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We’re celebrating Lancashire Day, 27 November 2014 with some amazing spot prizes throughout the day.  Look out for our tweets @MarketingLancs and share your Lancashire Day messages or photos on Twitter using both hashtags  #LancashireDay #wherelifefeelsgood for a chance to win! Terms and Conditions for Spot Prizes One tweet, using both hashtags, will be selected […]

The history of Lancashire's cotton industry attracted popular BBC rural affairs programme, Countryfile, to Helmshore Mills Textile Museum earlier this month. With the help of Lancashire cartoonist Tony Husband and Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan, the programme delved into the history of 'tacklers tales' at the museum. Jennifer Ingham, Lancashire County Council's manager at Helmshore Mills, […]

The three original paintings are by artist William Gawin Herdman (1805-1882), known mainly for his many pictures of Liverpool and the surrounding area. In the 1830s it is believed he was invited by Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, the town's founder, to paint a series of eight views showing the early days of development in the […]

The Seafood Pub Company team celebrated at the Cheshire Life and Lancashire Life Food and Drink Awards after receiving two top awards. The Oyster & Otter in Feniscowles was named the Lancashire Life Restaurant of the Year whilst Joycelyn Neve, the Seafood Pub Company’s managing director, was presented with the Lancashire Life Food and Drink […]

Lancashire’s Seafood Pub Company has beaten off competition from some nationally recognised brands to be named the R200 Pub Company of the Year. The R200 Awards are designed to celebrate the progress and achievements of the top 200 restaurant group operators in the UK. Restaurant Magazine’s R200 Club is made up of the UK’s leading […]

THE Woodland Spa has been recognised as the best spa in the north of England at the prestigious Good Spa Guide Live Awards 2014. The event held at Center Parcs Woburn Forest saw the best spa in each UK region recognised. This followed an online vote that polled spa users as well as readers of the Good […]

Marketing Lancashire, the Destination Management Organisation (DMO) for the county, provides a summary of the latest, official visitor and economic impact figures1 for Lancashire. They reveal that the county’s visitor economy businesses are benefiting from growth in visitors numbers, growth in revenue generated and growth in employment in the sector. The latest figures (retrospective, for […]

Having recently announced its extension in the resort for a further 2 years Illuminasia are launching their latest development to the indoor attraction, audio described touch tours with experienced local guides. Illuminasia which opened in April is an imaginative, educational attraction and features a blend of traditional Chinese lantern crafts with the latest in lighting […]

WEAVING demonstrations, traditional songs, a trail challenge and tours of the engine and boiler room are just some of the activities on offer at Queen Street Mill in Burnley to celebrate Lancashire Day on November 27. The day will start at 12 noon with weaving demonstrations so that visitors can see how our ancestors lived […]

Caribbean Restaurant Turtle Bay is cooking up a storm, as it prepares for its opening party in Preston on Lancashire Day (27th November), by preparing it’s very own jerk version of the traditional Lancashire Hotpot! The acclaimed restaurant and bar is all set to open its doors to Preston, bringing a brand new, loud, proud […]

NEWS FLASH The BEST WESTERN PREMIER Leyland Hotel has taken inspiration from the heritage of the Leyland Motor company with their extensive refurbishment of 31 bedrooms to incorporate artwork of the great Leyland marques, creating the instantly recognisable “History of Leyland Wing”. This vision was only possible as a result of the painstaking research and […]

Excellent communications, valuing ideas, learning and development were all praised when assessors renewed Lancashire County Council's Investors in People (IIP) accreditation. The IIP was recently renewed for three years following an inspection carried out by representatives from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, who interviewed people from every area of the county council about […]