Business

An interim principal has been appointed at a Lancaster academy school.

Four new categories have been added to the awards which showcase the talented women in business across the North West to mark their 10th anniversary.

Three anti-fracking campaigners who broke a court injunction on protests at a Lancashire drill site have failed to get their contempt of court sentences overturned.

It started with a request from a local school pupil to make Longridge plastic free.

In the run-up to Christmas last year, Karen Livesey - the owner and founder of C.A.T. (Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Training) - was in Milton Keynes training 1,200 taxi drivers in safeguarding and to spot cases of county lines and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) more effectively.

Plans to create a new holiday village including a 100-bed hotel and “virtual reality experience” in Lancaster have been revealed.

A Lancaster business leader is now armed with the vision and the skills to pursue smarter manufacturing after completing Made Smarter’s innovative leadership programme.

Preston-based Rock FM is leaving its city HQ and will move its only remaining broadcasters to Manchester.

Kirkham-based Alison Handling has reached the finals of this year’s Business Masters Awards in three categories.

The changing face of Preston’s pub scene is being disguised by official new figures, according to industry experts.

A new electric vehicle charging "super hub" has gone online at the Lancaster Park and Ride facility off Junction 34 of the M6.

Morecambe’s only shop-front theatre and comedy club has survived near-eviction and a cash crisis to bounce back under a new name – the West End Playhouse.

A motorcycling world champion and King of the Jungle celebrity helped Lostock Hall's only micropub get off to a roaring start during a VIP night.

Bring me sunshine…and a large gin!