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‘Leave nothing but your footprints’ is the inspiration behind a series of 10-metre-long footprints spectacularly created in Fylde. A total of 15 footprints were raked into the sand on the beach at St Annes as part of Fylde Council’s awareness campaign to encourage people to dispose of their litter responsibly. They are part of the […]

A Lancashire woman who set up a personal assistant business just as lockdown hit is now in the process of recruiting her own team after gaining more than 30 clients with the help of Boost; Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub. Quality Time PA Services, a virtual assistant service, is the brainchild of former project co-ordinator and […]

Lancaster’s Dukes theatre has paid an unusual tribute to a much-loved volunteer and supporter of their outdoor walkabout shows. Bernard Gladstone, who died in March, had seen every Dukes production in Williamson Park since 1987 and had volunteered at them for decades. He was also the theatre’s honorary archivist for more than 40 years. In […]

Work to refurbish Worden Hall, the centrepiece of the iconic Green Flag Award winning Worden Park, will begin on Monday 16 August – and South Ribble Borough Council want to give you the chance to have to see the development plans and to have your questions answered. Come along to a drop-in event at the […]

Renowned designer Wayne Hemingway MBE is part of a team tasked with creating an exciting new vision for Penwortham – and South Ribble Borough Council wants local residents and business owners to help shape it. The Council has enlisted the Lancashire-born creative to develop a masterplan for the Liverpool Road, Kingsfold and Middleforth commercial areas, with the aim of making the […]

Lancaster City Council has stepped in to purchase Morecambe’s Frontierland site to kick start its regeneration and give the site a new lease of life. The land was previously home to a theme park which closed more than 20 years ago, since which time there have been a number of failed re-development attempts by the […]

Tickets are selling fast for The Dukes outdoor walkabout theatre production of Grimm Tales which runs until August 22. After a two-year absence from Lancaster’s Williamson Park, The Dukes is delighted to entertain audiences outdoors once again. Grimm Tales: Witches, Wolves, Fairies and Frogs is a fun and fresh adaptation of the famous Brothers Grimm fairy tales told […]

Lancaster-based digital agency Novi Digital has been appointed the sole agency partner for the delivery of digital marketing Skills Bootcamps in the North West of England. Skills Bootcamps is a 12-week course in Digital Marketing, which forms part of the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee and Plan for Jobs. Delivered by Coventry-based We Are Digital, working in partnership with […]

 Business owners and managers in Lancashire have been urged not to miss an important deadline to access a funded mentoring programme. Businesses have until September 3 to register for the final round of the Boost Growth Mentoring programme of 2021. The Growth Mentoring service is funded and part of Boost; Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub. It […]

Two of Blackpool’s biggest free events are returning for 2021, it was revealed today. Ride The Lights will be staged on a traffic-free promenade on the night of Tuesday 31 August and the spectacular World Fireworks Championship Blackpool will be held on four Saturdays during September and October. The Ride The Lights event is one […]

Businesses in Morecambe have overwhelmingly voted yes to renewing the town’s Business Improvement District (BID). Turnout in the ballot was 36.95% with 89.65% of businesses by number voting in favour and 80.2% in favour by rateable value. The vote was independently managed by Civica Electoral Services. The successful ballot means that the Morecambe BID will […]

UCLan will lead local education providers in supporting apprentices throughout Lancashire Education providers in Lancashire are coming together to help boost the county’s support for apprentices. Led by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), the Lancashire Engaging Apprentices Programme (LEAP) will provide additional support for apprentices and employers based throughout the county’s small and medium […]