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A new campaign is being launched to promote Preston city centre as a round-the-year attraction to visit and enjoy. The city’s Business Improvement District (BID) will target more than 250,000 homes across ‘old’ Lancashire and Greater Manchester between now and the end of January to encourage more visitors to the city centre. It follows a […]

From its humble beginnings as a 17th century manor house, we look at how the family owned hotel’s spectacular conversion of a Grade II listed building in 2004 is now complemented with opulent additions, attracting guests from all over the UK. Over the last ten years Stanley House has continued to evolve and after a […]

Businesses in Lancashire are being urged to act quickly if they want to secure free workforce training as part of the £5.6m Lancashire Skills Support (LSS) programme. It comes as new figures reveal that almost half of the places on the programme have already been filled, just four months after it launched in September 2014. […]

A powerful writing project will be launched at Morecambe Library from 1.30pm to 4pm on Saturday 24 January. The project, called Time and Tide, will use coroners’ inquest reports from 1914 to 1918, held by Lancashire Archives, as a starting point for writing fiction, poems, monologues or whatever form people are inspired to use. During […]

It’s the final call for tourism businesses across Lancashire to enter the Red Rose Awards which will close for entries at 12 noon on 16 January 2015. The Awards, which has categories relevant to every business in the region, will crown the best in business across the county. Last year’s event, which was organised by Lancashire […]

Marketing Lancashire was happy to welcome and organise a visit by Helen Grant MP, Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities to Lancashire on Thursday 8 January 2015. The Minister was heading to Lancaster and Morecambe and was keen to meet the partners working together to increase visitors to Morecambe Bay, through initiatives such as the […]

More than a hundred Pendle companies have received thousands of pounds from the Council’s Gearing up for Growth fund. It’s all about creating economic growth, helping local companies thrive, creating more job opportunities and supporting and bringing forward private sector investment. Since 2012, 135 companies have received grants to help them start or to expand […]

That’s the key message today after a flagship Blackpool restaurant offered their backing to the world famous Blackpool Illuminations. The new look Harry Ramsden’s restaurant on the Promenade has donated £1000 to help ensure that 2015 is the most glittering year ever when Blackpool is once again lit up. Chris Walter, Head of Operations for […]

Lancashire County Council's cabinet today announced the start of a consultation on its budget proposals for local services, which will deliver £216 million in savings by April 2018. Following an informal consultation over recent months inviting views on a list of options developed by council officers, members of the cabinet have decided not to include […]

Lancashire County Council's cabinet today announced the start of a consultation on its budget proposals for local services, which will deliver £216 million in savings by April 2018. Following an informal consultation over recent months inviting views on a list of options developed by council officers, members of the cabinet have decided not to include […]

Lancashire County Council's libraries are helping people to discover what life was like during WW1. Throughout January a series of fascinating countywide events will explore the lives of local WW1 soldiers and show people how to start researching their own WW1 ancestors online. The events feature sessions called Tracing Your WW1 Ancestor Online, where staff […]

Bookings are being taken from community groups who would like to use the award-winning Steven Burke sports hub for cycling training or events. Situated at Swinden playing fields in Nelson, the Steven Burke sports hub was unveiled in June 2014. It’s a post-Olympic legacy inspired by gold medal winning cyclist Steven Burke from Colne, and […]