News, LBV Hub

Marketing Lancashire reaches out to hospitality and leisure sector

COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges with it, especially for the leisure and hospitality industry i...

Advice, LBV Hub

Day 6 - You are not alone… the secret is connection

Day 6 is one of the most important talking about our connections with others.

Opinion, LBV Hub

Ten tips to improve productivity working remotely

Blue Wren have compiled 10 tips that you can implement immediately to improve your productivity while workin...

News, LBV Hub

Salon success for former Blackburn College hairdressing apprentice Tony

Former Blackburn College Hairdressing Apprentice Tony Cavallo is experiencing success with his own business...

News

Dreamtex wins gold for green collection

Chorley-based Dreamtex has won gold for its National Geographic Ocean Life bedding made from recycled materi...

Red Rose Awards

Double recognition for care heroes

Winner: Healthcare Business Award and In-house Training Award

Advice, LBV Hub

Day 5 - The problem with dopamine

Day 5 and it's time to look at our guilty habit... phone.

Advice, LBV Hub

Do some real marketing during the Covid-19 pandemic

Now's a great time to engage in some real marketing, not just marketing communications.

Exclusive, LBV Hub

David Coulthard interview: Mental toughness in Formula 1

Business Psychologist Michael Costello Interviews F1's David Coulthard on Mental Toughness During the Lockdo...

LBV Hub, Advice

Improving your productivity whilst working from home

We visit three pillars of productivity - engagement, process improvement and integration - and discuss their...

News, LBV Hub

Calls for a government task force to save Lancashire’s civil aerospace sector

East Lancashire Chamber CEO calls for task force to support threatened aerospace sector

Breaking News, News, Coronavirus

Job cuts loom at aerospace group

Global aerospace group Safran Nacelles is consulting its Burnley workforce on a proposed redundancy programm...

Advice, Coronavirus

Burnley digital marketer shares lockdown tips

Dave Walker of Burnley-based +24 hosted a free web seminar to help steer local businesses through the corona...

News, Coronavirus

Businesses donate £120,000 to lockdown education initiative

A collection of Lancashire businesses have donated a package of support worth £118,000 to help children stay...

Breaking News, News, Coronavirus

Job cuts loom at aerospace group

Global aerospace group Safran Nacelles is consulting its Burnley workforce on a proposed redundancy programm...

Advice, Coronavirus

Burnley digital marketer shares lockdown tips

Dave Walker of Burnley-based +24 hosted a free web seminar to help steer local businesses through the corona...

Exclusive, Coronavirus

Rising to the challenge

From large corporations to family-run concerns, Lancashire’s manufacturers have answered the call and turned...

Exclusive, Coronavirus

Doing their bit

The coronavirus crisis has presented unprecedented challenges for Lancashire’s hospitality sector.

Opinion, Coronavirus

Saluting our business heroes

If the pandemic has highlighted anything it is how important business, small, medium and large, is to the co...

Coronavirus, Company Spotlight

Digital Lancashire calls for collaboration

In response to the ongoing and challenging COVID-19 crisis, Digital Lancashire is pleased to announce the la...

Coronavirus, LBV Hub

Bounce Back Loans and the risk of personal liability

If you are considering taking a 'bounce back loan' you need to be alert to the risks, says Ian McCulloch, pa...

Coronavirus, LBV Hub

Lea Hough offers cautious welcome to reopening of housing market

Following the easing of some lockdown restrictions last week, Lea Hough Chartered Surveyors have implemented...

News, Coronavirus

Businesses donate £120,000 to lockdown education initiative

A collection of Lancashire businesses have donated a package of support worth £118,000 to help children stay...

News

Hawkins Construction to build UK's largest carbon capture plant

Skelmersdale-based Hawkins Construction has been appointed the principal contractor of what will become the...

News

Burnley College ranked best in the country

Burnley College Sixth Form Centre has been ranked as the best in the country by the government.

News, LBV Hub

Marketing Lancashire reaches out to hospitality and leisure sector

COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges with it, especially for the leisure and hospitality industry i...

News, LBV Hub

Salon success for former Blackburn College hairdressing apprentice Tony

Former Blackburn College Hairdressing Apprentice Tony Cavallo is experiencing success with his own business...

News

Dreamtex wins gold for green collection

Chorley-based Dreamtex has won gold for its National Geographic Ocean Life bedding made from recycled materi...

