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Burnley will be exhibiting at this year’s International Festival of Business, which will be held across several venues in and around Liverpool during June and July. In Burnley’s year as Most Enterprising Place in the UK, Burnley Bondholders are taking Burnley to the International Festival of Business to showcase Burnley’s reputation as a centre for […]

The magic of Michael Jackson is set to grace Blackpool Promenade with confirmation that the massive West End hit, Thriller Live, will be the headline act on the Saturday night of the new Switch-On Festival Weekend. The show, which has sold millions of tickets around the world and features the songs of arguably the greatest […]

One of LEGO's design team will be speaking at Creative Lancashire's BIG Conference on 18 June. Kayleigh Davis, the Creative Lead for the much-loved Danish toy brand, will be speaking on the BIG Conference's Relationships and Users Panel. LEGO have turned into a $4.5bn dollar success story through understanding their users and by radically innovating […]

FYLDE residents can now enjoy a coffee and a bite to eat at Blackpool Airport even if they aren’t flying off to sunny climes… Mojos, the chic coffee bar which is located in the Departure Lounge, has now opened its doors to a new facility landside at Blackpool Airport which is open to the general […]

Love Your Local Market (LYLM) is a celebration of our market culture here in the UK that happens over a fortnight in May. 700 markets took part in 2013, putting on over 4,000 events. LYLM is also all about entrepreneurship and since 2012 the markets industry has pledged around 7,000 pitches to new traders. As part […]

A Lancashire business conference will explain how creativity and innovation can unlock expanding and emerging markets. The theme of this year's Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) Conference is 'Transformation: Mission & Ambition'. It takes place on Wednesday 18 June, in the Creative Edge building at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk. Speakers announced so far include […]

The annual High Sheriff's Shield Hanging Ceremony has taken place in Lancaster Castle's gothic Shire Hall. The High Sheriff of Lancashire, Dr Barry Johnson has hung his shield in the Shire Hall – alongside 650 other shields dating back to Richard the Lionheart. This colourful spectacle, complete with Lancashire police horses and a stunning array […]

According to recent research, independently commissioned for Barclays’ Retail and Hospitality & Leisure sector teams, the UK’s hospitality, leisure and retails sectors will see a major boost over of the next few years. According to the report the North West region can expect the annual expenditure from domestic tourists to increase by 11.2% to over […]

 A Coronation Street favourite has become an Honorary Patron of the Lancaster theatre where her acting career began.   Cherylee Houston, who plays Izzy Armstrong in the popular soap, joins BAFTA awardwinning actress Sarah Lancashire as a new Honorary Patron of The Dukes.   And Cherylee started as she means to go on by visiting […]

Michael Flatley’s Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games – a spectacular new staging of thetraditional master piece – will return to the UK for a nationwide tour playing 18 venues next year. With all the visceral precision and thrills of the original, Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games features new staging, new costumes and choreography. […]

Something’s brewing to mark Lytham Hall’s 250th milestone anniversary. The ancestral home of the former Squires of Lytham, the Clifton family, is planning to serve up a special ale to celebrate 250 years since the existing Georgian mansion was built. Hall chiefs have teamed up with Lytham Brewery to produce their own ale and hope […]

VisitEngland has published details of a new consultation into traffic sign regulations by the Department of Transport (DfT), which includes a focus on the use of “brown” road signage, commonly used to denote places of local interest and tourist attractions. A key summary is provided below although we would encourage you to look at the consultation document (sections […]