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The Barton Grange Hotel in Preston, Lancashire is sticking to its mantra of continual development this year, with a £340 000 refurbishment of 21 bedrooms in its main house now completed, and corridor renovations to be finished by mid-September.  This family-owned property has injected £670 000 of refurbishment funds into the business over the last […]

Solita, one of Manchester’s most popular bar and grill restaurants is set to open the doors to its eagerly awaited fourth venue, SoLIta Preston on Friday 29th July. This follows a soft launch period where 50 members of staff mostly from the Preston area will fine tune and test the restaurant's kitchen and facilities. With […]

A brand new conference centre could form the next step in the revival and regeneration of Blackpool's visitor economy. On Monday 18 July Blackpool Council Executive will discuss plans for the new facility at the historic Winter Gardens Complex.  If the Executive agrees to progressing the plans, Blackpool Council will formally submit bids for external funding […]

A Lancashire food hero has added another prestigious national award to her company’s growing collection, as she picks up the ‘Oscar’ of the hospitality world.   Joycelyn Neve, managing director of the award-winning Seafood Pub Company, won the Pub and Bar award at this year’s Catey awards, fighting off strong competition from Peter Borg-Neal of Oakman […]

Clitheroe based wine merchants D. Byrne & Co have just received two major retail awards at the International Wine Challenge. The business has won the awards for best Regional Wine Merchant of the Year for Northern England and the national award for leading Small Independent Wine Retailer in the UK. Joseph Byrne attended a glamorous […]

Blackburn Cathedral is preparing for a landmark moment in its history when the Archbishop of York visits to officially open the new Cathedral’s Cloisters. The development sees the first cloisters to be built at a UK cathedral for over 500 years and also marks the final portion of the large scale regeneration of the areas […]

The Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal has already helped to create more than 1,500 new homes and 753 new jobs in the past two years. These jobs have been created through the development of over 9,500 sq m of new commercial space and the construction of new roads. In the last two years, […]

In the 2014 Anholt Nations Brand Index Survey, one of the two areas of relative weakness for Britain for Chinese visitors was around perceptions of ‘welcome’. As part of our ongoing training programme, Marketing Manchester is aiming to address this by running a series of China Welcome courses over the next 6 to 12 months […]

  Love & Etiquette is collaborating with Super Slow Way to bring a month of theatre, music, workshops, comedy and discussions inspired by the rich heritage and culture of the Muslim world to Pennine Lancashire this July. The Kinara Festival is one of the first of its kind to take place in the UK and […]

What could be Britain’s longest bar housing 42 artisan hand-pull cask ales opens for business on Thursday July 7 – marking the first phase of the exciting new Holmes Mill development in Clitheroe. Awaiting official validation as the longest bar in Britain, the giant bar is the focal point of the Beer Hall, which is […]

Creative companies in Lancashire are encouraged to sign-up to a new free online directory to showcase their talent to potential clients. The online directory from Creative Lancashire is a quick way for organisations to find the creative skills and expertise they need. Companies can sign up today at http://directory.creativelancashire.org. The directory has been produced by […]

The latest stage of improvement work along the A582 will go ahead at the Pope Lane roundabout. The existing roundabout will be converted into a traffic signal-controlled 'crossroad' junction with additional lanes created on each of the four approaches. This work will provide extra capacity to improve traffic flow at the junction and on the […]