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Lancaster’s first virtual digital & tech festival goes live
Lancaster’s first virtual digital and tech festival, Array Festival, will go live throughout May to encourage those in the region to learn more about the city’s industry. A series of online seminars and inspirational entrepreneur stories have been organised to allow people to discover the different types of career opportunity locally and what it takes […]
UCLan could play a major role in an effective post-pandemic solution
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has today endorsed a national campaign for the Government’s consideration to protect and support key public service provision at universities post Covid-19. The campaign Strengthening and enhancing UK public services in response to Covid-19 has been launched by Universities UK (UUK) and MillionPlus, the Association for Modern Universities. UCLan […]
Fylde volunteers remove 9K bags of litter from coast
The amazing volunteers who take part in beach cleans across the Fylde Coast have removed a whopping 9,000 bags of litter over the past year. Over 380 beach cleans have been done over the last 12 months, with over 900 new volunteers joining the 200 regular beach cleaners in an effort to keep the beaches […]
LEP welcomes scheme to help micro and small businesses
The Chair of the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership, Steve Fogg, has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement yesterday to offer loans of between £2,000 and £50,000 to micro and small businesses affected by Covid-19, saying ”I am delighted the Government has listened to businesses and extended the existing loan scheme to offer a 100% loan guarantee of up […]
LEP launches new Covid-19 business support web page
The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has launched a single webpage with full details of all the latest help and support for businesses affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. The LEP has included signposts to all the relevant and current information on the webpage www.lancashirelep.co.uk/covid-19 to make it easy for employers to find out about the support […]
Booths to launch campaign to support artisan cheesemakers
Lancashire head-quartered,Northern food retailer, Booths, has launched a campaign to support British artisan cheesemakers who are struggling to cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Graham Kirkham is one of the last makers of farmhouse Lancashire cheese in the country and makes his multi award-winning cheeses near Goosnargh. Overnight, he saw 60% of his markets disappear as […]
Get ready for Preston’s virtual party night this weekend
Some of Preston’s best venues have teamed up together to stage ‘Preston At Night Live’, a virtual day and night party on Saturday 25th April. Spearheaded by Preston At Night, a brand managed by the city’s BID, the online event will feature 12-hours of eclectic music from DJ’s who regularly perform at the city’s most […]
Martin Mere launches new ‘wild’ home learning hub
Wildlife charity WWT, which runs Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Lancashire, launches its new online ‘wild’ home learning hub to help hard pressed parents teach their primary school aged children key parts of the science curriculum. New resources, covering different conservation science themes, will be released weekly on a Monday morning during lockdown. WWT has […]
Record number of Lancashire businesses win Queen’s Award for Enterprise
A record eight Lancashire-based businesses have been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, announced on Her Majesty’s birthday (21 April). The Awards, now in their 54th year are the most prestigious business awards in the country, celebrating excellence in innovation, international trade. sustainable development, promoting opportunity through social mobility. The Chair of the Lancashire Enterprise […]
BAE Systems across Lancashire ramp up PPE production
Employees from BAE Systems sites across Lancashire are continuing to ramp up efforts to donate vital Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the NHS, with the aim of delivering more than 145,000 face shields to the frontline in the coming weeks. All BAE Systems industrial-scale 3D printers, including at its site in Samlesbury, Lancashire, are now […]
Morecambe hotel is kept busy with key workers and delivery service
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges for all businesses especially within the hospitality sector in Lancashire and beyond. While many restaurants, hotels and eating/drinking establishments have closed, The Best Western Lothersdale Hotel in Morecambe has remained open. Working with various local and government authorities, The Lothersdale is providing accommodation for many key workers who […]
Backyard half marathon to support scrubs for NHS
Local artist Gillian Wood set up the Fylde Coast Scrub Hub just over a week and a half ago to help local front-line NHS workers who have faced a scrubs shortage due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Hub uses donations to buy material and distributes it to local volunteer sewers to make up scrubs in […]