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New TV Series – Needs 1st time hoteliers/B&B entrepreneurs
TV production company Twofour (http://www.twofour.co.uk/) is looking for people to take part in a brand new documentary series following would be entrepreneurs as they build or renovate and open a hotel or guest house for the very first time. We want to follow fledgling hoteliers as they make their life changing journey from investing in the […]
Leyland in Bloom
Leyland is all set to look blooming marvellous this summer, with the news that the council’s horticultural competition is back for a second year. Leyland in Bloom, the community contest which aims to add brightness, colour and civic pride to our local area, was launched last year in the town. It was deemed […]
Lancaster Castle Measures Up
Lancaster Castle is raising the curtain on a brand new production of William Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' in February. The show is being performed from Thursday 25 February until Saturday 19 March. Tickets are available from 9.30am on Monday 25 January. The performance, by Demi-Paradise Productions, will have an unconventional and upbeat 1950's setting and […]
Nelson and Colne College unveils a £2m hi-tech engineering facility
Nelson and Colne College has unveiled a £2m hi-tech engineering facility designed to help the county stay at the forefront of the aerospace and advanced manufacturing sectors. The College’s new department features a subsonic wind-tunnel, along with workshops equipped with the latest technology and software such as computerised numerical control machinery, and was designed in […]
Blackburn’s Packed festival and events programme
Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain is coming to Blackburn as part of an exciting calendar of family friendly festivals and events taking place across the town centre in 2016. The Blackburn BID has announced the programme of activities funded by businesses which will complement the events being staged by the Council, Blackburn Cathedral […]
Best of Britannia Expo Back up North
CHAMPIONING NORTHERN-BASED BRITISH BRANDS WITH AN OFFER FOR FLOOD-AFFECTED BUSINESSES After a hugely successful debut event in 2015, Best of Britannia (BOB) heads back to Lancashire with a bigger and better BOB North (12-13 March), promoting the best of British Manufacturers from across the North West, North East and Yorkshire. BOB North will showcase the […]
Plans for mammoth investment submitted by Blackpool Zoo
Blackpool Zoo has submitted plans for the biggest ever single investment in its 44-year history. An exciting £2.5 million project to build a new elephant facility has been proposed for currently unused zoo land which will be home to a family of one of the largest land mammals on earth – the endangered Asian elephant. […]
Job Shop At Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is recruiting for the 2016 season! The annual Job Shop is taking place on Saturday 23rd January in the Casino Building at Blackpool Pleasure Beach between 9.30am and 2.30pm. Anyone who is interested simply needs to turn up on the day and speak to an advisor, who can help them choose their […]
Find out more about flooding in your community and give us your experiences
Pendle Council is urging residents and businesses affected by the flooding to come along to a meeting TONIGHT (18 January) at New Road Community Centre in Earby. The meeting which starts at 6pm is being led by Pendle Council and will include representatives from agencies including the Environment Agency, Police, Lancashire County Council and the […]
Hive Blackburn and Darwen Business Awards 2016 launched!
The Hive Blackburn and Darwen Business Awards is back for its second year to celebrate the very best of business in the borough! Led by the Hive business leaders network, the Awards will take place on Thursday 26 May 2016 at the magnificent Blackburn Cathedral. Presented in association with Blackburn College, Capita and Blackburn with […]
County’s business growth hub lands £7.8m three year extension
An award-winning Lancashire business support service that’s created over 1,200 new jobs in the county has received a multi-million pound boost that will see it continue until 2018. Boost Business Lancashire – the county’s business growth hub – will be given £7.8m to continue offering high-quality support for Lancashire’s ambitious and growth-hungry companies. £3.8m of […]
The Wellbeing Farm – Licence to Wed
The Wellbeing Farm in Edgworth, Lancashire has just been approved to hold Civil Ceremonies! Although the farm has been around for generations and is owned by the Whitehead Family, the farm was transformed in April 2013 from a neglected farm into a multi-award winning facility and started running weddings in late 2014. Last year the […]