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Dr Sakthi Karunanithi, the county’s director of public health, is the latest expert to be added to the line-up of speakers for the Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Conference where insight, advice and first-hand case studies will be shared on Thursday 8 April. The Conference is the latest in a series of in-depth events designed to support the county’s […]

Businesses looking to relocate or set-up in Chorley are being asked to get in touch to speak with the team about premises options in a new 75,650 sqft scheme in Alker Lane, Euxton. Comprising of a mix of office and light industrial space, the flexible space will include a range of options for sale or […]

Lancashire business leaders have been advised the time is now to make the most of funded business support currently available within the county. The calls come from Lancashire’s public sector leaders to take advantage of a number of enhanced fully-funded business support opportunities while they are available on key issues including EU Transition and business […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is hosting a free online event to highlight hate crime. At 4.00pm on Monday, 22 March, the University will welcome a presentation from the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. The Foundation was set up in 2007, following the brutal murder of Sophie. She was a goth and was attacked simply for […]

A thousand trees have been planted at Yarrow Meadows by FCC Environment. Working with FCC Environment, one of the UK’s leading recycling and waste management companies, this latest tree planting work is part of Chorley Council’s wider plans to tackle climate change, after declaring a Climate Emergency in November 2019. Councillor Alistair Bradley, Leader of […]

Lancashire businesses in all sectors have been challenged to step up and play their part in forging Britain’s global future. Lynne Gillen, export manager for the county at the Department for International Trade (DiT), threw down the gauntlet at the Lancashire International Trade Conference 2021. She told delegates: “I’d like to challenge everybody, if they […]

As businesses start to reopen and more visitors begin to return to Chorley town centre, they may notice a number of changes. Last year, Chorley Council agreed to invest £600k to enhance Chorley’s famous markets. Despite the pandemic, renovation work has been ongoing since Autumn with the most noticeable change being the recent removal of […]

Abiding by the roadmap for easing restrictions in England, and if everything goes according to plan with the Government’s four step rules, the Colne town centre entertainment venue will reopen with a full Autumn/Winter programme at the beginning of September. The grant from The Theatres Trust Reopening Fund is to help with costs of COVID-secure […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has become only the third university to receive a special UNICEF award. UCLan has been awarded the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative Achieving Sustainability Gold Award for Universities. In addition, it is the first higher education institution to achieve the recognition for the midwifery and health visiting programmes simultaneously. […]

Businesses in Chorley’s main shopping centre are looking forward to bringing fun and entertainment back into people’s lives with the local authority’s investment in Market Walk putting the town in a much better position than many other places to recover from the pandemic. Chorley Council finished a multi-million pound investment in the town which was […]

 Preston’s ambitious growth plans received a welcome boost from government following a visit from the High Streets Task Force.  In January, the task force ran a workshop with representatives from the city council as well as some of the city’s leading business and community figures to discuss how the city’s growth plans can be realised. […]

Blackpool Airport, owned by Blackpool Council is to bring the management and day-to-day airport operations back in-house. Following a lengthy review and search to appoint a new operational management contractor, Blackpool Airport Operations Ltd (BAOL), Blackpool Council’s wholly owned subsidiary, has decided to take the operational licences back into its own name. Transfer of the […]