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South Ribble Borough Council has launched the next round of the Apprentice Factory. There are six new apprenticeships available offering training and qualification opportunities at various levels. The opportunities are across all departments including Neighbourhood Services, Environmental Health and Communications offering varied roles in business, digital marketing and building control. The Class of 2019 training […]

Following a hugely successful 2019 weekender, Highest Point has confirmed its return to Williamson Park in Lancaster from the 15th – 17th May 2020. Over 15,000 people attended this year for a spectacular array of music, arts, performance and food and drink. Sister Sledge and The Zutons headlined the Main Stage, with a host of […]

Northcote, the renowned luxury boutique hotel with a Michelin star restaurant in the heart of historic Lancashire, UK, is delighted to announce that it has joined Preferred Hotels & Resorts’ diverse UK portfolio. Sister hotel to The Stafford London; a member of the Preferred Hotels & Resorts Legend Collection and part of Stafford Collection, Northcote […]

Morecambe Business Improvement District (BID) has vinyl wrapped two large, empty buildings in Morecambe’s centre to help brighten up the area, and highlight some of the great retail and leisure opportunities Morecambe offers. The two buildings that have been initially wrapped are the Hitchens Building on the promenade, and the John Gallagher unit on the […]

Nine students from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have been recognised at what is considered to be the Oscars of the design industry. The students have all triumphed at the prestigious D&AD (Design and Art Direction) New Blood Awards, which recognises outstanding work in the design and advertising industries. The awards are open to […]

Just in time for the summer school holidays, the Pavilion Café in Avenham Park will re-open on Monday 22 July from 11am – 4pm. The council stepped in to open the café for the summer holidays, building on the excellent Harris café offer brought in-house at the end of 2018. The offer will include freshly […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has been named as the UK’s best amusement park by German travel site, Travel Circus.  In addition, the famous amusement park is also ranked as the third best in Europe, behind Disneyland Paris and Europa Park. In order to create the ranking, Travel Circus looked at the top amusement parks in Europe […]

In-Situ in partnership with Connecting East Lancashire is working with artists Robert Parkinson and Sam Rushton on a new commission at Brierfield Railway Station and the surrounding area. Between July and January, the artists will be creating a number of temporary and permanent interventions that will improve the visibility and experience of Brierfield Railway Station, […]

Preston parks and gardens are among a record-breaking 1,970 UK parks and green spaces plus 131 in thirteen other countries around the world that will today receive either a prestigious Green Flag Award, a Green Heritage accreditation or a Green Flag Community Award – the mark of a quality park or green space. This international […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has committed to an international scholarship programme that enables students from Sub-Saharan Africa to make positive changes in their countries. UCLan is the first university in the North of England and the third in the UK to sign up to the Ashinaga Africa Initiative, a fully-funded undergraduate scholarship intended […]

A £100k competition has been launched giving one lucky winner a unique opportunity to create new work for the world-famous Blackpool Illuminations. The competition was revealed by design consultant Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen as plans for the new Illuminations season were unveiled today. He announced that Blackpool Council was inviting expressions of interest from international artists, designers […]

Lancashire County Council has selected investment specialist GC Business Finance (GCBF) to deliver its £11.25m Rosebud business finance fund to growing businesses in the county. Under the new funding package, GCBF will oversee Rosebud loans from £10,000 to £300,000 for businesses in Lancashire over the next five years. Rosebud aims to create around 150 new […]