The Knot

Good News Monday 🗞️ Capital&Centric release new images of Goods Yard and announce plans for Midway in NUL 🧱 New look for University of Staffordshire 🎨 The Flintlock, Cheddleton gets an AA rosette 🏆 Revamps in Longton 🏬 Music opportunities 🎶 AND MORE. ALL IN THE KNOT 030 today ✅✅✅✅🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

The Knot Update 🔈 Big moves incoming ⬇️ - Podcast launched ✅ THANK YOU for amazing feedback, I can’t wait to share more with you ❤️ (spot the next guests in the video 😉) - Format update to The Knot newsletter. Me & Helen Dalley are packing in more stories, reducing images and making a better reader experience 🗞️ - First sponsors! unspun & Wandering Bee 🙌🏼 - AND finally we have a BIG story coming soon. An exclusive, a story that is important to people in S-O-T and won’t be shared anywhere else, except The Knot with Hannah Hiles ✍️ This is what it’s all about 😃 Paying members and sponsors - thanks for supporting - The Knot needs you to keep the fire burning 🔥

George Bettany started slowing down, running at a 2/10 pace and learned to love running again AND run further and faster than ever before 🏃♂️ Through MARA he now brings a mindful, social approach to running to groups in Lichfield, Stone & Stoke 🙌🏼 A lot of people HATE running because they’re so in their head. The MARA approach teaches you to slow down and enjoy the process ✅

The Knot Pod is NOW LIVE 🎉 Our first guest: George Bettany, founder of MARA 🥁 Hosted, recorded and produced at dissident creative agency with Daniel Moore & Keelan Evans 🎙️ Podcast on all streaming platforms 🎧 Full episode on YouTube 📺 Episodes dropping every other Wednesday. The Knot subscribers get them first 📧 All links to watch and enjoy in the comments ⬇️

TOMORROW 🚨 The Knot Pod Episode #1: George Bettany, Founder MARA. "All the things that make me happy are in Staffordshire" ✅ All podcast platforms ✅ Full episode on YouTube ✅ We dig into ⬇️ - George's upbringing - Travelling to find who you are - Coming "back" home - London, Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield vs Staffordshire - Mental health and wellbeing in London compared to Staffordshire - The MARA running philosophy - How you can be creative in Staffordshire - Opportunities in Staffordshire - Coffee, food and things to do locally The Knot Newsletter Subscribers get the link at 8am ✅ The Knot Social Media followers get the link at 1pm ✅ 📸 dissident creative agency

The Knot Pod OUT WEDNESDAY 🎉 Set your alarm ⏰ for Wednesday morning 🌅 The Knot pod will be on ALL podcast platforms with full episode in high quality video (thank you dissident creative agency ) on YouTube too 📺 Get it on the big screen - it’s that good 🙏🏻 First guest: George Bettany founder of MARA mindful running brand with run clubs in Lichfield, Stone & Stoke 🏃♂️ George has started businesses in London and lived in major cities all over the UK and now returned home to live in Lichfield and build MARA in Staffordshire. This episode is a homecoming journey and a brilliant way to kick off The Knot pod ❤️ SEE YOU WEDNESDAY KNOTTERS 🙌🏼

Name ✍️ Anya Parker James Location📍 Fulford Achievement 🏆 Launching a Fashion Brand and not moving to London or Manchester to do it! Clothes in: Urban Outfitters Fav Stoke Brands: Peachy Pictures, The Wandering Bee, Ah That's Nice Find out more about Anya, another inspiring gem 💎 from Staffordshire 👇🏼

Name ✍️ Dave Juggins Age ⏰ 75 Location📍 Westlands, Newcastle Achievement 🏆 Gold at the Sprint Distance Duathlon at the European Triathlon Multisport Championships 5km time 🕰️ 21 minutes Trains with 🚴 Trentham Running Club & Lyme Racing Club Full interview below, an inspiring man from Stoke ✅

“I can’t be creative. I can’t be entrepreneurial” How many people in Stoke & Staffordshire feel like this? ⬇️ Whether it’s money, confidence, opportunities or aspirations - it’s a feeling shared by many 💔 YET. This is a brilliant place to create from. With lots of opportunity. That’s one of the reasons The Knot pod will focus on creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. You can’t be what you can’t see. Time to make Staffordshire success stories visible ✅✅✅ Clip from episode with Daniel Moore founder of dissident creative agency

A lovely Monday morning 🌅 The Knot featured in the “i” newspaper 🗞️ (print and online) This is the creative county and this is a city built on creativity. So you’ll get this. You make something. You put love into it. You put time into it. It could be a pot, a vase, a restaurant, a dish, a piece of music, a design, a new independent newspaper. And you get some sales, some feedback, but in the dark of the night you think; “why are we doing this?” “Will this ever work?” “Will this ever pay the bills?” And then the smallest thing happens, like a write up in a publication or a “thank you” or a customer. And you get that warm glow in your heart. It is worth it. People are watching. People do care. I know that many of you understand this. The Knot is here to shine a light on all of you. To raise Stoke & Staffordshire up. I promise you we’ll do that. Today it was nice to have a bit of light shine on us with a small and meaningful mention in the i 🔦 Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire - keep shining bright. They don’t see us yet. But they will 🔥