• Would you welcome a Wetherspoons deal?

  By Buleste

  Quote:"It won't encourage more people to go out (maybe for the first few months but after that...

            

   

  By CarlyBaldwin at 09:28 on 06/04/12

  

  The Sentinel reported yesterday that a deal for pub giant JD Wetherspoon to take over the Swan Hotel is almost complete. According to the newspaper, contracts have been exchanged and the chain are planning 'extensive internal alterations' to Leek's oldest public house. Would you welcome that? A similar Wetherspoons project in Cheadle recently created 40 full and part-time jobs - and community leaders are hoping that the same will be...

• How would you spend Innovation Fund cash in Leek?

  By Buleste

  How about lowering business rates for new small independent businesses. Business rates are one of...

            

   

  By CarlyBaldwin at 11:57 on 04/04/12

  

  Earlier this week, it was announced that the Moorlands is to be one of 100 areas in the UK to benefit from High Street Innovation Fund money. The scheme, inspired by Mary Portas's review of high streets towards the end of last year, will see towns and cities in the UK each given £100k to solve the problem of empty shops on high streets. The money given to the Moorlands will be divided between local towns, and as yet, it is...

• Ralphs launches attack against roundabout campaigners

  By Bollinghorse

  Attracting, or allowing major retailers such as M&S to move into Leek would never make it a...

            

   

  By CarlyBaldwin at 15:40 on 13/12/11

  

  The Sentinel report today that council leader Sybil Ralphs has launched an astonishing attack on people protesting to save Leek's iconic roundabout. The saga over the roundabout continues to rumble on, and protestors recently delivered a petition to 10 Downing Street campaigning for it to be saved. However, Ralphs has today told protestors that they are 'putting jobs at risk'. She says that because of the volume of jobs that will be...

• Where will you do your Christmas shopping?

  By lizml

  Thats always been a problem though. The bigger problem now is online shopping, if you go places to...

            

   

  By CarlyBaldwin at 11:03 on 15/10/11

  

  This week, a leading Staffordshire businessman bemoaned the location of some of the region's shopping areas, saying that bigger cities 'sucked the juice' out of smaller towns. In particular, Maitland Hyslop believes, towns in North Staffordshire suffer due to the likes of Birmingham and Manchester being within relatively easy reach. Where will you spend your cash this festive season? Are the attractions of bigger cities too tempting...

• Campaigners lose fight to save Leek roundabout from bulldozer

  By 6Crystal9

  It was Staffs Moorlands District Council which came up with the plans not Sainsburys So there were ...

            

   

  By The Sentinel at 10:07 on 29/07/11

  

  CAMPAIGNERS have lost their long-running battle to save their landmark roundabout. Businesses and residents had their hopes dashed of retaining the floral traffic island in Leek after a meeting with highways officials and representatives from supermarket giant Sainsbury's. Plans to alter the road network are part of a package of proposals by the retail giant to build a new superstore on the outskirts of the town. Leek county...

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