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This year, Heritage Open Days will celebrate its 25th anniversary (13th-22nd September 2019) with ten days of FREE events! To celebrate Heritage Open Days have over 150 events planned in Lancashire, with highlights including Dob Croft Nature Reserve, Leighton Hall and the first public access to the Burnley Empire Theatre since 1995! Many of the venues […]

A HR consultancy built from scratch is planning to double its client-base to 120 in the next year after taking part in Boost’s Growth Support programme. Burnley-based CUBE HR is also planning to double its turnover as well as headcount. Founder Lisa Sourbutts recently took on a summer placement and plans to recruit a two […]

Visits to England’s attractions rose by 2% in 2018 with revenue up 2% on the previous year. England’s museums and art galleries saw the most significant growth in visitor numbers in VisitEngland’s Annual Attractions Survey published today. The survey, which considers responses from more than 1,500 English attractions saw museums and art galleries perform particularly […]

The Council are looking for views from the public about the future use of Worden Hall, the historic centrepiece of the multiple Green Flag Award winning Worden Park. The consultation will run from 9am Monday 19 August to 9am Monday 9 September. People can share their views on the future of Worden Hall by completing […]

The Dukes’ beloved ‘Play in the Park’ will be back in summer 2020 with a brand-new production of Alice in Wonderland. The park show will return after a year’s hiatus, during which time The Dukes has been fundraising for new technical equipment to secure the future of this Lancaster tradition – raising more than £59,000 […]

A University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) student’s animation skills will be a highlight of a major event to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. Beth Joy has created a 90 second animated film which tells the story of George Dewhurst, who was fighting for worker’s rights at one of the darkest times in […]

The Big Blue Hotel at Blackpool Pleasure Beach has been awarded TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence for the fifth year in a row. This follows on from the hotel being named the second best family hotel in the UK by the site’s Traveler’s Choice awards earlier this year. The TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence honours select accommodations, […]

The Harris, in collaboration with In Certain Places, invite photographers of all ages and abilities to submit photographs of Preston Bus Station. These will be exhibited in the Harris on the stairway up to the first floor, as part of our celebration of Preston Bus Station in its 50th year. Your photographs can be of […]

As part of this year’s Lancashire Tourism Awards Marketing Lancashire launches the search for Lancashire’s Tourism Superstar 2019 in conjunction with media partner the Lancashire Post; the award for Tourism Superstar recognises people working in the tourism industry who go above and beyond to make sure visitors to Lancashire have an unforgettable experience. This is […]

Working with Gawthorpe Hall, award winning textile editor and manufacturer Panaz, has interpreted items from the archive of the Gawthorpe Textiles Collection to launch a unique collaboration – The Archive Collection from Gawthorpe Hall which brings together fabric and wallcovering designs of the past with the manufacturing techniques of the future. The inspiration for Panaz’s […]

Brindle Distillery, producers of the award-winning Cuckoo Gin, are launching a new product and holding a charity fundraiser this September in order to raise money for Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust. The charity is very close to the team at Cuckoo’s hearts as Liz Long, the wife of Master Distiller and Director, Mark Long and the […]

Two University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) academics have been rewarded for their outstanding impact in higher education teaching. Dr Clive Palmer, Senior Lecturer in Sport, PE and the Outdoors; and Anna Coonan-Byrom, Lecturer in Midwifery, have been selected today, 5 August, by Advance HE as new National Teaching Fellows (NTF). The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme […]