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NPH Minister backs We Are Lancashire investment drive
Jake Berry MP praises LEP’s MIPIM delegation for putting county in global market place Lancaster University’s Health Innovation Campus and City Deal’s Cuerden site highlight region’s ‘can-do’ approach to driving development and growth through private-public partnership The Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry has praised Lancashire’s unified ‘We Are Lancashire – the Place for Growth’ investment […]
Lancashire Ramps Up Vocational Skills And Technical Training Provision
Four new further, higher and adult education centres set to open across county in next two months as a result of £13.25m Growth Deal funding Over 4,000 new training and apprenticeship places to be created across a range of hi-tech and high-demand employment sectors Lancashire is soon set to benefit from over £13m of new […]
Cabinet to consider £1m investment in bus network
Major improvements to the network of buses supported by Lancashire County Council are to be considered by the council’s cabinet next week. The council has already committed to make an extra £1m available to bus services, increasing the budget from £2m to £3m. A report to the cabinet meeting on Thursday 14 September recommends boosting […]
Catering students cook up signature dish for Accrington Food Festival
It looks like an Accrington Nori Brick, it stacks like a brick and 200 of them will form a stunning centrepiece at the town's Food and Drink Festival this year. But unlike the town's iconic red slabs these will be entirely EDIBLE and even DRINKABLE thanks to the imagination and creativity of catering students at […]
Sponsors are right ingredients to set Accrington Food Festival sizzling!
Accrington Food Festival 2017 is all set to sizzle thanks to the support of the event’s two gold sponsors. Accrington & Rossendale College and Duckworths Estate Agents are two of the essential ingredients in the recipe for success of this year’s food festival. Both based in Accrington, the sponsors are keen to help bring back […]
Trio of television awards for UCLan students
A group of University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) students have won a trio of television prizes at a prestigious award ceremony. UCLan students collected three of the seven awards up for grabs at the North West Royal Television Society’s annual Student Television Awards and UCLan students were also the runners up in three of the […]
£4m Funding Agreed for New Rawtenstall Bus Station
Funding is now in place to build a new bus station in Rawtenstall after Lancashire County Council agreed to put nearly £4m towards the project. A decision agreed today (Tuesday 19 July) by Lancashire's deputy leader and the cabinet member for highways and transport, will see the council commit £3.4m towards its construction, and a […]
LEP awards £11m to fund hundreds of new training places and apprenticeships
Almost £11m has been announced to fund a further significant expansion in training places and apprenticeships in key sectors of Lancashire’s economy. The funding, agreed by the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP), will contribute to nine projects worth over £34m across Lancashire. The LEP’s aim is to support a network or modern, high quality educational and […]
Accrington Food Festival bursting with international flavours!
This weekend's Accrington Food & Drink Festival will bring flavours from across the world to the heart of the town. Let your taste buds travel with over 75 stalls of the finest food and drink from France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, India – and beyond! The food and drink festival on Saturday 4 […]
Celeb chef Richard gives regional classic a spicy twist at Accrington Food Festival
Celebrity chef Richard Fox's cookery demo at Accrington Food Festival promises to put a spicy twist on a North West classic. Richard will serve up his imaginative Caribbean jerk chicken and coconut rice in spiced Yorkshire puddings at his live cookery demo in the outdoor kitchen on Broadway on Saturday 4 June. Visitors to the […]
Chef Shortage – The Update
In summer last year there was a worldwide panic regarding the shortage of Chefs. It was everywhere, television, newspapers and all over social media. Our Head of Sales & Operations, Katie Mellor, appeared in a BBC news feature and was also quoted in the Independent Newspaper, sharing our views on the topic. The Chef shortage […]
Easter steams ahead at Queen Street Mill
Burnley's Queen Street Mill Textile Museum (QSM), is hosting activities for all the family over the Easter weekend. The mill's 19th century steam-powered weaving engine, Peace, will be in action throughout the weekend, driving over 300 looms in the weaving shed. There will be clog dancing performances by Rossendale Clog Heritage and Littleborough Oakenhoof Cloggers […]