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Burnley’s new artisan market proved a hit on Saturday 4th September as visitors headed into town to browse the wide range of stalls and support local businesses.   In total 45 traders attended on the day selling everything from craft gins and home bakes to clothing, jewellery and plants. The event, which will also take […]

Lancashire Innovation Festival returns this autumn for a second year, building on the success of 2020. The week-long event celebrates innovative thinking across the county and how to drive future growth. The programme aims to showcase how the regions SMEs can engage with innovation support services across the county. Alongside this the event also hopes […]

Lancashire’s Lytham Festival will deliver a 10-day live music extravaganza in 2022. Councillors at a meeting of Fylde Borough Council’s Licensing Hearing voted to give the green light to the extension for the festival to take place over two weekends between June 28 and July 10. Welcoming the news, Lytham Festival and Cuffe and Taylor director […]

Dancing queen Shirley Ballas graced the legendary Tower Ballroom to launch Blackpool’s biggest ever Illuminations season. Shirley, head judge on BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing and one of the world’s most accomplished dancers, pulled the switch at the end of a spectacular live concert to trigger four months of seafront illuminations as well as a […]

The Skills Bootcamp, part of the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee and Plan for Jobs is fully funded, and therefore free of charge, for people aged 19 plus in the North West who are unemployed, self-employed or want to change careers. There are also a limited number of places available for employers who want to upskill […]

Creative work of more than 100 talented postgraduate students has gone on display in a free public exhibition at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). In the first student exhibition since before the start of the pandemic, the MA Degree Show will showcase the very best of student design from a variety of master’s courses […]

This week, as Blackpool lights up for the autumn with the switch on of the illuminations, one of the town’s most popular destinations – the Sandcastle Waterpark – is celebrating as it collects a Green Key award from environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy. The Green Key demands high environmental standards and the Sandcastle has demonstrated […]

A successful business support programme which allows Lancashire business owners and managers to learn from each other, improve their business performance and gain insight from private sector experts is set to return to the county.  Peer Networks, which is being funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, is led locally by Boost; […]

Lancaster’s thriving hub for tech-based businesses has been officially opened by the government minister for small business and the leader of Lancashire County Council. Since April this year Fraser House at White Cross Business Park has already become home to over twenty companies which value the opportunity to collaborate and grow offered by the building’s […]

Originally planned for autumn last year but delayed due to the pandemic, Maps, Mines and Minerals: 25,000 Years of Bowland History, will be delivered by award-winning geologist Dr Nick Riley MBE and will take place online on Tuesday 5 October 2021, beginning at 7pm. From the melting of the last ice sheet to the present day, […]

Blackpool’s year-round beach patrol service has taken delivery of a brand new vehicle as visitors flock to the coast. The new Land Rover is fitted out with state-of-the-art lifesaving equipment to ensure that the service can provide vital services with the best possible response times. The vehicle is equipped with the latest VHF radio communication system […]

Not-for-profit organisation Active Lancashire, has been given the green light to launch an exciting new employment-focused project from January 2022. Inspired by the hugely successful More Positive Together (MPT) project, More Positive Together Steps (MPT Steps) is a partnership project which aims to engage with over 4,000 job seekers who may have recently been made […]