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Award-winning Stanley House Hotel and Spa, Mellor has announced a duo of promotions. Megan Williams has been promoted to deputy conference and banqueting operations manager, while Danny Chester has stepped up as supervisor at the hotel’s gastro-inspired restaurant, Mr Fred’s. Megan, who lives in Upholland, has worked at Stanley House Hotel and Spa for two […]

Young people in Burnley will be working with acclaimed British artist, Mark Titchner, to produce new public artwork to be displayed in the town. The project is focused on young people and gives them the chance to work closely with artists and the partners involved to commission digital art. It aims to bring high-quality artwork […]

A brand new tour of The Rocky Horror Show is to be staged at Blackpool’s Opera House this autumn. It is announced today that the musical horror comedy will run at the Opera House from Monday September 26 to Saturday October 1. Tickets priced from £15 go on general sale at 10 am Friday April […]

Cinema Marketing Assistant Salary £14,845 pro-rata 16 hours per week An exciting opportunity has arisen at The Dukes for an enthusiastic, driven individual to enjoy developing their career in this fast paced fun environment. You will have strong interest in film, administrative skills, a keen eye for detail and love thinking creatively. You will possess […]

Twenty young people have signed up to a new initiative to promote apprenticeships across Lancashire. The Lancashire Young Apprenticeship Ambassador Network is part of a county-wide drive to increase training and employment opportunities for young people and raise skills among Lancashire’s workforce. The apprenticeship ambassadors are all either current apprentices or former apprentices who want to […]

One Cathedral Square, the building at the heart of Blackburn’s new Cathedral Quarter, has won an award at the Local Authority Building Control Building Excellence Awards.   The development won the best large commercial building and saw off stiff competition from 11 other competitors.   They included the Monsoon Forest building at Chester Zoo and […]

The Red Arrows will be the stars of the show with a dazzling air display above Blackpool Pleasure Beach on Saturday 21st May!   On Saturday 21st May, visitors to Blackpool Pleasure Beach can enjoy a day on the park featuring special displays, exhibitions and information from the Armed Forces and other associations.  The day […]

20th October – Birmingham NEC The Group Leisure Show is a one day event held at the Birmingham NEC, giving you the opportunity to promote your business to the groups market including group travel organisers, coach operators and tour operators.   Marketing Lancashire has secured preferential exhibitor rates for 6 partners at £697 per unit, a […]

In summer last year there was a worldwide panic regarding the shortage of Chefs. It was everywhere, television, newspapers and all over social media. Our Head of Sales & Operations, Katie Mellor, appeared in a BBC news feature and was also quoted in the Independent Newspaper, sharing our views on the topic. The Chef shortage […]

Marketing Lancashire has appointed Creative Tourist, to develop a cultural tourism narrative for Lancashire, which will help raise the county’s profile as a year-round cultural destination. The development of cultural tourism reflects one of the key ambitions expressed in the county’s new Visitor Economy Strategy, which aims to increase annual visitors from 63million to 70million […]

THOUSANDS of visitors turned out to celebrate St George’s Day in style as seven theatrical dragons put on displays around Blackburn Town Centre.   Organised by the Blackburn Business Improvement District (BID), the event ‘Here Be Dragons’ saw young and old turn out for free live theatre and musical performances.   More than 1,000 visitors […]

Lancashire is claiming the Brontës with a six month programme of free events to mark Charlotte Bronte’s bicentenary and her links with her neighbouring county. The events will bring to life the places just over the border which inspired her writing, including the atmospheric  village of Wycoller with its ruined hall – the real Ferndean […]