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Lancashire’s 2020 delegation will showcase the region’s sector strengths, commercial opportunities and investment potential with more events than ever before. Marketing Lancashire, the county’s place marketing agency and organisers of the Lancashire MIPIM 2020 delegation on behalf of Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP), met yesterday with representatives of the business delegation* heading to MIPIM; the property […]

The Cabinet Member for economic development at Lancashire County Council has welcomed the government announcement to go ahead with HS2, the high speed rail scheme. County Councillor Michael Green, Cabinet Member for economic development, environment and planning, said: “HS2 will undoubtedly bring new opportunities for the whole county, by making us a transport hub on […]

New businesses at Chorley’s hi-tech business centre have been welcomed to their new premises by Chorley MP, Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Leader of Chorley Council, Councillor Alistair Bradley. Professional 3D printing solutions company, Ultimaker, who moved to the hub at the end of January, is the latest company to join some of the region’s best […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has come top of a national wellbeing league table. The 2020 Student Welfare League Table, which analyses the amount of money higher education institutions put into their student wellbeing services, has ranked UCLan in first position. During the 2018/19 academic year, the University’s total spend on student wellbeing services […]

The money will be donated to the Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia’s Wildlife Conservation Fund to rescue and rehabilitate native wildlife, restore and improve resilience of habitats, fund the reassessment of species status and support and help to establish targeted breed for release conservation activities. During Sunday 26th January staff at the zoo hosted lots of themed events […]

The free ticket ballot for the 2020 Blackpool Illuminations Switch-On event is now open! It follows the overwhelming demand for last year’s event when thousands of people packed into the Tower Festival Headland Arena to watch a spectacular five-hour concert, culminating in an unforgettable switch-on by home-grown actress, Coronation Street’s Lucy Fallon. Since then, the […]

Blackpool Grand launches its new website, www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk. Re-designed from the ground up for 2020 the blackpoolgrand.co.uk website includes more comprehensive information on shows than ever before. Starting with the homepage a ‘tailored for you’ section adapts to viewing interests, a new place to discover more about Blackpool Grand on each visit, in addition to the […]

VEKA UK hosts an annual ‘long service lunch’ each year to recognise and reward employees celebrating 5, 10, 15, 25 and 30 years of service. In 2019, December’s lunch saw 45 employees presented with certificates commending a collective 500 years! The industry-leading PVCu systems manufacturer invited long-serving staff from departments across the business to come […]

Moves are underway to transform part of Padiham Town Hall into a business hub as part of wider proposals to improve the town centre. More than £330,000 of Growth Deal funding has been secured from the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to cover the cost of the programme of refurbishment work to the first floor of […]

The finalists of the Red Rose Awards 2020 have been chosen as the countdown continues to the biggest night in Lancashire’s business calendar. Spanning microbusinesses to international brand names, a full spectrum of industries and representatives from every part of Lancashire, this year’s awards have attracted the strongest set of entrants in its ten-year history. […]

Professor Graham Baldwin has been appointed as Chair of the new Maritime Skills Commission. The University Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) Vice-Chancellor has been appointed chair of a new skills commission, Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani has announced today (24 January 2020) during her visit to the Port of Tilbury. Professor Graham Baldwin, a third-generation mariner, will lead […]

Nelson is gearing up to bid for up to £25 million for a Town Deal from the Government’s new Towns Fund – through a transformational Town Investment Plan. Nelson is one of 100 places in England which have been chosen to develop proposals which seek to drive the economic regeneration of towns “We’ve been chosen […]