• Food businesses urged to be aware of their responsibilities in ensuring allergy information is clearly communicated to customers.

• Reminder ahead of Food Allergy Awareness Week, which starts Wednesday 20 May.

• Rules also apply to home-based businesses and those selling at local markets.

• Business support conference set to be hosted by county council

• Event will include range of support options available to small business

• Breakout workshops and networking to help build connections

• Two Staffordshire businesses have won a King's Award for Enterprise this year.

• Companies Woolcool, from Stone, and Lynguard Limited, from Chesterton, both won in the International Trade category.

• They join 186 recipients across the country.

• Investors, developers and partners tour key sites in Burton and Uttoxeter ahead of UKREiiF

• Sites including The Maltings and The Old Brewery Quarter primed for major investment

• A50/500 corridor upgrades could unlock growth with over 17,000 jobs created

• Short film released to celebrate county on Staffordshire Day

• Celebrities and local figures featured from business, sport and music

• Film to be shown at major investor conference and other events

• Trading Standards offering guidance on confronting door step crime

• Doorstep crime includes rogue traders, distraction burglary, con artists, scammers and people pretending to be officials

• Advice on protecting yourself includes asking for identification, never agreeing to work offered by uninvited callers and never feeling pressured to sign anything on your doorstep

• Well-loved Science Fair & Spring Festival returns to Perton Library on Saturday 9 May

• Activities include art workshops, astronomy, virtual reality and robotics

• Free or low-cost events, some of which require booking

• Tamworth town centre shop closure extended after continued illegal tobacco sales uncovered

• Magistrates’ Court grants further three-month extension to protect public safety and disrupt further criminal activity

• Residents urged to ‘think twice’ if offered cheap or unbranded cigarettes and report to Trading Standards

• County council vows 'zero tolerance' on abuse of highways crews

• County council's contractor Amey has recorded 76 incidents of abuse and vehicles flouting restrictions

• Any incident will always be reported to the police

• Newcastle-under-Lyme Community Orchestra is celebrating their 10 year anniversary.

• The group relies on a base at Silverdale Enterprise Centre to store its growing collection of instruments and sound and lighting equipment.

• Staffordshire County Council’s eight enterprise centres provide affordable and flexible spaces to help local businesses and community groups grow.