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An entrepreneur who built a multimillion-pound business from his back bedroom, a CEO who has worked in some of the high street’s most iconic names, and a director from the county’s largest employer will join in a lively debate at the second ever Lancashire Business Day. The celebration of all things commerce in the county, […]

VisitEngland is today (Wednesday 24 October) launching a campaign to inspire more young Brits to discover the UK by taking mini gap-year style breaks. The £2.5 million ‘Join the World – #MyMicrogap’ campaign targets young people with experiences and activities typically taken during a gap-year that can be condensed into a micro-holiday of one to […]

Edge Hill University is officially a world class institution. For the first time the institution has received a coveted overall World University Ranking, and also individual rankings for courses categorised as Social Sciences and Education, awarded by the Times Higher Education. The University has secured three spots in the only global university performance tables to […]

  Stanley House Hotel and Spa has received a string of top industry awards and glowing assessments following a rigorous secret inspection by VisitEngland. The Mellor-based hotel has achieved an overall 4 Star rating, as well as the Gold, Breakfast and Taste Lancashire Highest Quality Assures awards, combined with a performance increase in all areas […]

  An industrial recruitment business has tripled its turnover to £3m and moved into new, larger premises after taking part in Boost’s Boost Growth Support programme. Blackburn-based Central Recruitment has also created four new jobs and significantly increased its productivity (GVA). Set up in July 2015 by Natalie Smith, the company specialises in industrial recruitment, […]

      Partners unite under ‘We Are Lancashire’ banner to promote inward investment opportunities across the county A range of private and public sector partners from Lancashire came together this week in London to promote inward investment opportunities across the county to potential investors, developers and employers. Led by the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP), […]

MORE than 200 people from both sides of Pendle joined the mayors and mayoresses of Ribble Valley and Pendle in a mass march to the summit of our iconic hill.  The rain held off and the sun came out just as the walkers hit the summit plateau – illuminating the brilliant white trig point like […]

  Bowland Brewery has become Cask Marque’s latest Centre of Excellence, hosting training courses for the British Institute of Innkeeping Award in Beer and Cellar Quality (ABCQ) qualification. The brewery, based at Holmes Mill in Clitheroe, Lancashire will host four courses in 2019. Attendees will experience a tour of the brewery, in addition to learning […]

Discover more than just a holiday Marketing Lancashire is working with Marketing Cheshire, Marketing Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales National Park to deliver an exciting new campaign that will market the northwest region to travellers from the Nordic countries of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Supported through VisitEngland’s Discover England Fund, our project aims to bring […]

People across Chorley are invited to take part in the town’s Chorley Remembers tributes, to remembers those who lost their lives serving their country with 2018 having added significance as it marks 100 years since the end of the First World War The main Remembrance Sunday service and parade will take place on Sunday 11 […]

  Christopher William Shankly Carline the Grandson of the legendary Liverpool FC football manager and former Preston North End player Bill Shankly OBE has today revealed the name of the themed restaurant for the £15M Shankly Hotel Preston which is due to open in June next year. Carline, the co owner of the Shankly Hotel […]

  Work to extend a Lancashire shopping centre is underway with a High Street name and cinema operator already signed up to the £12 million development. Shopping centre owners Chorley Council has been working on plans to extend Market Walk for a number of years with the diggers rolling in to start the work. The eight-unit […]