Advice, LBV Hub

Monitoring project risks

Surveyors have traditionally been employed by banks and financial institutions to monitor building projects...

News, LBV Hub

Funded summer workshops for young Lancashire businesses unveiled

Boost Business Lancashire has unveiled a series of free summer workshop sessions for businesses trading for...

News, LBV Hub

Petty’s fundraising efforts are alive and cake-ing!

Cake stall at Pendle Pubwalk raisesover £1200

News, LBV Hub

BFCitC scores Grow the Game funding

Burnley FC in the Community is on the hunt for the next generation of female players after receiving a £3,00...

News

North West business numbers increase

The number of active businesses in the North West has risen again during the first half of 2019, new figures...

News

Profits rise at Napthens

Lancashire-based law firm Napthens has reported a 25 per cent rise in profits as its fee income grew four pe...

News

Forum of Private Business teams up with Mente

Preston-based Mente has been appointed as the mental health partner of the Forum of Private Business.

Appointments

Three new recruits at growing WHN

Law firm Woodcocks Haworth & Nuttall Solicitors, which has seven offices in the North West, has made thr...

Appointments

Lancaster law firm appoints Allan Sumner as partner

Oglethorpe Sturton & Gillibrand has appointed commercial property specialist Allan Sumner as partner. 

News, LBV Hub

Bellway sponsors Horwich Carnival

Leading residential developer Bellway has been confirmed as one of the sponsors of this year’s Horwich Carni...

News, LBV Hub

Car dealer’s donations near £45,000

Circus Starr, a unique social enterprise, is celebrating a further donation of £4,640 from family-owned Swan...

News, LBV Hub

Napthens reports growth and increase in profits

Regional law firm Napthens is reporting strong growth with record income and profits as it reveals its lates...

News, LBV Hub

Success in the pipeline for start-up plumbing firm

A start-up plumbing and heating supplier is on course to create 10 jobs and grow turnover to £2.1m in the ne...

News

New comms network would link Blackpool with New York in 0.06s

New proposals for a submarine fibre optic cable system could see Blackpool linked with New York in just 0.06...

News

Private Label Nutrition expands with £400,000 investment

Private Label Nutrition has tripled its floorspace and created six jobs with a £400,000 move to a new manufa...

LBV Hub, News

A forward-thinking curriculum

“Children are excited about learning and teachers are enthusiastic about teaching”

News, LBV Hub

Funded summer workshops for young Lancashire businesses unveiled

Boost Business Lancashire has unveiled a series of free summer workshop sessions for businesses trading for...

News, LBV Hub

Petty’s fundraising efforts are alive and cake-ing!

Cake stall at Pendle Pubwalk raisesover £1200

News, LBV Hub

BFCitC scores Grow the Game funding

Burnley FC in the Community is on the hunt for the next generation of female players after receiving a £3,00...

News

North West business numbers increase

The number of active businesses in the North West has risen again during the first half of 2019, new figures...

News

Profits rise at Napthens

Lancashire-based law firm Napthens has reported a 25 per cent rise in profits as its fee income grew four pe...

News

Forum of Private Business teams up with Mente

Preston-based Mente has been appointed as the mental health partner of the Forum of Private Business.

Advice, LBV Hub

Monitoring project risks

Surveyors have traditionally been employed by banks and financial institutions to monitor building projects...

Advice

Family business succession planning is vital

If you want your family business to survive you, it’s important to put a clear succession plan in place as e...

Advice, LBV Hub

Google's June 2019 core update

Has your website suffered a loss of rankings following the latest update to Google's algorithm?

Advice

Are you making the most of your time in meetings?

Everyone wants the time they spend in meetings to deliver positive outcomes.

Advice

AG look into the North West Housing crystal ball

Over recent years the usual North/South housing trend has been reversed with northern cities such as Manches...

Advice

A helping hand for growing businesses

Knowing the next steps to take can often be the most difficult part of achieving growth.

Advice, LBV Hub

The Branding Series: Brand identity vs brand image

Single Malt's Marketing Executive, Kate, discusses the important difference between brand identity and brand...

Advice

Boost your business with brilliant funded support

Over the last six years Boost – Lancashire’s business growth hub, has helped more than 5,000 businesses acro...

Advice

A proactive approach to insurance

It’s not unusual for a business to learn that they’re not as well covered by their insurance as they believe...

Appointments

Francesca Chapman to help deliver +24's apprenticeships

+24 Marketing has appointed Francesca Chapman as education co-ordinator to oversee the company’s Project Dig...

Appointments

Debbi Lander joins bid to secure City of Culture 2025

Debbi Lander has been appointed to help Lancashire secure UK City of Culture 2025 status.

Appointments

Three new recruits at growing WHN

Law firm Woodcocks Haworth & Nuttall Solicitors, which has seven offices in the North West, has made thr...

Appointments

Lancaster law firm appoints Allan Sumner as partner

Oglethorpe Sturton & Gillibrand has appointed commercial property specialist Allan Sumner as partner. 

Appointments

Erik Pollitt joins Sales Geek

Burnley-based Sales Geek has appointed Erik Pollitt as learning and development geek.

Appointments

Forbes promotes Jennifer Hankinson to partner

Forbes Solicitors has promoted Jennifer Hankinson to a partner in its housing and regeneration (property) de...

Appointments

Insolvency expert Kathryn Maclennan joins KBL

Kathryn Maclennan, a specialist in all contentious and non-contentious insolvency related matters, has joine...

