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Blackpool Zoo has submitted plans for the biggest ever single investment in its 44-year history. An exciting £2.5 million project to build a new elephant facility has been proposed for currently unused zoo land which will be home to a family of one of the largest land mammals on earth – the endangered Asian elephant. […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is recruiting for the 2016 season!  The annual Job Shop is taking place on Saturday 23rd January in the Casino Building at Blackpool Pleasure Beach between 9.30am and 2.30pm.  Anyone who is interested simply needs to turn up on the day and speak to an advisor, who can help them choose their […]

Pendle Council is urging residents and businesses affected by the flooding to come along to a meeting TONIGHT (18 January) at New Road Community Centre in Earby. The meeting which starts at 6pm is being led by Pendle Council and will include representatives from agencies including the Environment Agency, Police, Lancashire County Council and the […]

The Hive Blackburn and Darwen Business Awards is back for its second year to celebrate the very best of business in the borough! Led by the Hive business leaders network, the Awards will take place on Thursday 26 May 2016 at the magnificent Blackburn Cathedral. Presented in association with Blackburn College, Capita and Blackburn with […]

An award-winning Lancashire business support service that’s created over 1,200 new jobs in the county has received a multi-million pound boost that will see it continue until 2018. Boost Business Lancashire – the county’s business growth hub – will be given £7.8m to continue offering high-quality support for Lancashire’s ambitious and growth-hungry companies. £3.8m of […]

The Wellbeing Farm in Edgworth, Lancashire has just been approved to hold Civil Ceremonies! Although the farm has been around for generations and is owned by the Whitehead Family, the farm was transformed in April 2013 from a neglected farm into a multi-award winning facility and started running weddings in late 2014.  Last year the […]

583 children (aged between 6-12) from 28 schools throughout the UK will take to the stage in theatres in their areas as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s forthcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Play for the Nation. Between February – July 2016, and as part of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, […]

European circus greats, sideshow sensations, a steampunk werewolf, a post-millennium take on Punch & Judy and acrobats and contemporary cabaret stars that will entertain and enthral you – it can only mean one thing… Showzam! is back! Blackpool’s annual festival of circus and performance returns this February half-term for eight days of fun-packed thrills and […]

The Grand Theatre, Blackpool announces an exciting new programme of shows for spring/ summer 2016. With an incredible line-up of drama, musicals, dance, opera, music and comedy–there’s something for everyone to enjoy at The Grand! This season’s highlights include; The Royal Shakespeare Company presenting A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the first ever live tour of ITV’s […]

Marketing Lancashire has been awarded £50K from Arts Council England National Lottery Funded Grants For the Arts programme, to commence work on a new initiative to help raise Lancashire’s profile as a cultural destination. Over the coming months, the project will help establish the county’s cultural offer as one of the leading reasons for people […]

Marketing Lancashire has appointed Melanie Sensicle, an experienced professional in the field of destination management, organisational development and partnership working, to the role of Associate Director. Melanie’s work helped transform the marketing of destinations such as Brighton and Durham.  As the first Chief Executive of Visit County Durham she set up the company in 2006 […]

New website reveals clean, fresh new look for The Grand. The Grand unveiled a brand new season this week. To run alongside the new season, The Grand announced their new website that’s been described as ‘Fresh, contemporary and awesome to use.’ (Nicola Atanassova – Marketing Manager of Visit Blackpool). Now easier to navigate, The Grand’s […]