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A Lancashire restaurant has secured a prestigious AA rosette after impressing judges with its food and hospitality. Brookes Restaurant at The Park Hall Hotel, Chorley, received the award following an unnannounced visit by judges to its eatery. Head Chef Jamie Kennard was delighted to accept the award on behalf of the hotel. “It’s been great for […]

Marketing Lancashire is proud to announce three of its partners have received prestigious honours at the Visit England Awards for Excellence 2018, the tourism industry’s most celebrated annual awards. It was a silver hat-trick for the county with The Cartford Inn (Little Eccleston) in the Tourism Pub of the Year category, Browsholme Hall (Clitheroe) in the Sustainable Tourism category […]

A marquee packed full of leading producers from across Lancashire will be flying the flag for the best food and drink from the county at The National Festival of Making in Blackburn on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th May, from 11am – 5.30pm. Head with your shopping basket to the TasteLancashire food and drink marquee, […]

AN innovative new project to put apprenticeships at the heart of business in South Ribble has been given the green light by council bosses. South Ribble Borough Council’s Human Resources and Economic Development teams have come up with a brand new initiative to increase the number of apprentices we have working in the borough. The […]

A pioneering Government scheme to boost digital skills has been launched in Lancashire. The UK’s first Digital Skills Partnership is being piloted by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in the county, in partnership with the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP’s) Skills and Employment Hub. The innovative approach will help identify gaps in digital skills […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has today announced the official opening date of its hotly anticipated new rollercoaster – ICON, as Friday 25th May. Since work on the new £16.25m rollercoaster commenced in December 2016, rollercoaster fans worldwide have been clamouring for news of when they’ll be able to experience the exciting new ride. Now bosses have confirmed […]

The Blackpool Resort Pass is back for 2018 – giving visitors the chance to experience more than £20m of brand new attractions and make big savings at the same time! The Blackpool Resort Pass enables users to enjoy the myriad of attractions in the UK’s favourite beach destination including Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Nickelodeon Land, The […]

• Virgin Trains launching 35 electric Pendolino trains per week between London and Blackpool next month • Addition of nearly 17,000 seats per week on route will boost resort’s tourism sector Virgin Trains is preparing to introduce 35 additional services per week between London and Blackpool next month, following electrification of the route by Network Rail. Launching on […]

Locals know Lancaster is a real treasure of the North West, and the country’s top TV antique hunters agree!  Last week, a team from “Salvage Hunters” spent a whole day filming at Lancaster’s GB Antiques Centre, to see what hidden gems they could dust off and discover. Salvage Hunters is one of the most popular […]

Award winning events company Crafty Vintage is set to be hosting a pop up market in the huge arena space in Market Square. On Saturday 26th May, Makers of Market Square will be the pre event/launch party for Darwen Live 18 which then continues over the Sunday and Monday of the Bank Holliday Weekend. Some of […]

Athletes will compete in international UCI Women’s WorldTour Plans to create a new top-level international Women’s cycling team for 2019 onwards have taken a major step forward today, with the announcement of the founding partnership at the heart of the project. The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has formed a partnership with former Union Cycliste […]

Resort enjoys 55% uplift in corporate business travel says Advantage Travel Partnership 2017 hotel report According to new research from Advantage Travel Partnership, the UK’s largest independent travel agent consortium, Blackpool saw the biggest growth in UK overnight business travel with 55% more room nights in 2017 v 2016. Significant growth also came from other […]