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Greenlight For New Enterprise Zone At Hillhouse Will Create
The Chancellor has announced that the Government has approved a bid by the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) for an additional Enterprise Zone (EZ) site at the Hillhouse Business Park on the Wyre coast. The LEP forecasts that the EZ could potentially double the number of local jobs to 3,500 within the next ten to […]
Crafty Vintage Christmas Markets at Hoghton Tower
Hoghton Tower is definitely the place to be this weekend as Crafty Vintage Fairs descend on one of the finest locations in Lancashire and roll out their ever popular Christmas Markets. Bringing to the area an eclectic mix of creative folk and like minded people who love all things crafty and all things vintage. A […]
Keeper Gets Seal-ion of Approval For PHD Study
A Blackpool Zoo keeper is set to continue her in-depth studies into the unique characteristics of sealions’ whiskers after being awarded funding to study for a doctorate. Alyx Milne, who works with Blackpool Zoo’s family of Californian sealions, will use her PhD to delve further into the function, evolution and control aspects of sealions’ whiskers. […]
£5.6m Lancashire skills project smashes growth target
A £5.6m programme offering Lancashire companies free workforce training has been hailed a success after helping more than 5,500 Lancashire workers gain new skills and qualifications. Lancashire Skills Support for the Workforce (LSS) launched in September 2014 and aimed to help Lancashire companies accelerate business growth by addressing skills gaps. It closed this autumn after […]
Chorley gives thumbs up to Combined Authority
COUNCILLORS in Chorley gave their overwhelming support for a Lancashire Combined Authority, agreeing to join forces with other councils to gauge public opinion in the county. Chorley Council was the third authority in Lancashire to debate the proposals and gave unanimous backing to the idea, urging all the other councils to do the same. Members […]
Lancashire Thinks The Red Rose Is Blooming Marvellous
A Blackburn florist has revealed the county’s favourite flower ahead of this week’s Lancashire Day celebrations. Stems, which is based in The Mall Blackburn has announced its best-selling bloom is Lancashire’s iconic red rose. The typically romantic red rose doesn’t just entice flower enthusiasts on Valentine’s Day with sales of the stunning bud […]
More Top West End Shows Head to Blackpool for 2016
Blackpool Winter Gardens today announces a further two best-selling shows for 2016. Family favourite THE SOUND OF MUSIC is heading to the Opera House in July for what promises to be a spectacular five-star production and just a few weeks earlier jukebox musical Save the Last Dance For Me will take audiences back to the […]
The Barton Grange Hotel collects a duo of accolades at the Lancashire Tourism Awards
General manager Daniel Rich and his team at the independently owned Barton Grange Hotel in Preston are celebrating this month, as they beat off strong competition to secure both the title of ‘Best Large Hotel’ and the coveted Customer Service Award in the annual Lancashire Tourism Awards. The Hotel was short-listed for four awards this […]
British Institute of Innkeeping Announces Joycelyn Neve as Non-Executive Director
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), the leading professional body for the licensed retail sector, has appointed Joycelyn Neve as a Non-Executive Director. Joycelyn Neve founded Seafood Pub Company in 2010 when she was just 25 years old, and the chain now has seven sites across Lancashire. This award-winning operation is renowned for its creative […]
Harris Museum achieves fundraising success thanks to local charity
Preston’s famous Harris Museum & Art Gallery has won financial support from a locally-based charity to help bring a 194-year old work of art back to life. Art Aid has donated £1,000 to help conserve the painting, ‘View of Preston from Penwortham Hill’ which was painted by artist John Jenkinson in 1821. Without specialist treatment […]
Lancashire’s Tourism and Leisure Business Award up for grabs at Red Rose Awards 2016!
Businesses across Lancashire are being called on to enter the national award-winning Red Rose Awards, which will crown the county’s best firms across 26 categories including the Tourism and Leisure Business Awards. The 2015 event, which was organised by Lancashire Business View magazine, attracted more than 1,000 of the county’s top business people for the […]
Children and young people takeover Fleetwood Museum for the day
Visitors to Fleetwood Museum had a big surprise on Friday 20 November. On KidsinMuseums Takeover Day, 37 children from Chaucer Community Primary School and four sixth form pupils from Rossall School, Fleetwood could be found doing jobs and taking on the roles usually done by staff and volunteers. Their roles for the day included becoming […]