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Lancashire Business Brief and City Deal
7th September 2018
29th January 2024
Development and infrastructure
Blackpool council unveil plans for £10m regeneration of culture hub
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80npdrnjyro
Plans for Preston’s Park Hotel resubmitted
https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/park-hotel-returns-to-preston-committee/
Multimillion-pound coastal protection plan underway in Blackpool
https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2127479-blackpool%e2%80%99s-multimillion-pound-plan-to-protect-its-coast
£8.3m levelling-up transformation continues with demolition of Bacup bank
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24062523.demolition-work-begins-former-barclays-bank-bacup/
Plans for new Skelmersdale leisure centre given the go-ahead
https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/skelmersdale-leisure-centre-plans-approved-28507921
Plans submitted to increase capacity at Morecambe children’s charity
https://www.lancashirebusinessview.co.uk/latest-news-and-features/childrens-charity-submits-plans-to-increase-capacity
Net zero asphalt replacement successfully trailed in Lancashire
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/aggregate-industries-successfully-trials-net-zero-asphalt-replacement-in-lancashire-24-01-2024/
Business growth and awards
North West SME Manufacturers benefit from £22m Made Smarter investment
https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/made-smarter-drives-22m-tech-investment-among-sme-manufacturers/?utm_campaign=Digital%20Briefing%202024&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=291264767&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--2guF04P5uxcovNKtkLQ9PgOkUBdycX5GMavRvESeQM_dN41Cl3Trd1KpBfjBsMUE5ZcGkdrbM7Ifz50NU-tglf5m5b1eiWKYwB1SsmB95Asfl0LM&utm_content=291264767&utm_source=hs_email
Goosnargh based Skiddle reports 2023 successes
https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/skiddle-sold-7-65m-tickets-worth-138m-in-event-heavy-2023/
Lancashire’s Red Rose Awards finalists revealed
https://www.lancashirebusinessview.co.uk/latest-news-and-features/red-rose-awards-2024-finalists-revealed
Environmental successes put Silentnight on the road to net zero
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24066747.barnoldswicks-silentnight-road-net-zero-success/
Lancashire’s Weru UK to showcase at major self-build exhibition
https://www.lancashirebusinessview.co.uk/latest-news-and-features/weru-uk-set-to-showcase-at-major-self-build-exhibition-7405
Blackburn’s 21Digital awarded website brief for UK’s leading language school
https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/21digital-land-website-brief-for-leading-north-west-language-school/
Education and skills
Minister for Health learns about health sector skills provision with UCLan tour
https://www.lancashirebusinessview.co.uk/latest-news-and-features/minister-tours-uclan-to-learn-about-health-sector-skills-provision
Northern Design Festival for 2024 launched by Lancaster University students
https://www.creativeboom.com/news/lancaster-uni-students-launch-northern-design-festival/
Work gathers pace at UCLan’s new vet school in Preston
https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/monumental-moment-as-work-gathers-pace-on-uclans-new-vet-school-this-is-when-it-will-open-4492341
Lancaster University family business leaders ranked world leaders
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/news/lancasters-family-business-experts-recognised-among-world-leaders
East Lancs college chosen as Oxford and Cambridge Ambassador
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24061032.burnley-college-becomes-oxford-cambridge-ambassador/
Lifestyle and tourism
Eden Project moves closer following issue of Government key report
https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/step-nearer-for-eden-project-morecambe-as-government-issues-key-report-4493780
Lancaster Priory hosts sculptures to mark city’s role in slave trade
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-68032243
Six Lancashire gastropubs named in Estella Damm Top 100
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24068016.estrella-damms-top-100-gastropubs-2024-6-lancashire-pubs/
Michelin Guide names Lancashire as dining hotspot
https://www.lep.co.uk/news/northcote-and-so-lo-michelin-guide-reveals-the-cheapest-places-to-get-a-michelin-starred-meal-in-lancashire-4490783
Burnley announces 2024 events to boost town centre business
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24075257.calendar-events-burnley-town-centre-2024-revealed/
Lancashire to benefit from Rivers Trust plan for 500k trees
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24073980.rivers-trust-wants-grow-500-000-trees-lancashire/
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