Anna Izza

Marketing Lancashire, Lancashire’s Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP), is celebrating Lancashire Day on Thursday 27th November by asking visitors and residents to relive and share their grand days out in the county. Each year Marketing Lancashire dedicates their online channels to celebrating the culture, lifestyle and achievements of Lancashire, to put the Red Rose county […]

Accrington Stanley are delighted with the appointment of Jodie Hargreaves as the club’s new Commercial Manager. Jodie joins Accrington Stanley with a strong background in operations and commercial management, bringing with her a wealth of experience gained from projects around the world, including work at the iconic Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Having grown up surrounded by football fans in […]

The Lancashire Bombers U17 Flag Football team has been crowned the best in Britain, earning the title of UK Champions after a spectacular run at the National Finals in Manchester. Hosted at the Platt Lane Sports Complex, the event brought together elite youth teams from across the country for an unforgettable festival of flag football. […]

Families and businesses across Fylde are celebrating a spectacular summer after our town centres welcomed their highest August footfall levels in years, with St Annes bouncing back stronger than ever to pre-pandemic heights with over 277,000 visitors enjoying our vibrant coastal resort throughout the month. The brilliant figures, captured through footfall monitoring funded by the […]

A new cycleway and footpath linking South Ribble with Preston Railway Station has officially opened. The new pathway, which runs underneath the East Cliff bridge, connects to an abandoned railway line which now provides a safe and picturesque walking and cycling route to South Ribble. The new path will improve access between the popular Guild […]

Ann Forshaw’s has launched milk into the retail market for the first time in the company’s 45-year history in a tale of two Lancashire family businesses working together. The new Ann Forshaw’s premium pasteurised 4% fat whole milk is on the shelves of SPAR stores across the North of England using high quality fresh milk […]

International visitors spent an additional £562 million across Britain as a result of activity by national tourism agency VisitBritain/VisitEngland, latest figures show. Results also show that 60% of this estimated additional spend, £336 million, was in destinations outside of London. The agency reported the figures, which cover its activity for the 2024-2025 financial year, as it […]

●       A celebration of hope and regeneration, inspired by Morecambe Bay and Eden Project Morecambe ●       Co-created with young adults, the garden provides pathways to green careers and skills development ●       Solar-powered outdoor classroom blends nature and tech ●       Crushed cockles and steel-laced limestone among innovations in sustainable design ●       The garden will be Eden […]

Thanks to a 75% grant awarded by the Lancashire Environmental Fund, the West Lancashire Light Railway Trust is delighted to announce that a significant solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage system has been installed at the heritage railway, based in Hesketh Bank, near Preston. The £18,000 scheme has provided 31x 600W PV panels and a […]

Derry Green, Founder of The Secret Garden Glamping, has been named as One to Watch in The LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders for 2025 — a programme created by LDC, part of Lloyds Banking Group, in partnership with The Times. Derry first captured public attention following his appearance on BBC’s Dragons’ Den in […]

A host of popular service improvements, alongside the opening of an extension to North Station, have earned Blackpool Transport the prestigious title of Tram Operator of the Year. It scooped the coveted accolade at the National Transport Awards and Jane Cole, the operator’s Managing Director, says it’s an achievement the whole town, and surrounding areas, […]

The project has been shortlisted for Residential Property of the Year at the Lancashire Property Awards 2025. Submitted via principal contractor for the development, Caddick Construction, the winners will be revealed at a special ceremony on 13 November in Blackpool. Jubilee Gardens is the first of its kind built and operated by South Ribble Borough […]