Appointments

Helen Whiting joins Acumen

Acumen Financial Partnership has appointed Helen Whiting as senior adviser.

Appointments, LBV Hub

Gary to lead law firm’s IT strategy

Gary Alman has joined regional law firm Napthens as director of IT.

News, Awards

Special award for Keith

Loyalty and hard work have earned one of Redrow’s most respected directors a special achievement award.

Awards

Bowker employee wins national disability award

Andrew Holden, an executive at Bowker BMW and MINI in Blackburn, has been honoured as the best Motability sp...

Awards

Moor Hall named UK's best restaurant

Moor Hall in Aughton has been named the best restaurant in the country by a panel of expert chefs, restaurat...

Awards, LBV Hub, Anniversary

Family business celebrates long service

Swansway Motor Group, owned and founded in 2003 by Northern born and bred, Smyth family, had a celebratory l...

Awards

Positive Footprints honoured for inspiring training programme

Burnley-based Positive Footprints has won a national award in recognition of the inspiring way its raises as...

Awards, LBV Hub

Create Group's safety lead wins distinguished service award

Create Group's Safety Lead wins RoSPA ‘Distinguished Service Award’ in recognition of her sustained contribu...

Awards, LBV Hub

Alpha Digital Networks shortlisted for Hive Awards 2019

Alpha Digital Networks are proud to have been shortlisted for the ‘Small Business of the Year’ category at t...

Awards

Fat Media ecommerce site wins international award

An ecommerce website built by Fat Media for chocolatier Monty Bojangles has won an international award.

Awards, LBV Hub

It's the Final Countdown - 2019 Enterprise Vision Awards are closing soon!

The deadline for the 2019 Enterprise Vision Awards looms!

LBV Hub, News

A forward-thinking curriculum

“Children are excited about learning and teachers are enthusiastic about teaching”

Advice, LBV Hub

Monitoring project risks

Surveyors have traditionally been employed by banks and financial institutions to monitor building projects...

News, LBV Hub

Funded summer workshops for young Lancashire businesses unveiled

Boost Business Lancashire has unveiled a series of free summer workshop sessions for businesses trading for...

News, LBV Hub

Petty’s fundraising efforts are alive and cake-ing!

Cake stall at Pendle Pubwalk raisesover £1200

News, LBV Hub

BFCitC scores Grow the Game funding

Burnley FC in the Community is on the hunt for the next generation of female players after receiving a £3,00...

News, LBV Hub

Bellway sponsors Horwich Carnival

Leading residential developer Bellway has been confirmed as one of the sponsors of this year’s Horwich Carni...

News, LBV Hub

Car dealer’s donations near £45,000

Circus Starr, a unique social enterprise, is celebrating a further donation of £4,640 from family-owned Swan...

News, LBV Hub

Napthens reports growth and increase in profits

Regional law firm Napthens is reporting strong growth with record income and profits as it reveals its lates...

News, LBV Hub

Success in the pipeline for start-up plumbing firm

A start-up plumbing and heating supplier is on course to create 10 jobs and grow turnover to £2.1m in the ne...

Advice, LBV Hub

Monitoring project risks

Surveyors have traditionally been employed by banks and financial institutions to monitor building projects...

News, LBV Hub

Petty’s fundraising efforts are alive and cake-ing!

Cake stall at Pendle Pubwalk raisesover £1200

News, LBV Hub

Bellway sponsors Horwich Carnival

Leading residential developer Bellway has been confirmed as one of the sponsors of this year’s Horwich Carni...

Opinion, LBV Hub

Prospects for Burnley continue to look positive

Over the last five years or so the industrial market has out performed many areas in the region.

News

Kingswood launches new phase at Green Hills

A new phase of homes at the Blackburn development designed by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway has been release...

Advice

AG look into the North West Housing crystal ball

Over recent years the usual North/South housing trend has been reversed with northern cities such as Manches...

News

Top award for college project

A prestigious heritage education building designed by a Preston architecture, planning and surveying practic...

News, Awards

Special award for Keith

Loyalty and hard work have earned one of Redrow’s most respected directors a special achievement award.

News

Eric Wright wins £5m Blackpool school contracts

Eric Wright Construction’s Special Projects division has been commissioned by Blackpool Council and the Loca...

Roundtable debate

Celebrating success

With success stories from this year’s Red Rose Awards still fresh in everyone’s minds, we gathered a panel o...

Roundtable debate

Family business debate: Relatively speaking

Family businesses are the backbone of Lancashire’s economy. We brought our panel of experts to the table to...

Roundtable debate

Talking NHS innovation

Doing business with the NHS can be challenging but a special gathering of experts in Lancashire looked to ea...

Roundtable debate

Debate: Smarter manufacturing

Manufacturing is the lifeblood of Lancashire’s economy – but we need to get smarter at it.

Roundtable debate

Debate: Substance abuse in the workplace

It can be an uncomfortable issue to tackle, but the problem of substance abuse in the workplace can be disas...

Roundtable debate

Debate: Moving up the gears

Moving up the gears: How do you make the successful transition from a start-up business to one that’s going...

Roundtable debate

Hot 100 debate: Challenge and opportunity

We gathered a panel of Hot 100 business leaders at marketing agency every1 in Preston to discuss future grow...

Roundtable debate

Debate: Engage and empower

With NWEEG, the North West’s premier engagement group, we brought our experts together to discuss how to cre...