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£2 MILLION PUTS LEEDS & LIVERPOOL CANAL AT CENTRE OF CREATIVE PENNINE LANCASHIRE CORRIDOR The Leeds & Liverpool Canal is set to be the centrepiece of a creative corridor for the arts after its guardian, the Canal & River Trust, was awarded £2 million of funding from Arts Council England’s Creative people and places programme.  […]

It is a food lover’s heaven and with less than three weeks to go regional food enthusiasts can enjoy an amazing day out with family and friends at the Fantastic Food Show, Sunday 19 May 2013, (10am – 5pm) at Ewood Park, Blackburn. There is plenty to do and see; from iconic artisan producers; chef […]

To mark St George’s Day, VisitEngland is unveiling the ultimate bucket list of English experiences and can reveal which parts of the North West made the cut. The area stars in four out of the six categories that make up VisitEngland’s list of “101 things to do before you go abroad”.   Over 1,000 nominations […]

Northcote, Lancashire has been named “Hotel of the Year 2013” by Pride of Britain Hotels at the Annual General Meeting held at The Goring, London on 15 April 2013. Commenting on the award Craig Bancroft, Managing Director, “We are absolutely over joyed with this accolade, particular as we are judged by mystery guests and customer […]

Lancaster Canal Boats who operate the summer season canal cruises and waterbus from their Aldcliffe Road mooring have been selected as a finalist under the recreation and tourism section of the 2013 Waterways Renaissance Awards! with its Lune Aqueduct Experience cruises. For the past 11 years the Awards have recognised over 120 exceptional projects that […]

National tourist board VisitEngland has joined forces with UK charity Action on Hearing Loss to launch Listen Up! – a new guide for tourism businesses.  Designed to help businesses become more accessible for customers with hearing loss, the free resource is available online at www.visitengland.org/access. More than 10 million people in the UK (one-sixth of […]

Marketing Lancashire is pleased to announce that five Lancashire Tourism Award Winners 2012/13 have been named as finalists in the prestigious Visit England Awards for Excellence, and go forward to the national finals which will be held at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford, on Monday 20 May 2013. Lancashire’s 2013 finalists are: Access for […]

Thwaites Inns of Character has been announced as a winner at the prestigious Publican Awards 2013. Leading Northern-brewer Thwaites which currently has six Inns of Character in its growing portfolio has been awarded the title in the Best Accommodation category at a glittering awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The award follows […]

Craig Bancroft, Managing Director of Northcote, Lancashire has been awarded the special Association of Portuguese Wine Importers (APWI) Award on at the Annual Awards Dinner held on Tuesday 5th March, at The Ambassadors Residence, Embassy of Portugal, London the home of the ambassador his excellency Dr Joao de Vallera. It is only the third time […]

As the sun shone on the parkland outside Haigh Hall on Tuesday 5 March, inside, local producers and buyers were preparing to ‘talk shop’ at a Made in Lancashire Meet the Local Producer event. Marketing Lancashire had a good presence on the day, through their Taste Lancashire RDPE Defra funded campaign aimed at supporting local […]

Three years after quitting her role as an NHS Director Celia Gaze has opened The Wellbeing Farm dedicated to fighting stress and providing restful corporate away-days. “I was in a very stressful job, working long days and weekends whilst also looking after a one year-old” explains Celia “Eventually, I went off with stress.  But it […]

A chance to own a pirate ship which played a starring role at a Lancaster theatre recently could soon be yours. The Hispaniola was the centrepiece of the set for Treasure Island which entertained thousands of people at The Dukes over Christmas. And this unique piece of scenery could soon be sailing its way to […]