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Music promoters Cuffe and Taylor are planning to take the UK by storm in 2017. The North West-based company has already announced plans for almost 150 nights of live entertainment and music and there are still more to come. The huge calendar of events follows a massively successful 2016 which saw the company programme and […]

Following its smash hit run at London’s Dominion Theatre, Bill Kenwright’s production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita is set to thrill audiences once again across as it returns to the Winter Gardens Blackpool for one week only from Tuesday 20th June to Saturday 24th June 2017. Tickets priced from £25.00 go on […]

A multi-million pound project is taking shape at Blackpool Zoo at the end of what has been another record-breaking year. The scheme, dubbed Project Elephant, is the zoo’s most ambitious and biggest ever single investment and the building, which is one of the UK’s largest indoor elephant facilities, is almost complete. Work on the three-acre […]

JANUARY Marketing Lancashire awarded £50K from Arts Council England National Lottery Funded Grants For the Arts programme, to commence work on a new initiative to help raise Lancashire’s profile as a cultural destination. Marketing Lancashire appoints new Associate Director FEBRUARY Marketing Lancashire partners VisitEngland and Virgin Trains to support businesses hit by the winter storms, […]

The Mall Blackburn has gained national recognition for its outstanding customer service after achieving WorldHost status. The WorldHost programme was used to train thousands of volunteers and staff at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games and is recognised as the  gold standard in training for any business that relies on day-to-day interaction with customers for success. […]

FLASHDANCE – THE MUSICAL returns to the UK for the first time since 2011, and will arrive at the Winter Gardens Blackpool from Monday 23rd October until Saturday 4th November 2017. Prepare to be blown away with an astonishing musical spectacle and phenomenal choreography to this iconic score, including the smash hits "Maniac", “Manhunt”, "Gloria", […]

The commercial team at Blackburn Rovers has launched their new web site www.businessatrovers.co.uk. The team has been working on this as part of the strategy to be more engaged with the business community and to have a one-stop shop for the local business community to see what is coming up. The new website has a range […]

Another important milestone is reached this week with the reopening of the Larger Covered Market canopy following its full restoration and redecoration. Under the expert direction of main contractor FPE Global Ltd and managing architects Preston based Frank Whittle Partnership, the Victorian Grade II listed canopy has had its roof and metalwork carefully repaired and […]

Chart topping pop star Olly Murs, experimental orchestra Haçienda Classical, 80s and 90s stars The Human League, Midge Ure, and Dodgy, Ska legends Madness and a host of West End stars will take to the stage over five nights at Lytham Festival 2017. Lytham Festival organisers are today announcing the full list of headliners for […]

Rural companies in Lancashire are being encouraged to apply for a share of £3.8m to grow their business. Lancashire County Council has announced the funding as the next stage of the Lancashire LEADER programme 2015-2020. The funding can support a range of activities such as business development, farming, rural services, culture and heritage, and forestry. […]

Craig Bancroft, managing director of luxury Lancashire country house hotel, Northcote, has been named The Caterer's Hotelier of the Year at the 2016 Cateys sponsored by Casna Group. This award celebrates the UK’s most exceptional hotelkeepers and winning it represents the pinnacle of a career in hotelkeeping. Now in its 33rd year, the award is […]

Preston based Conlon Construction Ltd. has won the race to build the city’s new market. In yet another multi-million pound boost for the Preston economy, Conlon Construction will start work on building the new market early in the New Year. Beating strong competition from a short-list of nine national and local firms, Conlon Construction were […]