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IT’S just one month to go until Chorley welcomes the country’s top cyclists and the whole of the Chorley borough is being urged to get involved and cheer them on. On Saturday 26 March, the Chorley borough will kick start the British Cycling Elite Road Race Series for 2016 with the Chorley Grand Prix, which […]

A special business event held on Tuesday 23 February discussed the skills, investment and collaboration opportunities that the Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal is bringing to the area. Taking place at Bartle Hall, the Hotspots event was arranged by Lancashire Business View – and sponsored by City Deal and the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership. […]

Oscar nominated film The Shawshank Redemption is to become a new stage play in a production visiting Blackpool Opera House this year. Based on the short novel by Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption is regularly voted as Britain’s favourite movie ever. And now West End theatre and film producer Bill Kenwright is to bring a […]

Rockers Status Quo are set to return to Blackpool’s iconic Empress Ballroom for their 21st gig in the seaside town. The legendary rock band will perform in Blackpool on Thursday April 28 with tickets going on sale at 9am Friday February 26. The Quo have played in Blackpool on 20 occasions since 1968 when they […]

Nickelodeon UK & Ireland Team-Up with Blackpool Council to Bring a Family-Friendly Festival to the Iconic Seaside Town. Nickelodeon UK & Ireland have partnered with Blackpool Council to present the UK’s first ever Nickelodeon’s SLIMEFEST. SLIMEFEST will form a part of Blackpool’s world-famous Switch-On weekend with free and paid-for events taking place throughout Saturday 3rd […]

Delegates from 9 cities across Europe have gathered in Preston to discuss boosting the local economy this week as part of an URBACT project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund. This network of cities, known as Procure, is being led by representatives of Preston City Council. Procure is interested in investigating how procurement processes […]

After a hugely successful debut event in 2015, Best of Britannia (BOB) heads back to Preston, Lancashire with a bigger and better BOB North (11-13 March 2016), promoting the best of British Manufacturers from across the North of England and beyond. Best of Britannia is supported by Creative Lancashire, Marketing Lancashire, Preston City Council and […]

Pendle businesses can now enter Pendle Business Awards 2016 – the awards which recognise the borough’s most promising and fastest growing companies.  The entry form will be live until Friday 18 March at www.pendle.gov.uk/businessawards Dennis Mendoros, Chairman of Pendle Vision Board, which is again organising the event jointly with Pendle Council, said: “We want you to […]

Blackpool Zoo is opening the doors of its state-of-the-art Education Academy for teachers to get a behind the scenes look at why it is one of the leading lights in learning outside the classroom. An open day will be held on Sunday 13th March from 9am to 1pm and will offer teachers the opportunity to […]

The Blackburn BID has commissioned a local chocolatier to create a dozen supersize chocolate eggs huge enough to satisfy the biggest chocoholics for a large-scale Easter event. Proprietor of The Chocolate House, Susie Bristow, has been tasked with producing twelve chocolate eggs weighing 15 kilograms each, 100 times heavier than a standard Easter egg. Each […]

The Red Arrows will grace the skies again at this year’s Blackpool Air Show has been announced. The first planes announced to fly at this year’s Blackpool Air Show include the Typhoon, Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster Bomber, as well as the world famous Red Arrows display team. The free seafront show, which features a whole […]

Virgin Trains supports Marketing Lancashire with their campaign to boost tourism in the county where life feels good. Virgin Trains is supporting Marketing Lancashire’s ‘Lancashire is Great’ campaign in an effort to promote tourism in the county.  Virgin Trains, who operates passenger services on both the East Coast and West Coast is offering an exclusive […]