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Coinciding with major celebrations and events nationwide, Blott Studio on King Street, Blackpool, will be hosting an exhibition entitled ‘Marking the Martyrs’, marking the death of Emily Wilding Davison, the first martyr to the Suffrage cause. The exhibition, which opened on 4th June and runs through to 30th June 2018, is curated by Corrine Streetly, […]

The Vision: “To make Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone a premier business location in the North West.” Blackpool Council are looking to secure funding to implement the first delivery stage of the approved Masterplan for Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone. As the accountable body to drive forward this ambitious scheme on behalf of Lancashire LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) […]

Situated in the Rural Business Centre at Myerscough College, the Business Incubator offers affordable furnished offices with broadband internet access providing the ideal environment for business growth and development. Myerscough is the largest land based college in the country and incubator residents have access to many of the superb facilities on campus as well as […]

A digital platform that connects high street retailers with local consumers is booting up for success after receiving expert business advice from Boost’s Growth Support scheme. The tailored programme helped David Preston, founder of Blackpool-based OFFIGO, to structure his business idea and gain tangible market focus to take the enterprise forward. Working with a Boost […]

The Tourism Society has announced that Blackpool will be the destination for its 2019 Tourism Symposium. The event will take place in the autumn of 2019 on dates to be confirmed at Blackpool’s new Winter Gardens Conference Centre opening in summer next year. The announcement was made today in Greenwich, London at the end of […]

The Great Exhibition of The North, the largest event in the country this year, is changing perceptions of the North of England – and you are fundamental to that. If you are a venue, business, eatery, group or collective that has an initiative (large or small) that shares the entrepreneurial spirit of the Great Exhibition, […]

Two exciting new roles based at Marketing Lancashire in Leyland   LANCASHIRE PLACE MANAGER £32,000 per annum Leyland/Marketing Lancashire This is an exciting new role where you will continue to build on the Lancashire story, raising the profile of Lancashire on a regional, national and international level as a place to invest, live, study and visit. […]

Leading North West retailer The Emporium Interiors in Clitheroe has won the Best In-Store or Window Display category at a prestigious national industry awards. The Moor Lane shop and brasserie, famous for its stylish and atmospheric mix of retail and dining (where everything is for sale except the staff), saw off competition from John Lewis’s […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s NEW £16.25m rollercoaster ICON opens to the public. After much anticipation, Blackpool Pleasure Beach’snew £16.25M rollercoaster ICON finally opens to the public this Friday 25th May. After 5 years of planning and nearly 2 years since the project was announced to the public, the UK’s first ever double launch rollercoaster is ready to offer guests […]

Virgin’s Pendolino train named Blackpool Belle to celebrate launch of electric services Pendolino named to celebrate launch of Virgin Trains’ 36 additional services to and from Blackpool Famous ‘Blackpool Belle’ name pays homage to resort’s first illuminated tram and 1930s Lancashire excursion service Historical occasion as Virgin Trains serve Blackpool with electric Pendolino trains for […]

The Financial Times (FT) has featured a story identifying Burnley as one of the UK’s top towns for the growth of its digital technology sector. The piece in this week’s FT focuses on the Tech Nation 2018 report which identifies the UK’s leading 16 ‘tech towns’ that have a higher than average number of digital […]

Virgin Trains has recreated its iconic Pendolino train on Blackpool beach to celebrate its first visit to the seaside resort today. Measuring nearly five metres in length, the intricate sand sculpture of Britain’s most celebrated train in modern times cut a striking figure in front of the iconic Blackpool Tower. Made from two tonnes of Blackpool sand […]