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Blackpool’s award-winning Lightpool Festival is back for October half-term. The festival will provide a spectacular mix of live performance, light-based art installations, the return of the illuminated tram parade and a special collaboration with BBC Philharmonic. The inaugural Lightpool Festival was staged in 2016 and went on to be named as best major event in […]

Tourism businesses across the county have until Tuesday 31 July to submit their applications for this year’s Lancashire Tourism Awards, following the official launch of applications on Monday 11 June.  Each year Marketing Lancashire, the county’s destination management organisation, delivers the only county-wide celebration of Lancashire tourism and presents awards in a wide range of […]

A renowned Lancashire hotel is marking an historic anniversary milestone with the production of its very own brand of quality gin. The art-deco classic Midland Hotel in Morecambe has launched the new premium gin, Seahorse No.10, as part of its ten year anniversary celebrations this year. The hotel, run by English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues since […]

Coinciding with major celebrations and events nationwide, Blott Studio on King Street, Blackpool, will be hosting an exhibition entitled ‘Marking the Martyrs’, marking the death of Emily Wilding Davison, the first martyr to the Suffrage cause. The exhibition, which opened on 4th June and runs through to 30th June 2018, is curated by Corrine Streetly, […]

The Vision: “To make Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone a premier business location in the North West.” Blackpool Council are looking to secure funding to implement the first delivery stage of the approved Masterplan for Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone. As the accountable body to drive forward this ambitious scheme on behalf of Lancashire LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) […]

Situated in the Rural Business Centre at Myerscough College, the Business Incubator offers affordable furnished offices with broadband internet access providing the ideal environment for business growth and development. Myerscough is the largest land based college in the country and incubator residents have access to many of the superb facilities on campus as well as […]

A digital platform that connects high street retailers with local consumers is booting up for success after receiving expert business advice from Boost’s Growth Support scheme. The tailored programme helped David Preston, founder of Blackpool-based OFFIGO, to structure his business idea and gain tangible market focus to take the enterprise forward. Working with a Boost […]

The Tourism Society has announced that Blackpool will be the destination for its 2019 Tourism Symposium. The event will take place in the autumn of 2019 on dates to be confirmed at Blackpool’s new Winter Gardens Conference Centre opening in summer next year. The announcement was made today in Greenwich, London at the end of […]

The Great Exhibition of The North, the largest event in the country this year, is changing perceptions of the North of England – and you are fundamental to that. If you are a venue, business, eatery, group or collective that has an initiative (large or small) that shares the entrepreneurial spirit of the Great Exhibition, […]

Two exciting new roles based at Marketing Lancashire in Leyland   LANCASHIRE PLACE MANAGER £32,000 per annum Leyland/Marketing Lancashire This is an exciting new role where you will continue to build on the Lancashire story, raising the profile of Lancashire on a regional, national and international level as a place to invest, live, study and visit. […]

Leading North West retailer The Emporium Interiors in Clitheroe has won the Best In-Store or Window Display category at a prestigious national industry awards. The Moor Lane shop and brasserie, famous for its stylish and atmospheric mix of retail and dining (where everything is for sale except the staff), saw off competition from John Lewis’s […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s NEW £16.25m rollercoaster ICON opens to the public. After much anticipation, Blackpool Pleasure Beach’snew £16.25M rollercoaster ICON finally opens to the public this Friday 25th May. After 5 years of planning and nearly 2 years since the project was announced to the public, the UK’s first ever double launch rollercoaster is ready to offer guests […]