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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 […]

Following on from The Villa’s recent success at The Lancashire Tourism Awards Winners of the Best Small Hotel Award for Lancashire and Best Wedding Venue. The Villa Country House Hotel has now been awarded its official 4 star Hotel rating from the AA along with 1 Rosette by the AA Restaurant Guide for Culinary Excellence. […]

North West hotel group’s art-deco masterpiece is to play host to a sumptuous Seafood Festival this summer, celebrating all the finest fare that UK waters have to offer. English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues is organising the inaugural weekend event at the internationally renowned Midland Hotel on Morecambe’s waterfront on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd […]

SEA LIFE Blackpool are offering a fantastic parent and toddler mid-week ticket for 1 adult and 1 child (aged under 5 years) for only £11.00* when you book online! Parents are invited to bring their little ones along mid-week to enjoy over 50 dazzling displays and more than 2,000 spectacular aquatic creatures including tropical sharks, […]

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 […]

FPE Global Ltd has been awarded the contract by Preston City Council to restore the larger 1875 Market canopy. Restoration will take approximately 6 months and will be completed in three phases to ensure continuity of business for the Outdoor and Car Boot and Flea Market traders. Works will include refurbishment and painting of cast […]