News, LBV Hub

Calls for a government task force to save Lancashire’s civil aerospace sector

East Lancashire Chamber CEO calls for task force to support threatened aerospace sector

Breaking News, News, Coronavirus

Job cuts loom at aerospace group

Global aerospace group Safran Nacelles is consulting its Burnley workforce on a proposed redundancy programm...

News

Rolls-Royce to cut 9,000 jobs

Manufacturing firm Rolls-Royce, which operates two sites in Lancashire, is to cut 9,000 jobs from its global...

Advice

Staying cyber safe at home

With many workforces working from home in the current situation, many business owners/directors have realise...

Advice, LBV Hub

Day 6 - You are not alone… the secret is connection

Day 6 is one of the most important talking about our connections with others.

Advice, LBV Hub

Day 5 - The problem with dopamine

Day 5 and it's time to look at our guilty habit... phone.

Advice, LBV Hub

Do some real marketing during the Covid-19 pandemic

Now's a great time to engage in some real marketing, not just marketing communications.

LBV Hub, Advice

Improving your productivity whilst working from home

We visit three pillars of productivity - engagement, process improvement and integration - and discuss their...

Advice, Coronavirus

Burnley digital marketer shares lockdown tips

Dave Walker of Burnley-based +24 hosted a free web seminar to help steer local businesses through the corona...

Advice, LBV Hub

Day 4 - The Stress of Kids

Day 4 is all about recognising stress in the little ones and teens and helping them deal with it.

Advice, LBV Hub

Mental wellbeing: How to cope from home

During the current pandemic, it is essential more than ever that we are able to stay healthy minded.

Advice, LBV Hub

Uncertainty hitting the jobs market

A summary and advice surrounding the latest unemployment figures

Appointments

ICAEW appoints UCLan's Robert Sheffrin as regional president

Robert Sheffrin has been elected president of the Lancashire and South Lakeland branch of the Institute of C...

Appointments

Lancashire accountant appointed chair of national body

Deborah Wood, a partner at MHA Moore and Smalley, has been appointed as chairman of the Association of Indep...

Appointments, LBV Hub

David Mayor appointed as president of Blackburn Incorporated Law Association

David Mayor, a Partner in Forbes Solicitors' Insurance department, has become the new President of Blackburn...

Appointments

Studio appoints trading director

Accrington-based Studio.co.uk has appointed Rupert Nichols as trading director.

Appointments

Key Group announces new group technology director

Key Group has promoted Jack Neary to the position of group technology director.

Appointments

CG appoints managing partner

Chorley-based law firm CG Professional has announced two new key appointments, including Benjamin Dredge as...

Appointments

Jill Morris promoted to partner at PM+M

PM+M has promoted Jill Morris to partner.

Appointments

Neil Bowker takes key role on warehousing board

Neil Bowker has been appointed vice chair of the UK Warehousing Association's management board.

Appointments, LBV Hub

Singletons & Co grows NPD team

Longridge-based Singletons & Co. has appointed an additional member of staff to its new product developm...

Awards, LBV Hub

Preston pub wins national design award after renovation

Plau, a historic family-owned pub in Preston won the ‘Conversion Award’ at CAMRA’s prestigious Pub Design Aw...

Awards, LBV Hub

Spiroflow employee wins SHAPA Newcomer Award

Matthew Ringland, a young engineer from powder handling and dry solids processing experts, Spiroflow, has be...

Awards, LBV Hub, Coronavirus

Blackburn Youth Zone supports 4,000 people over bank holiday weekend

Praise to Blackburn Youth Zone as they support over 4,000 people through ‘ZONE to HOME’ campaign over the ba...

Awards

Calico Group earns accreditation for tackling domestic abuse

The Calico Group has earned a DAHA award for its work against domestic abuse, becoming the first housing ass...

Awards, LBV Hub

Viva nominated for national PR award

PR and marketing agency Viva have been shortlisted in the 2020 CIPR Excellence Awards organised by the Chart...

Awards, LBV Hub

B&FC apprentices and employers recognised at virtual awards ceremony

Coronavirus pandemic no barrier to B&FC celebrating apprentice and employer achievements.

LBV Hub, Awards

Spiroflow scoops major regional business award

Powder handling and dry solids processing experts, Spiroflow win Red Rose Award.

