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To celebrate their 125th Birthday, this year Blackpool’s Grand Theatre will launch the first ‘125 Club’. Offered on a first come basis, a limited 125 members will have the opportunity to subscribe to 12 monthly payments of £12.50 per month. Then, each month, from the 125 members, three winners will be drawn who each win £125! […]

Five Lancashire pubs have been named some of the best in the country. Freemasons at Wiswell, Parkers Arms in Newton in Bowland, The Cartford Inn in Great Eccleston, The White Swan at Fence and Assheton Arms in Downham were named on the prestigious Top 50 Gastropubs list at a special event at Lillibrooke Manor in […]

The Blackpool Resort Pass is back for 2019! Visitors will once again have the opportunity to make big savings on their favourite attractions whilst having fun in the UK’s most popular seaside destination. We brought the Resort Pass to Blackpool in 2013, and it has increased in popularity over the years as thousands of families […]

Lancashire Business View has revealed its most diverse shortlist yet for the Red Rose Awards, naming a wide range of businesses competing for prestigious trophies at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens on March 14. Hundreds of nominations have been whittled down to just six finalists in each of the 25 categories – which range from new business […]

Fylde Council in partnership with kite festival organisers, SmileFactor10, is delighted to announce that the hugely popular St Annes International Kite Festival will return on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th August 2019 with illuminated ‘kites by night’ and fireworks on Friday 9th August to mark the start of this incredible event. Taking place on the […]

VisitBritain/VisitEngland has given its support to the Taste Lancashire 2019 food and drink conference, organised by destination management organisation Marketing Lancashire and taking place at Holmes Mill, Clitheroe on Tuesday 5 March. Food and drink is a key sector for growth in Lancashire and most recent STEAM research shows that visitors spend over £1billion on food […]

Marketing Lancashire and the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) held a meeting on 23 January to reveal the findings of scoping work undertaken by cultural expert Andrew Dixon, to  explore Lancashire’s potential and appetite to bid for UK City of Culture 2025. Andrew, whose experience includes leading the successful Hull bid for City of Culture in […]

The UK is expecting a boost in visits from China as Chinese New Year approaches on Tuesday 5 February. Forward flight booking data showed that bookings from China to the UK were up 24% from Wednesday 30 January to Tuesday 12 February, compared to the period when Chinese New Year fell last year. Longer term […]

The new £15M Shankly Hotel Preston which is due to open in June of this year, has today confirmed its first major sponsorship ahead of its opening in 2019. The Shankly Hotel Preston has today confirmed it is to sponsor the Preston based community football charity the SIR TOM FINNEY PRESTON SOCCER CENTRE. The deal […]

  A Preston-based media and publishing business is expanding across the region after receiving support from Boost, Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub. The Samuel James Group is building a portfolio of publications and developing its marketing services after a helpful start from Boost’s Growth Support programme. Set up by directors Sam Whitear and Andy Mann, the […]

Catalyst, the new £27m home for the library, careers and student services functions has been officially opened today by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.    Her Royal Highness toured the state-of-the-art building and met with students, staff and alumni as well as key people involved in the development and construction of Catalyst before officially opening the building.     During […]

A host of star-studded names attended a special anniversary event to commemorate one of the region’s most iconic theatres. More than 350 people from across the country turned out in force to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Blackpool Grand Theatre. Theatre bosses made several key announcements at the special event including confirmation of an […]