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Leading the way promoting Lancashire as a must-visit food destination, the team at La Locanda in Gisburn were beyond thrilled to achieve not one, but THREE honours in one week! La Locanda’s first WIN for the ‘Hospitality Business’ award at the Ribble Valley Business Awards 2023, held last week at the Mytton Fold Hotel. Star […]

A beauty and wellbeing brand pioneer enthralled an audience of businesspeople from across the North West at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS). Liz Earle MBE delivered a captivating talk on her journey from journalist to business leader, her work on normalising discussions about the menopause, and the keys to building a successful team – as […]

A sustainability symposium hosted by The Forest of Bowland AONB at Clitheroe’s Holmes Mill, and presented by Caz Graham of BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme, saw every seat taken – with attendees keen to learn more about sustainability and inclusivity. Hetty Byrne, Forest of Bowland AONB Sustainable Tourism Officer, explains: “The event was free […]

Mental health charity Lancashire Mind is issuing a last call for the opportunity to feel ‘on top of the world’ with an exhilarating skydive experience. People have until April 13 to sign up via the Lancashire Mind website. The charity has secured 50 places at Black Knights Skydive Centre in Lancaster on the 13 or […]

Chorley Council has supported its tenant, global supply chain and logistics company – TVS Supply Chain Solutions, a global supply chain and logistics company by granting permission for them to install 1,890 solar panels at their headquarters in Chorley covering over 3,000 square metres.  Councillor Alistair Bradley, Leader of Chorley Council said, “Its great to see […]

Its annual review event ‘Driving change and building value,’ held during English Tourism Week and just over a year since the lifting of COVID-related travel restrictions, is also shining the spotlight on tourism’s importance to the economy. It comes as VisitBritain’s latest inbound tourism forecast shows continued strong recovery in overseas visitor spending. It estimates £29.5 billion will be spent by […]

Nelson Town Council have announced an exciting line-up of events to celebrate the King’s Coronation on Saturday 6th May 2023 including a spectacular procession, live music, a big screen showing the Coronation live, competitions, entertainment for all the family and much more. The town will be completely transformed, with local residents and those further afield […]

English Tourism Week is in full swing in one of Lancashire’s tourism hot spots, and to mark the occasion, the Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Stuart Hirst has been visiting some of the wonderful places on offer in the district. On his whistle-stop tour of this beautiful area, the owners of Ribble Valley Retreat were […]

It’s less than 7 weeks until race day with places filling up for the Chorley 10K and 2K Family Run on Sunday 7 May. This popular event, organised by Chorley Council and supported by Fylde Coast Runners, welcomes regular runners, fun runners, or those who just fancy giving it a go. Everyone from 4 years […]

Stonyhurst’s senior tennis teams were named the LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) North of England champions yesterday at a fiercely contested tournament following their victories in the knockout stages at the Northwest events in February. Just four schools qualified from the North of England, including the whole of Scotland, for the championship, which took place on […]

  Partnership with Protium aims to support ambition to decarbonise Samlesbury Brewery, saving up to 11,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually Samlesbury Net Zero, a green hydrogen production facility is planned to be operational by 2025 When operational, the ‘Samlesbury Net Zero’ project would lead to cleaner air and less vehicle noise for residents as […]

A programme of open community conversations about Eden Project Morecambe has been announced for dates throughout 2023, with the first of the series taking place on Friday March 31 at 1pm. The online meetings continue the series that took place before the project was awarded £50m from the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund. Following the […]