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Having initially served a male market since they launched back in 2018, Lancashire-based LANX has now responded to increased demand from its rapidly growing audience of female followers to launch a women’s collection.  This exciting new range goes live on July 3, 2021 with a stunning line-up of shoes and boots that incorporate LANX’s unique […]

Waterfoot Wakes is launching a Crowdfunder campaign on Monday 28th June, to raise much needed funds in order to bring the festival back and make it free for everyone to attend. The festival has been running since 2018 as a partnership between The Boo, The Old Library Café and Edgeside and District Community Partnership. It […]

  North West businesses with export ambitions will be urged to take their share of the Internationalisation Fund at an event with the Department for International Trade (DiT).  ‘Export North West: financing your international ambitions’ will bring together international trade and finance experts as well as businesses already using funds to expand their horizons.  The event, taking place online on Thursday July 8, 10am […]

Call for inspirational businesses for 2021 Reinvention and Resilience Top 50 For the second year running, Forbes Solicitors is looking to find and celebrate the North West’s most inspirational businesses for its Reinvention & Resilience Top 50. Companies that have diversified, adapted or shown ambition in the past 12 months can nominate themselves or if you feel a […]

Lancashire organisations team up to help local businesses develop their workforce A consortium of Lancashire organisations are working together to help local businesses develop their workforce and retain funding within the county as it recovers from the effects of the pandemic. The Lancashire Levy Transfer Network has been launched with some well-known local employers pledging […]

  Due to overwhelming popularity, the city centre Euros Fan Zone is extending and will continue to show England’s knock out games. The events, staged by Preston BID, and supported by Walker&Williams Boutique Hotels, and Luxury House Share, will continue as long as England remain in the tournament. To date, three successful events have been […]

The University will join an elite list of universities after creating Lancashire’s first Vet School The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is joining an elite list of UK universities by creating a prestigious Veterinary School in Preston. UCLan is opening the 11th Veterinary School in the UK and Lancashire’s first. Based at UCLan’s Preston Campus, […]

Seven of the world’s most important politicians are set to gather in the North West of England for the G7 Speakers’ conference. Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the UK House of Commons, said he could think of ‘no better place in the country than his constituency of Chorley’ to host the summit on 16-19 September, […]

A brand new mural has been commissioned on Sandylands Promenade by culture company Deco Publique. The work pays homage to the heritage of The Wakes Weeks – a holiday period in which factory towns, particularly those in the North West, would pack up and rush to Morecambe en masse, leaving industrial towns behind.  As far back as 200 years ago, the month of […]

An academic from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is to play an integral role in examining the effectiveness of new technology which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assess x-rays for people who are suspected of having lung cancer. UCLan’s Dr Gordon Prescott, Reader in Medical Statistics and Deputy Director of Lancashire Clinical Trials Unit, will […]

Independent publisher Comma Press and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) are pleased to announce Isha Karki as the winner of the fourth annual Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction. The winner was chosen from nearly 600 entries, whittled down to a shortlist of eight, by a team of UCLan students studying English Literature and Creative Writing. […]

A ground-breaking new initiative that will improve the health and wellbeing of employees across Lancashire has received a multi-million pound funding boost today, Thursday 10th June. UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) healthy ageing challenge fund has given £3 million to an Active Lancashire led project which will upskill gym and leisure centre employees to conduct […]