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Invitation To Tender Food & Drink Strategy Development Project Brief Introduction: Lancashire welcomes just over 63 million visitors each year who contribute £3.67 billion in visitor spend to the local economy and support just over 56,000 jobs. Food and drink is worth around £734 million to Lancashire’s visitor economy accounting for 20% of this tourism […]

Businesses who have been severely affected by recent floods in Lancaster, Wyre and the Ribble Valley can apply for the new Flood Recovery Grants through Boost Business Lancashire, the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership's Growth Hub. This scheme is available for small and medium sized businesses (up to 250 fulltime equivalent employees) in Lancashire flooded during the […]

Sand grown’un Jane Tregonning returns home, to work at Ribby Hall Village.  After almost a decade at Marriott Hotels International Limited and as Director of Leisure, Jane Tregonning has returned to work in the Fylde; bringing a whole wealth of experience to lead her team of 45 at Ribby Hall Village’s award-winning Spa.  Married and […]

You might think that winter is a quiet time in our city Parks, but not in Moor Park this year. Following a successful bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund, money is in place to restore Moor Park, along with some of its features and facilities, and to create new areas […]

Councillors in Pendle will decide whether they’d like the borough to join forces with authorities across Lancashire to create a combined authority. On Thursday (December 17) councillors will debate the proposals which are being, or have been, discussed by 14 other Lancashire authorities. They will be asked to note the progress made so far and […]

Christmas has come early at Blackpool Zoo after the only Hartmann’s mountain zebra to be born in the UK this year arrived safely on the morning of Friday 11th December. The stripy new addition, who is yet to be named, is the son of Helene, and takes the number of zebras at Blackpool to three […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is a financial powerhouse in Lancashire and the North West, according to a recently commissioned report. Regeneris Report states that in 2013/14 UCLan: Contributed over £200m to the North West economy Was one of the largest employers in Preston and supported an estimated 4,300 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) jobs in […]

Christmas is just around the corner and if you haven’t sorted out your staffing requirements, now might be a good time to start weighing up your options. Christmas may just be the hospitality industry's busiest time of the year and as an industry professional you want to ensure customers have the most wonderful time. After all, this […]

Dream about retiring from the rat race and running a B&B? Strapped for cash but have a spare room to rent? Do you have a spare room that you could be renting – but it needs clearing out and a lick of paint? If you're looking for ways to earn cash from your home and […]

The Mall Blackburn is celebrating a fabulously festive start to its biggest and best Christmas ever.   A spectacular Ice Palace has taken over Victoria Court and will be home to Father Christmas, the Snow Sisters and a friendly snowman until Christmas Eve.   There is also a gift-wrapping service at the Ice Palace, for […]

A popular celebration of Christmas in words and music is returning to Lancaster Castle. 'Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly' features a diverse range of festive carols, sketches, verse and prose, songs, letters and journals. The show is being performed on Thursday 17 December, Friday 18 December and Saturday 19 December. Colin Penny, Lancashire […]

As part of the development and support remit of the Northern Tourism Growth Fund, you can now book a place on an industry development course for organisations looking to meet the needs of the growing German and Chinese tourism markets. The courses are being delivered by Cumbria Tourism on behalf of VisitEngland and supports tourism […]