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Highways work on the University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) £200m Masterplan is supporting local SMEs around Preston and the North West. Every penny spent on the supply chain by main highways contractor Balfour Beatty has been awarded to companies based within 40 miles of the construction site in the centre of the University’s Preston Campus, with 96p […]

Morecambe Business Improvement District (BID), in partnership with Lancaster City Council, will be lighting up five of Morecambe’s iconic buildings this year with the technical expertise of Brent Lees, the man behind some of Light Up Lancaster schemes, the Ashton Memorial and The Dukes theatre lighting. The five buildings, all on the promenade are The […]

A group of organisations working to change Lancashire for the better have created more than 20 new jobs and grown their collective turnover by more than 40 per cent while delivering vital community support within the county during the lockdown period. The ten fast-growing social enterprise organisations have gained 31 new projects and contracts worth […]

Lancashire is bidding to become UK City of Culture 2025. It will be the first time that a county-scale cultural programme will compete for the title and the team at Lancashire 2025 needs you, the residents of Lancashire, to help shape a programme that will win this prestigious competition.  Winning will bring about major change […]

A book revealing the changes in and around Morecambe Bay through the observations of former Queen’s Guide to the Sands Cedric Robinson is in the running for a prestigious national award. ‘Sands of Time,’ written by award-winning journalist and author Lindsay Sutton, is on the three-strong shortlist for the British Guild of Travel Writers’ ‘Travel […]

Blackburn, Lancashire, UK – Thursday 3rd December, 2020 – Today, Hampton by Hilton – Blackburn opens its doors to guests. Owned by Monte Hospitality and managed by leaf HOSPITALITY, Hampton by Hilton Blackburn features 152 modern and spacious rooms, providing high-quality accommodation, value-added amenities and thoughtful guest service. “At Hampton by Hilton Blackburn, guests will […]

Academic staff from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have provided a disturbing glimpse of a post-COVID world thanks to a new book on cybercrime.     Rethinking Cybercrime: Critical Debates, published by Palgrave Macmillan, has been edited by UCLan’s Dr Tim Owen, Reader in Criminology, and Jess Marshall, Senior Lecturer in Social Science.   Drawing on selected papers from previous cybercrime conferences, the book provides a contemporary […]

Initiative aims to spark a new wave of creative entrepreneurs in the both the UK and Uzbekistan Celebrating International Education Week, the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tashkent Institute of Textile and Light Industry (TITLI), Uzbekistan. The televised signing of the agreement, which took place at the […]

Forbes Solicitors has advised accountancy firm NR Barton on the lease of its new 5,341 sq ft state-of-the-art offices at Wigan Pier Business Park. The chartered accountants are moving to Waterside House at the business park after spending 50 years at their current offices in Bridgeman Terrace, Wigan. Paul Farrington, partner at NR Barton, said: […]

Half of hospitality and leisure businesses across north of England were trading at a loss of over 60% for 10 weeks out of 16-week survey Businesses expect revenue to recover in January 2022, compared to previous outlook of July 2021 at start of study, as a third of businesses report forward bookings for first quarter […]

·      Demand high for 34 Peer Network groups ·      Fully funded by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ·      Led by Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub   A fully-funded business support programme giving Lancashire businesses the opportunity to learn from each other, solve common challenges and build resilience has seen huge demand across the county. Peer Networks will […]

· The home of British ballroom dancing will receive £764,000 from the Government’s unprecedented Culture Recovery Fund · Funding will restore period plasterwork to bring the Blackpool Tower Ballroom back to its former glory · Major grant announced as Strictly Come Dancing celebrates iconic venue with studio special The Blackpool Tower Ballroom is the latest venue to receive […]