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The Outdoor Market at Preston Markets will reopen from Wednesday 3rd June, welcoming back the long standing, independent traders. To help maintain the social distancing guidelines, the Outdoor Market will begin by trading Wednesdays and Saturdays 8am-2pm, until further notice. The Outdoor Market will trade with a reduced number of stalls. This new reduced stall […]

The first global analysis of existing scientific studies related to COVID-19 and newborn babies highlights that it is uncommon for babies aged up to four weeks old to become infected with the virus, with recorded cases experiencing only mild symptoms and making a full recovery. This analysis, published in the journal BMJ Paediatrics Open, was […]

On Tuesday 26 May 2020, as part for English Tourism Week 25-31 May, Marketing Lancashire hosted a visitor economy virtual round table, to discuss and answer some of the questions posed by colleagues in tourism businesses across Lancashire, as the industry slowly begins to emerge from the Covid-19 lockdown. The panel was hosted by Rachel […]

Lancashire tourism and hospitality businesses, hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, are eager to welcome visitors back to the county as soon as it is safe to do so. In collaboration with them, Marketing Lancashire has launched a campaign to amplify their welcome, with the clear message – See You Soon, Safely. Over 61 thousand […]

VisitEngland has today announced that this year’s English Tourism Week to highlight the economic importance and value of tourism to local economies across England is going virtual. English Tourism Week is an annual celebration of the tourism industry, a week dedicated to showcasing England’s tourism offer. For this year’s event, being held from 25-31 May, […]

• 5 years of direct train services between Burnley and Manchester • Journey time of 45 minutes between Burnley Manchester Road and Manchester Victoria • Over 400,000 journeys made to and from Burnley Manchester Road between 2018-19* – a 60% increase on 2013-14 • Burnley has seen £900 million of public and private investment since […]

An award-winning journalist and experienced researcher from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has been selected as one of the key decision makers in the fight to ensure the survival of local news post COVID-19. Clare Cook, Senior Lecturer in Print and Online Journalism from the School of Journalism, Media and Performance, is one of […]

Today’s announcement by large Lancashire employer Rolls Royce confirming expected job losses and a ‘major reorganisation’ has led to calls from regional leaders for a government task force to tackle and support the UK’s civil aerospace sector. East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce CEO Miranda Barker commented, “Lancashire is the 4th largest manufacturing cluster for aerospace […]

UpSkilling Lancashire invites you, your work colleagues and business contacts to attend the following free workshops to help plan and prepare for a return to work post-shutdown.  As the easing of restrictions begin to be lifted, now is the time to plan ahead, and this includes both the practical and mental approaches needed to successfully […]

What takes a 10 hour day of filming, a 3m x 6m canvas, 200 paint filled balloons and 70 litres of watered down paint? Blackpool based arts organisation LeftCoast have created a new ident for ITV due to air on Monday 18 May to Saturday 23 May. The colourful ident, part of the ITV Creates […]

From Wednesday 13 May the Government is allowing people to “exercise outside as many times each day as they wish” and stating that “people may drive to outdoor open spaces irrespective of distance, so long as they respect social distancing guidance while they are there”. Whilst many of us will want to return to our […]

By listening to the beating hearts of stars, international astronomers have for the first time identified a rhythm of life for a class of stellar objects that had until now puzzled scientists. Dr Daniel Holdsworth, from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), is part of the global team whose new findings have been published today, […]