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A North West hotel group is establishing a new hospitality training academy to invest in its staff development, broaden career experiences and improve customer service. Launched at Lancaster House Hotel, the English Lakes Hotels Hospitality Academy is open to existing staff and new recruits of all ages, with Level 2 NVQs including food safety in […]

The Chorley Flower Show was back with a bang this year with over 11,000 people in attendance in Astley Park over the three-day show. Even though the weather was patchy at times – which was great for the plants, flowers, and gardens – the atmosphere was all sunshine with all ages enjoying the fantastic event. […]

Fascinating elements of Burnley town centre history are set to be recognised through community projects which are being delivered by a number of town centre partners. Burnley High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ), Burnley Business Improvement District (BID) and Burnley Council are all working together on two initiatives which draw upon compelling practices that used […]

North West-based digital marketing agency, Soap Media, has recently partnered with One Tree Planted and planted 1000 trees in celebration of new business wins. One Tree Planted is an international non-profit organisation that was established in 2014. Their vision is to make it simple for anyone to help the environment by planting trees where they’re […]

Local solicitor Oliver McCann of Napthens Solicitors has presented a cheque of £3000 to local young people’s charity Youth Zone Darwen after completing a gruelling 6 day challenge to walk across Hadrian’s Wall. The 90 mile walk which stretched coast to coast across northern England saw Oliver along with 3 friends set off from Wallsend, […]

Mental health charity, Lancashire Mind are offering opportunities to Lancashire businesses to sponsor months in their hugely popular ‘Love from Lancashire’ calendar.  Lancashire Mind’s photography competition, Love from Lancashire, now in its third year, encourages people to send in their pictures from across Lancashire and winning entries are included in a calendar for sale at […]

A bid for £50m of public investment in Eden Project North in Morecambe has been submitted to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund by Lancaster City Council. The Eden bid aims to be one of the two £50m awards being given out in the second round of the Levelling Up Fund for projects with a culture […]

A MORECAMBE firm has answered a call to help Ukrainian refugees currently staying in North Lancashire to work and to stay connected with families at home. ICT Reverse, based on White Lund Industrial Estate, has donated a number of laptops to the Caton and Friends for Ukraine community support group to help families remain in […]

A dedicated new online hub has been launched to coincide with the release of a detailed report about the challenges faced by women in business and leadership in Lancashire. The Women in Enterprise Hub has been funded and launched by Boost; Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub. It provides details of current female business support and events […]

Marketing Lancashire, the county’s destination management organisation (DMO) and founder of the Lancashire Ambassadors, is pleased to welcome three new business leaders. Helen Clayton, partner at Blackburn and Bury-based chartered accountancy, business advisory and financial planning, Zak Khan co-owner of Accrington-based Euro Energy Group and Richard Few, the founder and Chief Geek of Blackburn-based Sales […]

South Ribble Borough Council has awarded an incredible £500,000 to be distributed to 21 local community groups and projects – right across the borough.  The cash – made up from council underspend and cash reserves – was allocated last month and the teams at the council are now in the process of distributing the funds.  […]

Blackburn with Darwen Council  has outlined how the first £20m would be used to accelerate the first phase of its £250m masterplan for Blackburn town centre – the largest development of its kind in the North West. A successful LUF bid would unlock plans for a brand new £60m skills and education campus of national […]