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The judging is over and the finalists have just two weeks to wait until they find out if they have won a prestigious Lancashire Tourism Award, at the county’s foremost celebration of tourism excellence.  This year the Lancashire Tourism Awards  returns to Blackburn Cathedral, the Cathedral of Lancashire, on Thursday 10 November and today, organisers […]

YOKO ONO, one of the world's leading contemporary artists and social activists, has been confirmed to exhibit alongside artists including Bob & Roberta Smith, Mark Titchner and Liz West at the inaugural LightPool Festival in Blackpool from Friday 28 October to Wednesday 2 November 2016. Marking the penultimate weekend of Blackpool Illuminations, the new six-night […]

The demand on those of us working in the hospitality industry is relentless: 16 hour days, managing the needs of our guests and overseeing our teams whilst working at 100mph speed. Let’s take a moment and catch our breath! Most industry professionals will tell you there is no work-life balance or very little. This is […]

Following on from the Design Charrette* which took place at the beginning of this year, a prototype stall has been unveiled to Preston Market traders. The brief was to design a stall for use on the Outdoor Market which was easy to set up and versatile enough to meet the needs of all traders and […]

Ministers, developers and investors line up to hear from the ‘We Are Lancashire’ consortium at international property expo in London Lancashire's debut at MIPIM UK has been hailed great success with hundreds of delegates, drawn from across the property and investment world, visiting the ‘We Are Lancashire’ exhibition stand to find out more about the […]

Total Foodservice has won a prestigious Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council. The Lancashire depot of the company, a fifth generation family foodservice business with depots in both Lancashire & Yorkshire delivering to chefs and caterers in the North of England, was one of 64 organisations worldwide that achieved a Sword of Honour, […]

Repairs to “College House”, an historic and important listed building in Winckley Square, Preston are now underway thanks to enforcement action brought by Preston City Council Serving the “Urgent Works Notice” on the owners of this Grade II listed building will at least ensure the building is water tight and secure – although the Council […]

Blackburn has today been named as one of the country’s best high streets by being shortlisted in the third annual Great British High Street competition.   Blackburn’s high street has been named as one of the top 3 in the ‘Town Centre of the Year’ category.   To be in with a chance of being […]

Staff and the family owners of a Lancaster holiday park are celebrating after hearing that they have been short-listed for a major "green tourism" accolade.  Moss Wood in the village of Cockerham has made it into the finals of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2016 as one of the county's most environmentally-friendly businesses. Now they must […]

The first UK festival bringing together manufacturing, art and design to be held in the heartland of British industry, developing celebratory acts of creativity and uniting makers of diverse disciplines.   The first National Festival of Making takes place on Sat 6 and Sun 7 May 2017 in Blackburn Lancashire, where 25% of the population […]

Work has been completed on a new junction that will open up commercial development opportunities on the Lancashire Enterprise Zone site in Samlesbury. A new traffic light-controlled junction has been created off the A677 Preston New Road, a short distance from Samlesbury Hall. The work was carried out by Lancashire County Council's highways team. Construction […]

Lancashire has revealed details of its first ever presence at the UK’s biggest and most influential property investment conference, MIPIM UK, which opens at London’s Olympia on October 19th.   The county-wide consortium, led by the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) with partners including Lancashire County Council, the Eric Wright Group, Carillion PLC, Marketing Lancashire and […]