba tribute for Macmillan

16 Feb 2016

by Rebecca Dutton

I’ve always been a closet Abba fan and I think if I’d be a teenager in the 1970s, I would have been completely obsessed with them. As it was, I was a late 1990s teenager so an eclectic mix of Alanis Morissette, Eternal and Boyzone ruled the day. I would love to have seen Abba on tour but the group […]

Top Shropshire businessman returns to school to share his expertise

15 Feb 2016

by Dani Wozencroft

A top manager of a thriving Shropshire firm has returned to the school he spent three years studying at to share his business secrets with current students. Paul Allman, Group Board Director for Hawk Group, returned to Thomas Adams School in Wem to lead a presentation and workshop about the construction industry and opportunities to work in it. The company, […]

New-look team at Shropshire restaurant

15 Feb 2016

by Simon Alton

A restaurant in Telford has drafted in a new management team and overhauled its menu as it looks to make a “fresh start” in 2016. Mimosa, in Southwater at Telford Shopping Centre, was the first restaurant to open its doors when the complex was built in the summer of 2014. Following a successful first year, bosses said they were keen […]