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Today at full Council, Councillors of Preston City Council received updates of, and made decisions concerning, the continued development of the Harris Quarter. Just shy of 12 months since the opening of the new award winning Preston Market Hall, the Council is making good progress working with its partners to secure the regeneration the surrounding […]

The Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) has further expanded its membership with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) joining the health partnership. UCLan joins other leading north universities in the alliance, alongside research-intensive NHS trusts and the region’s four Academic Health Science Networks. Health research is a key priority for UCLan, and its academic innovators […]

Following a successful pilot in Blackpool, where 1.4 million pages of local high street offers and events were viewed, a national version of OFFiGO has now gone live. The digital platform which is based in Lancashire seeks to increase spend and footfall in the retail and hospitality sector by bringing the ‘high street’ online and […]

Highest Point will return to Lancaster’s glorious Williamson Park on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th May for another jam-packed weekend of music and arts. Now in its second year, the city’s largest and most popular music festival will welcome some of its most established names to date. Disco royalty Sister Sledge, famed for their hits […]

To celebrate their 125th Birthday, this year Blackpool’s Grand Theatre will launch the first ‘125 Club’. Offered on a first come basis, a limited 125 members will have the opportunity to subscribe to 12 monthly payments of £12.50 per month. Then, each month, from the 125 members, three winners will be drawn who each win £125! […]

Five Lancashire pubs have been named some of the best in the country. Freemasons at Wiswell, Parkers Arms in Newton in Bowland, The Cartford Inn in Great Eccleston, The White Swan at Fence and Assheton Arms in Downham were named on the prestigious Top 50 Gastropubs list at a special event at Lillibrooke Manor in […]

The Blackpool Resort Pass is back for 2019! Visitors will once again have the opportunity to make big savings on their favourite attractions whilst having fun in the UK’s most popular seaside destination. We brought the Resort Pass to Blackpool in 2013, and it has increased in popularity over the years as thousands of families […]

Lancashire Business View has revealed its most diverse shortlist yet for the Red Rose Awards, naming a wide range of businesses competing for prestigious trophies at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens on March 14. Hundreds of nominations have been whittled down to just six finalists in each of the 25 categories – which range from new business […]

Fylde Council in partnership with kite festival organisers, SmileFactor10, is delighted to announce that the hugely popular St Annes International Kite Festival will return on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th August 2019 with illuminated ‘kites by night’ and fireworks on Friday 9th August to mark the start of this incredible event. Taking place on the […]

VisitBritain/VisitEngland has given its support to the Taste Lancashire 2019 food and drink conference, organised by destination management organisation Marketing Lancashire and taking place at Holmes Mill, Clitheroe on Tuesday 5 March. Food and drink is a key sector for growth in Lancashire and most recent STEAM research shows that visitors spend over £1billion on food […]

Marketing Lancashire and the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) held a meeting on 23 January to reveal the findings of scoping work undertaken by cultural expert Andrew Dixon, to  explore Lancashire’s potential and appetite to bid for UK City of Culture 2025. Andrew, whose experience includes leading the successful Hull bid for City of Culture in […]

The UK is expecting a boost in visits from China as Chinese New Year approaches on Tuesday 5 February. Forward flight booking data showed that bookings from China to the UK were up 24% from Wednesday 30 January to Tuesday 12 February, compared to the period when Chinese New Year fell last year. Longer term […]