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Despite tough economic times, Lancaster businesses are rallying round to support Light Up Lancaster (LUL). Organisers of the free, family festival, which runs for 3 nights from the 2nd – 4th November, have been inundated with local businesses stepping up to help in any way they can to make this year’s light festival a huge […]

Lancaster Music Festival has hit the right notes with tens of thousands of people this year, spreading harmony across the city centre. The 13th event of its kind saw people dancing in the streets and squares to the many local, national and international sounds on offer from last Thursday until Sunday. Everyone was catered for, be […]

Deco Publique’s well loved National Festival of Making, which takes over Blackburn’s town centre, each year has been nominated in a number of categories at the UK Festival Awards. The three awards up for grabs by the festival are: The UK Festival Awards are one of the biggest awards on the UK festival calendar, and the winners […]

First introduced in 2014, Visit England Accolades are given to those businesses which have gone the extra mile in providing a quality visitor experience. The accolades, awarded to 91 attractions across England this year, recognise all aspects of the visitor experience and are awarded in five categories including ‘Hidden Gem,’ ‘Best Told Story,’ ‘Quality Food and […]

A unique service designed to help female entrepreneurs with the specific challenges women face in preparing for rapid business growth has driven strong turnover growth among participating firms, while prompting many to target new markets and launch new products. Women Scaling Up was launched last year by Two Zero, Lancashire County Council’s scaleup support service, in response […]

Award winning Gisburn-based Italian restaurant, La Locanda, has secured a second loan of £15,000 from Lancashire County Council’s Rosebud Finance, managed by GC Business Finance. Since its inception in 2003, La Locanda’s owners, Maurizio and Cinzia Bocchi, have remained dedicated to sharing genuine Italian cuisine with the local community. With such a keen focus on […]

Spectacular live French performance set to enchant with FREE, NEVER BEFORE SEEN in the UK show in Accrington! Get ready for a spookily exciting full day and evening of live shows, scary films and creativity as Accrington welcomes a UK first, never-before-seen live outdoor show, Les Commandos Percu’s “BLAST,” on October 21st, 2023, at 7:00 […]

The family-owned and run, Longlands Inn & Restaurant at Tewitfield, is hosting the annual Countryfile Ramble for Children in Need this Sunday 15th October.  The annual Countryfile Ramble sees Countryfile presenters encouraging the British public to lace up their walking boots and go on a life changing stroll in the great outdoors.  BBC Countryfile presenter, John […]

Stonyhurst is delighted to have won the national ‘Charitable Work Champion’ award in the School House Magazine Awards 2023. Stonyhurst’s former Head Boy, Dilip Gosall, (OS23) scooped the award thanks to his outstanding charitable efforts during his time at the school, whose Jesuit values of being ‘men and women for others’ encourage pupils to make […]

Expressions of interest are now open for rural businesses across West Lancashire to apply for grant funding through the Rural Business Grant Programme. West Lancashire Borough Council has been awarded funding from the Rural England Prosperity Fund to help supercharge growth and create employment opportunities for the borough’s rural areas. Funds have been allocated to […]

After last month’s grand reveal of our top-notch Events and Taste Lancashire Producer finalists, the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2023 is set to dazzle once more. Today, on October 3rd, 2022, we proudly introduce the finalists of our Unsung Hero category. The finalists are Joanne Denton, Head of Weddings at Holland Hall Hotel, Simon Entwistle, Tour […]

Full-service law firm Forbes Solicitors has welcomed its latest cohort of trainee solicitors. In total, 13 new trainee solicitors have commenced training with the law firm in September, including Graduate, and Under-Graduate, Apprentices and trainees undertaking a Period of Recognised Training (PRT). Forbes now has 22 trainees in total within the business, a growth again […]