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Marketing Lancashire joins the country, and people all around the world, in mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II.  Her Majesty kept her solemn vow to serve her people and country until her death and no other public servant could have been more loyal and dedicated.  She presided over a transformative period in our history […]

Forbes Solicitors has helped independent coffee shop The Clubhouse expand into Leeds with the completion of a new long-term lease Located at 8a St Paul’s Street – part of Schroder’s recently refurbished One East Parade – the new opening marks the second store for The Clubhouse, which first opened in Skipton in July 2018. The […]

Wyre Council and Lancashire County Council are working together to transform the way customers access information about the local area with plans to relocate tourist information provision to Garstang Library. Currently based at the Visit Garstang Centre in Cherestanc Square, which the council leases from Booths, a new tourist information point has been proposed for […]

A decade since a pilot event celebrating light and art first lit up Lancaster, this two-day free November festival  continues to produce thrilling entertainment and dazzling spectacle. In 2012, Light Up Lancaster began life as an after-dark light art trail to build up excitement the night before the firework display near Lancaster Castle but since […]

The University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) Harris building has undergone some vital restoration work on its iconic roof spire; and in the process, a secret hidden there more than a century ago has been revealed. Tucked away inside the roof vent, UCLan’s Estates Services team found a handwritten note, dated 2 April 1896, which was […]

The eye-catching creations of University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) students are now on display at a free exhibition in Preston. Design, fashion, media, fine art, photography, ceramics and textiles & surface pattern inventions all feature in the new 2022 MA Degree Show. Politics, heritage, and mental and physical health provided plenty of inspiration for the […]

A MORECAMBE business specialising in the reusing and recycling of old IT equipment has won a UK Enterprise Award. ICT Reverse, based on the White Lund Industrial Estate, won the award for the Best IT Asset Disposal Service in the North West in the SME News UK Enterprise Awards. Now in its sixth year, the […]

  The fourth North Lancs Expo is set to be the best yet!  Not only is the North Lancs Expo the largest exhibition of businesses in the district but this year it will play host to a preview, of the legendary Highest Point Festival.  Running alongside the North Lancs Expo the team behind Lancaster’s Highest […]

TV celebrity and designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen brought a dash of showbiz razzmatazz to Blackpool as he switched on the resort’s famous Illuminations. The star of Channel 4’s Changing Rooms pulled the switch at the end of a 90-minute live concert in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom produced in association with MTV and featuring Blue, Tom Grennan, […]

Celebrating 15 years as a supporter of the only county-wide tourism and hospitality awards The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) was announced today (31 Aug 2022) as the Headline Sponsor of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2022. The annual awards ceremony is the only county-wide celebration of Lancashire’s tourism and hospitality sector, with most of the […]

Last week, Holmes Mill in Clitheroe launched their brand-new duckpin bowling alley – Boiler House Bowling. Boiler House Bowling is home to Lancashire’s first-ever duckpin bowling alley. The new attraction, based in the old Boiler House, includes 4 duckpin bowling lanes – similar to ten pin bowling but the pins and bowling balls are smaller, […]

TV celebrity and designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is to turn on this year’s Blackpool Illuminations. The star of Channel 4’s Changing Rooms will pull the famous switch at the end of a live concert in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom on Friday 2 September. He replaces actor and comedian Johnny Vegas who announced last week he was […]