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The Seafood Pub Company team celebrated at the Cheshire Life and Lancashire Life Food and Drink Awards after receiving two top awards. The Oyster & Otter in Feniscowles was named the Lancashire Life Restaurant of the Year whilst Joycelyn Neve, the Seafood Pub Company’s managing director, was presented with the Lancashire Life Food and Drink […]

Lancashire’s Seafood Pub Company has beaten off competition from some nationally recognised brands to be named the R200 Pub Company of the Year. The R200 Awards are designed to celebrate the progress and achievements of the top 200 restaurant group operators in the UK. Restaurant Magazine’s R200 Club is made up of the UK’s leading […]

THE Woodland Spa has been recognised as the best spa in the north of England at the prestigious Good Spa Guide Live Awards 2014. The event held at Center Parcs Woburn Forest saw the best spa in each UK region recognised. This followed an online vote that polled spa users as well as readers of the Good […]

WEAVING demonstrations, traditional songs, a trail challenge and tours of the engine and boiler room are just some of the activities on offer at Queen Street Mill in Burnley to celebrate Lancashire Day on November 27. The day will start at 12 noon with weaving demonstrations so that visitors can see how our ancestors lived […]

Caribbean Restaurant Turtle Bay is cooking up a storm, as it prepares for its opening party in Preston on Lancashire Day (27th November), by preparing it’s very own jerk version of the traditional Lancashire Hotpot! The acclaimed restaurant and bar is all set to open its doors to Preston, bringing a brand new, loud, proud […]

NEWS FLASH The BEST WESTERN PREMIER Leyland Hotel has taken inspiration from the heritage of the Leyland Motor company with their extensive refurbishment of 31 bedrooms to incorporate artwork of the great Leyland marques, creating the instantly recognisable “History of Leyland Wing”. This vision was only possible as a result of the painstaking research and […]

Excellent communications, valuing ideas, learning and development were all praised when assessors renewed Lancashire County Council's Investors in People (IIP) accreditation. The IIP was recently renewed for three years following an inspection carried out by representatives from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, who interviewed people from every area of the county council about […]

Residents in Lancashire will gain an exclusive taster of a new form of treatment favoured by celebrities. The Spa at Stanley House, Mellor has revealed it will host Natura Bissé’s – Bubble Pure Air this month, a new concept where a 99.9 per cent pure air is breathed during spa treatments. The avant-garde innovation will […]

A customer service training initiative was rejoicing with pride after the recent Lancashire Tourism Awards. Award sponsor, Welcome to Excellence, saw that seven out of the eight Customer Service Award Finalists were its customers, in addition to other category winners which were long-standing recipients of its Excellence training. The Lancashire Tourism Awards, held at Blackpool […]

Leighton Hall is delighted to be celebrating 2 huge wins this week. Fresh from being awarded a “Hidden Gem” for customer service, from quality assurance scheme VAQAS, Leighton went on to win the “Best for Groups” award at the Lancashire Tourism Awards on Thursday. Hosted and managed by Marketing Lancashire, the Lancashire Tourism Awards is […]

A rare bravery medal is now on permanent display at Lancaster City Museum. It is a silver Edward Medal, awarded to Police Sergeant Thomas Coppard for his courage during the devastating White Lund munitions factory explosion of 1917. Rarer than the Victoria Cross, only 25 silver Edward Medal were awarded between 1907 and 1949, four […]

Hundreds of special diverters have saved migrating swans and geese from colliding with overhead power lines in Lancashire following the first study of its kind in the country. The region’s power network operator, Electricity North West in partnership with WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre, has seen a 50 percent reduction in power cuts caused by […]