Anna Izza

A new grant from Chorley Council will support local businesses to meet sustainability goals, improve efficiency, increase profitability and reduce energy costs. The Business Energy Support grant is open to applications from businesses operating across Chorley borough. The Business Energy Grant can be used to fund equipment, identified by an Energy Audit, that will deliver […]

A new family-focused award, celebrating Lancashire families who own or run a tourism or hospitality businesses in Lancashire, has been created by Marketing Lancashire in partnership with the Centre for Family Business in Lancaster University Management School. The annual Lancashire Tourism Awards celebrate the £3.51billion* contribution that the sector makes to the local economy, as […]

The 97th Blackpool Dance Festival has been hailed as ‘an event to remember for years to come’ and provided a £6m boost for local economy.  The organisers of the Blackpool Dance Festival have thanked the 2000+ couples who travelled from over 50 countries to take part in the world’s largest and longest-running event in Blackpool’s […]

Lancaster University has taken tenth position in a national league table, released on Thursday 7 June 2023. Retaining its place as the Complete University Guide’s best higher education institution in North West England, Lancaster is up one place on last year, ranking tenth out of 130 universities across the UK. Lancaster also scored highly for a […]

Today, Elgra Furniture has reaffirmed their commitment to the borough’s young people by becoming a Youth Zone Bronze Patron. Alongside a financial donation to Youth Zone, they will continue to support the charity with vital advice and guidance as both centres undergo significant redevelopment and enhancement over the next 2 years. Mark Lomas at Elgra […]

Wyre Council has commissioned a study to consider how Poulton town centre might be improved and your feedback is needed! The study aims to address any potential future challenges and opportunities for Poulton town centre and to ensure the economic wellbeing of the town so that it can better meet the needs of its local […]

The Nurse Manager at Stonyhurst has received a prestigious national award in recognition of her contribution to nursing practice. Claire Ashworth has been awarded the Chief Nursing Officer Gold Award by NHS England for going above and beyond, demonstrating safeguarding excellence for tenacity around information sharing and Child Protection – Information Sharing (CP-IS). The award […]

The Lancashire Tourism Awards – the only county-wide awards for tourism and hospitality businesses Marketing Lancashire, the county’s destination management organisation (DMO), has now opened applications for this year’s competition to find the very best tourism and hospitality businesses in Lancashire; supported once again by Headline Sponsor, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Louise McArdle, Head […]

Preston City Council has launched a competitive commissioning round to identify partners to deliver key elements of Preston’s investment plan for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). Preston City Council received an allocation of £5.2m from the UKSPF to invest in projects that will benefit the city’s businesses, residents and communities by building pride of […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has been ranked in the top 20 percent in the world for the positive impact it has on society and the environment, according to a league table published today by Times Higher Education (THE). The THE Impact Rankings, which rate the differences universities are making in the world against […]

The annual Blackpool Cup football tournaments have been rated number one out of 65 similar events staged across Europe. The sporting event, which was held over the Easter and May Day Bank Holiday weekends, attracted 350 teams and more than 12,000 attendees. Organised by Dutch-based Euro-Sportring in association with Blackpool Council and VisitBlackpool, the tournaments […]

A public event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Bamber Bridge has been organised by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). On Friday 23 June, it will be exactly 80 years since a gun-shot stand-off occurred in Bamber Bridge between black American troops stationed in the town during the Second World War […]