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Blackpool Zoo has joined forces with Blackburn based EPSL Educational Printing to ask the nation’s school children to help with a mammoth task! The doors on the zoo’s single, biggest investment in its 45-year history – a new home for elephants – are set to open this summer and pupils are being asked to help […]

The first section of newly-refurbished concourse at Preston Bus Station reopened on Saturday (6 May) following redevelopment work. People will get to see how the concourse has changed following the opening of the first renovated section at the south east quarter of the bus station, near the Guild Hall. Most of the refurbishments on this […]

Viva Blackpool’s headline show Viva Vegas Live is set to re-launch this June with a stunning new high end production. Starring the hilarious Entertainment Director of Viva Blackpool Leye D Johns, the newly reimagined show will feature large scale production numbers, an expanded cast, aerial performance plus new guest vocalists. The show, which has run […]

Award-winning taste of Ireland and new gin bar on the menu at revamped Breda Murphy Restaurant. One of the Ribble Valley’s best known restaurants has reopened following a major refurbishment and expansion which has seen it double in size. The multi-award winning Breda Murphy Restaurant on Station Road, Whalley, has undergone a four-month transformation following […]

SHOPPERS and businesses will see more improvements to Chorley town centre from the beginning of May as work starts on creating ‘Theatre Walk’ along the alley between Peter Street and Market Street. The works, commissioned by Chorley Council as part of a £4million project to improve the public realm in the town centre, will see […]

Northcote Hotel located in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire named national Hotel of the Year at the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence on 24 April 2017. The prestigious awards, now in their 28th year, celebrate those businesses and individuals who continuously raise the bar of England’s tourism offer.  The 25 award winners, from Afternoon Tea of the […]

Blackpool Zoo is celebrating a decade of multimillion-pound investment with Parques Reunidos. The Spanish leisure giant bought the zoo in 2007 and, as a result of on-going investment, the award winning attraction has enjoyed continued growth in visitor numbers, memberships, revenue and profit. First on the list of upgrades in 2007 was an overhaul of […]

The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has called upon Lancashire businesses to consider recruiting, retraining and upskilling more older workers as they could make a key contribution to the county’s growing economy. Graham Cowley, Chair of the LEP’s Growth Deal Board, highlighted the contribution of older workers at a special conference, The Value of Experience: Retaining, […]

Lancashire business leaders gathered this week to discover how The Queen's Awards for Enterprise could help to take their company to the next level. A number of past winners spoke at the event at Brockholes near Preston on Monday night to tell how receiving the UK's most prestigious business award had helped their firm to […]

Blackpool’s Armed Forces Week is back with an stellar line-up of events and entertainment to honour the nation’s military personnel. The annual celebration has been running in Blackpool since 2006 and has become a permanent fixture in the resort’s events calendar. Armed Forces Week is Blackpool’s opportunity to say thank you to our heroes. From […]

A doughnut manufacturer, which supplies supermarkets including Tesco and Iceland, has created two new jobs and forecast a sales increase of £75,000, following support through the Lancashire Manufacturing Growth Fund. Simply Doughnuts Ltd based in Blackburn, owned by Shiraz Master, produces long shelf life doughnuts, which stay fresh for up to 20 days and has received […]

A University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) undergraduate has been named the best mediator in the world at a prestigious annual law event. Phoebe Dearden, a third year law student, fought off tough opposition at the International Mediation Competition to scoop the Best Student Mediator award. The 21-year-old competed against 100 other students across the two […]