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A spectacular programme of marketing and events has been unveiled as Blackpool looks to celebrate its first full tourism season for three years. At the annual season launch, the first to be held since 2019 because of COVID disruption, VisitBlackpool and resort partners showcased a myriad of new attractions, shows and events for the year […]

The Hampton by Hilton Blackburn team have pledged support to local charity Nightsafe, supporting young homeless people in Blackburn and Darwen. The team are committed to helping with a variety of projects including volunteering to help paint and decorate Nightsafe houses, donating moving on boxes and offering free gym passes to support mental and emotional […]

The Wellbeing Farm, Edgworth, Lancashire has announced today its certification as a B Corporation (or B Corp), joining a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit. The Wellbeing Farm has been certified by B Lab, the not-for-profit behind the B Corp movement, as having met rigorous social and environmental […]

A new poster has been unveiled in Lytham, showcasing the history of Lytham Station. It takes readers from 1846, when the town’s first railway station was built, right up to present day – with accompanying historic photos to really bring the details to life. The poster is one of around 40 informative pieces celebrating the […]

The Burnley Business Improvement District (BID) is looking forward to an action-packed year of projects and events as it aims to build upon the initiatives delivered in 2021. With COVID-19 restrictions having eased, Burnley BID has been able to pencil in a calendar of activities and business-focused schemes over the coming months to help make […]

The hotel group which runs the art-deco Midland Hotel in Morecambe andthe Lancaster House Hotel has announced a raft of new senior managementappointments in an expansion of its executive board. The changes reflect English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues’ ambitions forgrowing the business and developing its offer across its four starvenues in North Lancashire and […]

The films provide practical advice to people less confident using train stations. They showcase each station including entrances, nearby parking and tram stops, where to buy tickets, food and drink and how to pass through the automated ticket barriers.  The films advise about the number of platforms, the importance of keeping tickets safe and how to open […]

THE cast for a top movie based on the Take That songbook being filmed in Clitheroe next month has been revealed. Aisling Bea (This Way Up, Hard Sun), winner of the 2020 BAFTA Television Craft Award for Breakthrough Talent, will star in the feelgood movie alongside Alice Lowe (Black Mirror, Sightseers), Jayde Adams (Serious Black Jumper, Alma’s […]

The HAPPA (Horses and Ponies Protection Association) Team are thrilled to share news of completed improvements to pathways at the Charity’s Farm based in Burnley, Lancashire. The Charity was able to secure funding for developments to walkways around the Farm to improve accessibility for all, by The Lancashire Environmental Fund (LEF). The pathway to the […]

Mark O’Rourke, restaurant entrepreneur, is giving the people of Lancashire the chance to name his new Preston restaurant.  The new restaurant is located in the Miller Arcade and will be a casual British restaurant, adding to the city’s flourishing food and drink scene. The competition opens on Wednesday 23rd March and closes on Wednesday 6th […]

Preston has been named the best city to live and work in the North West in the Demos-PWC Good Growth for Cities Index. Preston remains the highest performing city in the north-west, for the third time, and scored above average across a number of categories the public think are most important when it comes to […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and a major recycling company have developed a ground-breaking solution to ensure scrap vehicle waste, known as Automotive Shredder Residue (ASR) is turned into renewable energy. A team of UCLan academics has worked with Recycling Lives, the UK’s largest end-of-life vehicles processor, to create a way of transforming hard-to-recycle ASR into […]