MEETINGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staffordshire Black Business Network and Keele Business School partnered to deliver a series of free workshops in Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Keele focused on:

 

Community | Strategy | Resilience | Social inclusion | Marketing | Accounting | Sustainability

 

- Business owners, prospective entrepreneurs, policymakers and concerned stakeholders based in Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Keele, and the surrounding areas were welcomed to these workshops.

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Session details:

 

Stoke: 7th March to - 4th April (11am to 1pm).

 

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Newcastle: 18th April - 9th May (11am to 1pm).

 

Keele (Public Event): 6th June (11am to 1pm).

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We were able to engage with 65 businesses/organisations through these activities. Special thanks to our panel members on the 6th of June 2026:

 

The Honourable Adam Jogee, MP for Newcastle-Under Lyme

Dr Stephen Jones, Senior Lecturer, Keele University
Gody (Godefroid) Seminega, Asha North Staffordshire Chief Executive Officer
Ch.Insp Tim Norbury, Head of Prosecutions Staffordshire Police
Nnaeto Onwuzurumba, Head of Missions YMCA Staffordshire
Professor Kevin Shakesheff, Vice-Chancellor Keele University

 

We also appreciate the MP's David Williams (Stoke-on-Trent North),and Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central) for their attendance at our workshops in Stoke-on-Trent. 

 

Here are the pictures from the final event and other workshops:

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