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RSPB Leighton Moss will mark its diamond anniversary this year and 2024 marks 60 years since the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, began managing what is home to the North West’s largest reedbed, adding a further 200 hectares in recent years. Attracting just 365 permit-holding birdwatchers in […]

Members of the public are invited to take part in The Hobby Cave, the largest ever exhibition of the UK’s hobbies. From makers and modifiers to crafters and collectors, the National Festival of Making with Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, alongside award-winning artist and Spider-Man enthusiast Hetain Patel and Artangel, is inviting audiences to share […]

HAPPA (Horses and Ponies Protection Association) are celebrating a milestone in the Charity’s history this year, its Golden Anniversary of its time in Burnley. Celebrate 50 years of HAPPA rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming equines across the Northwest in 2024 by joining the Charity at the Golden Anniversary Ball. The event is to be held at […]

Minister for Health and Secondary Care Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE MP toured the University of Central Lancashire’s School of Medicine and Dentistry to learn more about how its continued growth and development is producing work ready professionals for the NHS. The University of Central Lancashire’s School of Medicine and Dentistry first opened its doors […]

The fantastic Chorley 10K & 2K Family Run will return on Sunday 5 May 2024. Registration is now open for the event which is in its 5th year, organised by Chorley Council in conjunction with Fylde Coast Runners. Deputy Leader of Chorley Council, Councillor Peter Wilson said “We’re looking forward to welcoming competitors and visitors […]

The WinterBloom project started as a small-scale celebration of light work with local community groups and schools in Colne, Lancashire, to create artwork displayed across the town centre shop windows. The venture was originally funded by a COVID recovery grant, it helped to create an event that was COVID-19-safe and to attract people into the […]

Marketing Lancashire has held the first Partners’ Tourism Conference, since announcing that Lancashire has been named a Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP) by national tourism agency Visit England. Lancashire LVEP partners Marketing Lancashire and VisitBlackpool, who submitted the LVEP application on behalf of Lancashire, will now work within a national portfolio of strategic and high-performing […]

A group of talented second-year Craft Apprentices at BAE Systems are busy creating 24 handmade trophies for the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2023. During a Marketing Lancashire visit to the BAE Academy for Skills and Knowledge (ASK) at Salmesbury, the team admired some of the practice creations from apprentices on display and suggested a collaboration to […]

VisitEngland has today, Thursday 18 January, revealed the 10 superstars to make the shortlist of its annual search to find the unsung hero of England’s tourism industry, and we’re pleased to see that Ian & Sue Rainford, owners of Lancashire Tourism Awards 2023 winner Brickhouse Cottages are on the list! VisitEngland’s Tourism Superstar competition, now […]

A Fylde-based care business which has received support from Boost; Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub has launched a significant drive for new staff. Clifton Homecare, a family business based in Lytham St Annes, provides private, NHS, and local authority-funded domiciliary care services on the Fylde coast including companionship, health visits and end of life care. It […]

Hurst Green Plastics Ltd, Whalley-based SME and manufacturers of KanBan storage and dispensing solutions, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Outstanding Export Achievement Award 2023’ at the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce’s International Trade Club Awards ceremony. Taking place on the 8th of December at Accrington Stanley Football Club, the ceremony was held as part of […]

The CLA (Country Land and Business Association) North regional team invite landowners and anyone with an interest in woodland creation and management in Cumbria and Lancashire to our ‘Where to with Woodlands’ North West Event.  The event will be held on 1 February at Rural Auction Centre at Junction 36 from 10am to 3.30pm. The […]