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Amanda Thompson OBE, Managing Director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the United Kingdom, became IAAPA’s 2020 Chairman of the Board of Directors. In addition, IAAPA introduced the 2020 officers during the Kickoff Event at IAAPA Expo 2019, the association’s annual global conference and trade show in Orlando, Florida.Thompson brings lifelong industry experience and knowledge to […]

Sea water quality at Blackpool’s most northern beach, Bispham beach, has been classed as being ‘excellent’, in results released this morning by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).   In addition to this top classification for Bispham beach, high standards of bathing water quality have also been recorded by Defra at the […]

The breadth of careers in Pendle has been given a new lease of life thanks to an innovative virtual reality project led by In-Situ. Pendle Borough Council commissioned In-Situ to create an artist-led series of films introducing high school pupils to the workplace as part of its #makeitinpendle campaign. Working with artist Andy Abbott, In-Situ […]

Councillor Mrs Pauline Brown will step down as Deputy Mayor of Preston at Council on 19th December in order to focus on her recovery and to receive treatment following a recent, serious illness. Other duties undertaken by Councillor Mrs Brown will continue, including as Ward Councillor and participating in relevant activities, including being a member […]

On Thursday 7 November, the world-famous Pleasure Beach Arena, Blackpool was the ‘coolest’ venue for Marketing Lancashire’s annual Lancashire Tourism Awards, supported by Headline Sponsor, University of Central Lancashire and Host Sponsor VisitBlackpool. Blackpool-born professional ice-skater Daniel Whiston was guest presenter and entertained the audience, gliding through the twenty-two awards with great style. Rachel McQueen, Chief […]

As the country prepares to head to the polls, Northern business and elected leaders have joined forces to publish the first ever Manifesto for the North – outlining the ambition to power up the North with support of the incoming Government. The Manifesto for the North is a five-point plan produced by the Convention of […]

Blackpool Council has acquired the resort’s Houndshill Shopping Centre in a move aimed at catalysing the regeneration of the town centre.  The Council has been in discussions for some time regarding the future of the Houndshill with the previous owner of the centre, BCC Eiffel and its funders. The Council decided to step in following […]

Lancashire’s highways team will be rolling out a colourful cast of characters to battle the ice and snow, and keep the county’s roads moving this winter. The county council’s 45-strong gritter fleet will be joined for the first time by Basil Salty, Albert Ice-stein, Freddie Frostoff, and Holly Chilloughby, making their debut appearances this year […]

Success has struck again for Lancashire’s Master Butcher Kevin Berkins this week in a celebration of National Sausage Week. Kevin won big at the Butchers Guild Hall in London; earning the top spot for his ‘Old English Breakfast Pork’ sausage in the ‘Traditional Sausage’ category. The award was presented by celebrity chef Lesley Waters – […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has been ranked in the top five of UK universities for the number of graduate start-up businesses created. According to new analysis of the 2017/18 data provided by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)1, 201 start-ups have been founded at UCLan in the 12-month period meaning the institution ranks fourth […]

There’ll be an early Christmas present for Penwortham as the new bypass is now scheduled to open on Monday 2 December. Lancashire County Council has announced the new opening date for the road, which its highways team is building, as part of the Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal. The road had been scheduled […]

Preston’s College are working in partnership with Lancashire County Council and the Department for Work and Pensions to host a new event titled Hidden Talent. The event aims to promote the recruitment of skilled refugees into businesses across Lancashire, as well as tackling some of the misconceptions on employment law related to the recruitment of […]