Awards

UCLan lecturer wins student employability award

Simon Price, principal Lecturer with UCLan’s School of Law and Social Science, has won an award in recogniti...

Awards, News

Winners of 10th Red Rose Awards revealed!

More than 1,000 guests celebrated in Blackpool with the newly crowned champion businesses of Lancashire at t...

News, LBV Hub

Marketing Lancashire reaches out to hospitality and leisure sector

COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges with it, especially for the leisure and hospitality industry i...

Advice, LBV Hub

Day 6 - You are not alone… the secret is connection

Day 6 is one of the most important talking about our connections with others.

Opinion, LBV Hub

Ten tips to improve productivity working remotely

Blue Wren have compiled 10 tips that you can implement immediately to improve your productivity while workin...

News, LBV Hub

Salon success for former Blackburn College hairdressing apprentice Tony

Former Blackburn College Hairdressing Apprentice Tony Cavallo is experiencing success with his own business...

Advice, LBV Hub

Day 5 - The problem with dopamine

Day 5 and it's time to look at our guilty habit... phone.

Advice, LBV Hub

Do some real marketing during the Covid-19 pandemic

Now's a great time to engage in some real marketing, not just marketing communications.

Exclusive, LBV Hub

David Coulthard interview: Mental toughness in Formula 1

Business Psychologist Michael Costello Interviews F1's David Coulthard on Mental Toughness During the Lockdo...

LBV Hub, Advice

Improving your productivity whilst working from home

We visit three pillars of productivity - engagement, process improvement and integration - and discuss their...

News, LBV Hub

Calls for a government task force to save Lancashire’s civil aerospace sector

East Lancashire Chamber CEO calls for task force to support threatened aerospace sector

Coronavirus, LBV Hub

Lea Hough offers cautious welcome to reopening of housing market

Following the easing of some lockdown restrictions last week, Lea Hough Chartered Surveyors have implemented...

Opinion, LBV Hub

Rent reviews and lease renewals in uncertain times

How do you assess the rent where a lease renewal or rent review falls due in the present climate?

News, LBV Hub

New 360 degree virtual tours are a success for Petty Real in lockdown

Petty Real offering 360 tours of properties has taken off

Opinion, LBV Hub, Coronavirus

Our views on the property market now, and post-pandemic

How the property world will be affected by the lockdown depends how long it lasts. A short lockdown’s impact...

Appointments

AG appoints dilapidations specialist

Project and building consultancy AG has recruited dilapidations specialist Dan Metcalf.

News, LBV Hub

Bellway retains HBF Five Star status

Housebuilder Bellway has achieved five-star status for the fourth year in a row from the Home Builders Feder...

News

MIPIM cancelled

MIPIM, the international property and investment conference to which Lancashire was due to send its largest-...

News

Heaton Group partners with Studio KMA on Bishopgate Gardens

Architects from Studio KMA have been brought on board by The Heaton Group to collaborate on the flagship Bis...

News

Health Innovation Campus is ready to open

The first phase of the new £41m Health Innovation Campus (HIC) at Lancaster University is ready to open its...

Exclusive, Roundtable debate

Making things more competitive

We brought our expert panel to Pendle Engineering to discuss the future of manufacturing and engineering in...

Roundtable debate

Shattering the glass ceiling

We brought a panel of Lancashire business women to the Porsche Centre Preston to ask if the county is doing...

Roundtable debate

Putting people in their place

Workplaces are changing as businesses seek to improve productivity and secure the talent they need to grow.

Roundtable debate

A growing sense of ambition

Having the right talent set and skills is vitally important to scaleup businesses as they look to fulfil the...

Roundtable debate

Building a scale model and accessing finance

How easy is it to scale-up and grow a business?

Exclusive, Roundtable debate

Powerhouse debate: Time to increase the power

Is Lancashire failing to seize the opportunities the Northern Powerhouse brings and what can we do to make s...

Exclusive, Roundtable debate

Leading from the front

What makes a good leader and how do we develop our leaders of the future?

Roundtable debate

Property debate: The ideal homes mix

Lancashire is seeing housebuilding grow at rapid rates in areas around the county.

Roundtable debate

Technology debate: Making great connections

The Internet of Things is revolutionising the way we all live and work. We gathered our panel at the offices...