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Today’s announcement by large Lancashire employer Rolls Royce confirming expected job losses and a ‘major reorganisation’ has led to calls from regional leaders for a government task force to tackle and support the UK’s civil aerospace sector. East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce CEO Miranda Barker commented, “Lancashire is the 4th largest manufacturing cluster for aerospace […]

UpSkilling Lancashire invites you, your work colleagues and business contacts to attend the following free workshops to help plan and prepare for a return to work post-shutdown.  As the easing of restrictions begin to be lifted, now is the time to plan ahead, and this includes both the practical and mental approaches needed to successfully […]

What takes a 10 hour day of filming, a 3m x 6m canvas, 200 paint filled balloons and 70 litres of watered down paint? Blackpool based arts organisation LeftCoast have created a new ident for ITV due to air on Monday 18 May to Saturday 23 May. The colourful ident, part of the ITV Creates […]

From Wednesday 13 May the Government is allowing people to “exercise outside as many times each day as they wish” and stating that “people may drive to outdoor open spaces irrespective of distance, so long as they respect social distancing guidance while they are there”. Whilst many of us will want to return to our […]

By listening to the beating hearts of stars, international astronomers have for the first time identified a rhythm of life for a class of stellar objects that had until now puzzled scientists. Dr Daniel Holdsworth, from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), is part of the global team whose new findings have been published today, […]

A University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) researcher has won a national grant to lead a new environmental poetry project. Dr Yvonne Reddick has received £92,700 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and will work with Magma poetry magazine to inspire others to write about pressing environmental concerns. Yvonne, who will write, research and […]

Amidst COVID-19 closures, Preston-based ecommerce company EKM has introduced Obodo, a new free product centred around helping small businesses reach their local customers with a free online shop. Local businesses have experienced devastating losses as shoppers are ordered to stay at home and most turn to online purchasing. While online sales soar, businesses without an […]

Two University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) students have won an international competition to find the best games’ students. Final year student Matthew Lowe won the Search for a Star 2020 competition while Justyna Kwiatkowska was chosen as the recipient of the Sumo Digital Rising Star 2020 competition, an award for first and second year students. […]

The nation’s favourite holiday resort is paying its own special tributes to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Blackpool evokes fond memories for those evacuated to the resort, for the troops based here during the wartime years and for those who found respite from the horrors of war. With the national events scaled back […]

A discretionary fund has been set up to accommodate small businesses previously outside the scope of the business grant funds scheme with up to £617 million to be made available for local authorities in England. This additional fund is aimed at small businesses with ongoing fixed property-related costs. Local authorities have been asked to prioritise […]

Preston City Council is giving three months rent relief to the traders at Preston Markets, as a way to help combat the current business climate due to Covid-19. This rent relief period will assist all the businesses at Preston Markets. It will enable the fresh produce traders to continue to provide the essential service to […]

A firm based in Newton, near Preston, Lancashire has delivered an important new addition to a children’s special needs school in Manchester. Submarine Manufacturing and Products Ltd (SMP Ltd) has designed, manufactured and installed a bespoke, fully automatic, 6 seat HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) chamber to deliver much needed Oxygen Therapy treatments to school pupils […]