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A Lancashire food hero has added another prestigious national award to her company’s growing collection, as she picks up the ‘Oscar’ of the hospitality world.   Joycelyn Neve, managing director of the award-winning Seafood Pub Company, won the Pub and Bar award at this year’s Catey awards, fighting off strong competition from Peter Borg-Neal of Oakman […]

Clitheroe based wine merchants D. Byrne & Co have just received two major retail awards at the International Wine Challenge. The business has won the awards for best Regional Wine Merchant of the Year for Northern England and the national award for leading Small Independent Wine Retailer in the UK. Joseph Byrne attended a glamorous […]

Blackburn Cathedral is preparing for a landmark moment in its history when the Archbishop of York visits to officially open the new Cathedral’s Cloisters. The development sees the first cloisters to be built at a UK cathedral for over 500 years and also marks the final portion of the large scale regeneration of the areas […]

The Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal has already helped to create more than 1,500 new homes and 753 new jobs in the past two years. These jobs have been created through the development of over 9,500 sq m of new commercial space and the construction of new roads. In the last two years, […]

In the 2014 Anholt Nations Brand Index Survey, one of the two areas of relative weakness for Britain for Chinese visitors was around perceptions of ‘welcome’. As part of our ongoing training programme, Marketing Manchester is aiming to address this by running a series of China Welcome courses over the next 6 to 12 months […]

  Love & Etiquette is collaborating with Super Slow Way to bring a month of theatre, music, workshops, comedy and discussions inspired by the rich heritage and culture of the Muslim world to Pennine Lancashire this July. The Kinara Festival is one of the first of its kind to take place in the UK and […]

What could be Britain’s longest bar housing 42 artisan hand-pull cask ales opens for business on Thursday July 7 – marking the first phase of the exciting new Holmes Mill development in Clitheroe. Awaiting official validation as the longest bar in Britain, the giant bar is the focal point of the Beer Hall, which is […]

Creative companies in Lancashire are encouraged to sign-up to a new free online directory to showcase their talent to potential clients. The online directory from Creative Lancashire is a quick way for organisations to find the creative skills and expertise they need. Companies can sign up today at http://directory.creativelancashire.org. The directory has been produced by […]

The latest stage of improvement work along the A582 will go ahead at the Pope Lane roundabout. The existing roundabout will be converted into a traffic signal-controlled 'crossroad' junction with additional lanes created on each of the four approaches. This work will provide extra capacity to improve traffic flow at the junction and on the […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is offering all visitors a chance to save money on a day out by cutting the cost of wristbands to just £19 per person if booked online in advance of their visit.  You’ll need to be quick as the offer is only valid until Friday 22nd July. There are so many things […]

 Watch NEW Lancashire Aerospace FILM A new initiative to promote Lancashire as the UK’s number one aerospace cluster will be launched at the Farnborough International Airshow when the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Lancashire County Council (LCC) join together as ‘Aerospace Lancashire’. The Aerospace Lancashire mission at the global trade show includes property and investment […]

Key partners Blackpool Council, Marketing Lancashire and the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership have submitted a bid to host the Great Exhibition of the North, a two month exhibition celebrating the best of art, culture and design across the North of England.  Culture Minister Ed Vaizey announced the competition in April and invited towns and cities across […]