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The inaugural Lancashire Innovation Festival has seen more than 650 delegates attend the wide range of virtual events so far. And with two weeks to go, there is still plenty more to get involved in. The nine events that have taken place so far as part of the Lancashire Innovation Festival’s month of online events, […]

A privileged group of writers from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) jumped at the chance to quiz some of the biggest names in the acting world. Students on UCLan’s BA (Hons) Screenwriting and MA Scriptwriting courses took part in an online question and answer session with award-winning performers Sir Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman […]

On Thursday evening at the 8th Digital Leaders 100 Virtual Awards ceremony, the top 10 champions of digital transformation across the UK were announced. The Lancashire Digital Skills Partnership has been named as winner of the DL100 Digital Skills or Inclusion Initiative of the Year Award beating off fierce competition from organisations around the country. […]

An external development company which provides art services to the games industry worldwide, has received funding from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). Lytham St. Anne’s based Airship Images Limited offer end-to-end art services, from full character creation to vehicles and props. […]

At the beginning of October the Owd Barn, at Spencer’s Farm near Ormskirk Lancashire, officially opened its newest attraction, The Spud Shed; a mixture of high-spec retail units, bringing together under one roof, a range of local businesses that look set to become Lancashire’s newest well-being destination. The farm’s former potato store is now a […]

Blackpool has been given the go-ahead to start work on two key projects that will help rejuvenate the town centre. After successfully being allocated £8.6m of funding for two ‘shovel ready’ regeneration projects from the Government’s COVID-19 Getting Building Fund, the town has been given formal approval by the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to proceed […]

Lancashire 2025 believes in the empowerment of young people. Their voices, opinions, hopes and dreams are crucial to ensuring Lancashire’s bid for UK City of Culture 2025 provides the opportunity for young people to set out a positive vision for how they want to improve, diversify and increase the provision of culture in Lancashire, in […]

The Dukes in Lancaster has today been awarded a grant as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future. The Dukes is one of 1,385 cultural and creative organisations across the country receiving urgently needed support. This […]

Blackpool Council and Muse Developments, development partners on Blackpool’s flagship Talbot Gateway regeneration project are delighted to announce that contracts are now signed with the hotel management company RBH, Holiday Inn and Black & White Hospitality (owner of Marco Pierre White’s restaurant chain) for the New Holiday Inn Blackpool Hotel. The brand new four-star hotel, […]

Pendle Leisure Trust has received a lifeline grant from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund to support Combined Arts and Culture in Pendle. As part of this support, it means The Muni Theatre in Colne will reopen at Christmas with an alternative festive panto for all the family! The largest provider of arts and culture in […]

The Bob Inn based on Chorley’s covered Market has won the CAMRA Central Lancashire branch Best Cider pub of the year 2020. The micro-pub, that has been trading for almost six years, went on to win the award for the second time, seeing off some stiff local competition. Owner Steve Cooney said “We are thrilled […]

British Textile Biennial returns in 2021 with new artist commissions, exhibitions and performances presented against the backdrop of the impressive infrastructure of the cotton industry in Pennine Lancashire. In 2021,BTB21 turns its attention to the global nature of textiles and the relationships they create, both historically and now, with a major new commission by Turner […]