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A Blackpool Zoo keeper is set to continue her in-depth studies into the unique characteristics of sealions’ whiskers after being awarded funding to study for a doctorate. Alyx Milne, who works with Blackpool Zoo’s family of Californian sealions, will use her PhD to delve further into the function, evolution and control aspects of sealions’ whiskers. […]

A £5.6m programme offering Lancashire companies free workforce training has been hailed a success after helping more than 5,500 Lancashire workers gain new skills and qualifications. Lancashire Skills Support for the Workforce (LSS) launched in September 2014 and aimed to help Lancashire companies accelerate business growth by addressing skills gaps. It closed this autumn after […]

COUNCILLORS in Chorley gave their overwhelming support for a Lancashire Combined Authority, agreeing to join forces with other councils to gauge public opinion in the county. Chorley Council was the third authority in Lancashire to debate the proposals and gave unanimous backing to the idea, urging all the other councils to do the same. Members […]

A Blackburn florist has revealed the county’s favourite flower ahead of this week’s Lancashire Day celebrations.   Stems, which is based in The Mall Blackburn has announced its best-selling bloom is Lancashire’s iconic red rose.   The typically romantic red rose doesn’t just entice flower enthusiasts on Valentine’s Day with sales of the stunning bud […]

Blackpool Winter Gardens today announces a further two best-selling shows for 2016. Family favourite THE SOUND OF MUSIC is heading to the Opera House in July for what promises to be a spectacular five-star production and just a few weeks earlier jukebox musical Save the Last Dance For Me will take audiences back to the […]

General manager Daniel Rich and his team at the independently owned Barton Grange Hotel in Preston are celebrating this month, as they beat off strong competition to secure both the title of ‘Best Large Hotel’ and the coveted Customer Service Award in the annual Lancashire Tourism Awards. The Hotel was short-listed for four awards this […]

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), the leading professional body for the licensed retail sector, has appointed Joycelyn Neve as a Non-Executive Director. Joycelyn Neve founded Seafood Pub Company in 2010 when she was just 25 years old, and the chain now has seven sites across Lancashire. This award-winning operation is renowned for its creative […]

Preston’s famous Harris Museum & Art Gallery has won financial support from a locally-based charity to help bring a 194-year old work of art back to life. Art Aid has donated £1,000 to help conserve the painting, ‘View of Preston from Penwortham Hill’ which was painted by artist John Jenkinson in 1821.  Without specialist treatment […]

Businesses across Lancashire are being called on to enter the national award-winning Red Rose Awards, which will crown the county’s best firms across 26 categories including the Tourism and Leisure Business Awards. The 2015 event, which was organised by Lancashire Business View magazine, attracted more than 1,000 of the county’s top business people for the […]

Visitors to Fleetwood Museum had a big surprise on Friday 20 November. On KidsinMuseums Takeover Day, 37 children from Chaucer Community Primary School and four sixth form pupils from Rossall School, Fleetwood could be found doing jobs and taking on the roles usually done by staff and volunteers. Their roles for the day included becoming […]

Around 100 delegates attended a special breakfast networking event yesterday to hear about progress on the Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal and forthcoming investment opportunities. Local, regional and national businesses at the City Deal Investor & Developer Forum heard from developers and housebuilders about their schemes, had the opportunity to network with other […]

Live music fans can grab a Black Friday bargain as Lytham Festival is offering a special pre-sale price on weekend tickets. Friday November 27 will see festive shoppers across the globe go online in the hunt for big deals as businesses make huge discounts for Black Friday. And Lytham Festival is offering a limited number […]