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The international architect behind the redevelopment of Preston's Grade II-listed bus station will lead a Conversations in Creativity event about architecture. Architect John Puttick joins Gareth Gardner, a London-based photographer and journalist for Blueprint, the magazine which covers architecture, design and art. The event takes place on Wednesday 2 November from 6pm to 8pm, at […]

A new short film spotlighting Lancashire’s little known Brontë connections has been released. Called In Brontë Footsteps, it features multi-million bestselling American historical novelist Tracy Chevalier. Tracy visited Pendle this autumn for the first time, to find out about the area’s Brontë associations. She is most famous as the author of Girl with a Pearl […]

Chorley is bucking the trend when it comes to the number of empty shops in the town centre. Figures revealed this week show that the town centre vacancy rates in Chorley are below the national average proving that new shops and businesses are continuing to set up in the town centre. Councillor Alistair Bradley, who […]

Smash hit musical comedy Hairspray is coming to Blackpool Winter Gardens in 2017 with a production guaranteed to have you dancing the night away. The international stage extravaganza will run at Blackpool Opera House from Monday 18 to Saturday 23 September. Tickets priced from £17.50 go on sale at 10am Friday October 28 and are […]

The judging is over and the finalists have just two weeks to wait until they find out if they have won a prestigious Lancashire Tourism Award, at the county’s foremost celebration of tourism excellence.  This year the Lancashire Tourism Awards  returns to Blackburn Cathedral, the Cathedral of Lancashire, on Thursday 10 November and today, organisers […]

Following on from the Design Charrette* which took place at the beginning of this year, a prototype stall has been unveiled to Preston Market traders. The brief was to design a stall for use on the Outdoor Market which was easy to set up and versatile enough to meet the needs of all traders and […]

YOKO ONO, one of the world's leading contemporary artists and social activists, has been confirmed to exhibit alongside artists including Bob & Roberta Smith, Mark Titchner and Liz West at the inaugural LightPool Festival in Blackpool from Friday 28 October to Wednesday 2 November 2016. Marking the penultimate weekend of Blackpool Illuminations, the new six-night […]

The demand on those of us working in the hospitality industry is relentless: 16 hour days, managing the needs of our guests and overseeing our teams whilst working at 100mph speed. Let’s take a moment and catch our breath! Most industry professionals will tell you there is no work-life balance or very little. This is […]

Ministers, developers and investors line up to hear from the ‘We Are Lancashire’ consortium at international property expo in London Lancashire's debut at MIPIM UK has been hailed great success with hundreds of delegates, drawn from across the property and investment world, visiting the ‘We Are Lancashire’ exhibition stand to find out more about the […]

Total Foodservice has won a prestigious Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council. The Lancashire depot of the company, a fifth generation family foodservice business with depots in both Lancashire & Yorkshire delivering to chefs and caterers in the North of England, was one of 64 organisations worldwide that achieved a Sword of Honour, […]

Repairs to “College House”, an historic and important listed building in Winckley Square, Preston are now underway thanks to enforcement action brought by Preston City Council Serving the “Urgent Works Notice” on the owners of this Grade II listed building will at least ensure the building is water tight and secure – although the Council […]

Blackburn has today been named as one of the country’s best high streets by being shortlisted in the third annual Great British High Street competition.   Blackburn’s high street has been named as one of the top 3 in the ‘Town Centre of the Year’ category.   To be in with a chance of being […]