Business Improvement District

Security training offered to places of worship

Windrush 77 are one of the beneficiaries of the BID project funds

City centre businesses give their backing to three key projects

The car show will transform St James’s Street

Save the date as Burnley Vintage and Performance Car Show returns

Burnley BID secures second term

Burnley Business Improvement District Secures Second Term Following Resounding B...

Burnley BID_Customer Service Awards

These are the 9 best places in Burnley for customer service

A scene from a previous Preston Christmas Lights Switch On

Preston’s Christmas Lights Switch On line-up & date revealed for 2024

Burnley Town Centre

Burnley Council and Burnley Business Improvement District confirm return of Tow...

Adrian Murrell, the director of the Windrush Festival and Windrush CIC in the city, takes John 'Gilly' Gilmore on a tour of his home and opens up on what growing up as Black in Preston over the decades was like

Racism was awful back then, you couldn’t walk anywhere without abuse

Lancashire Post and Blog Preston launch Parched Peas podcast

Lancashire Post and Blog Preston launch Parched Peas podcast

A look back at the first ever Burnley Customer Service Awards held in July last year. The night had a very festive flavour to it

Countdown on to Burnley's second Customer Service Awards

Preston BID to give away £28,000 to local customers over the jubilee bank holiday weekend, pictured are Catherine Lawrenson and Mike Pixton of Preston BID.

Preston BID to give away £28,000 to shoppers this Jubilee Bank Holiday

Preston BID has launched a £45,000 fund for local businesses with innovative plans to enhance the city centre.

Preston BID has launched a £45,000 fund for local businesses

Morecambe will be lit up with extra seasonal lighting this Christmas.

Morecambe gets its sparkle back this Christmas

Late night Christmas shopping will benefit from free parking on designated car parks.

'Free After Three' parking to help attract Christmas shoppers

The date has been set for this year's Christmas light switch on but more details will come.

Date set for Preston's Christmas light switch on 2021 and more details to come

Preston BID switches the city on at Christmas.

BID bids for another five years reviving city centre
City centre businesses are to be balloted in the next few weeks over the future of Preston BID.
Brian Ellis

Prestfest returns for 2021 with an expanded format and some big name acts.

This is everything you need to know about Prestfest 2021

Nick Elsby at Market Street Social

England v Denmark: Fans in Preston can't wait for big match

Tourism businesses in parts of Blackpool have voted to start a Tourism Business Improvement District scheme to promote the area

Blackpool launches a Business Improvement District to boost its tourism sector

The Winckley Square Business Hangout

Winckley Square Business Hangout in Preston set to return

The Preston Fan Zone

Third England Euros match shown in Preston Fan Zone will now be seated

Shoppers can safely return

Shoppers' delight as Preston starts to fully reopen

The study compares the number of chain stores shops opening or closing

Massive blow to North West as shops disappear from high streets

Many Preston businesses are looking forward to trading again

'We can't wait to welcome you back' say Preston city centre shops

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Don't delay asking for new cash aid, city businesses urged

Preston at Christmas

Welcome back to safe shopping in Preston

Preston's popular light switch on will be held virtually this year because of the pandemic

The search is on for the pride of Preston to 'light up' city
The city's Business Improvement District is on the hunt for the people who have gone 'above and beyond' to support their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
James Holt

Keith Roberts, Preston's famous "spud man", has died aged 43

Preston legend Keith "potato man" Roberts dies aged 43

Morecambe is the perfect family holiday destination

Ad Feature Morecambe bids to woo more holidaymakers

Preston city centre

'Sign the pledge to help Preston through coronavirus crisis'

Fishergate, Preston, before the coronavirus outbreak

Preston hoping to kick start economic revival as pubs and restaurants reopen

A sign on the Prom in Blackpool urging people to stay two metres apart (Picture: Michael Holmes for JPIMedia)

Pubs and restaurants to reopen from next month as Boris slashes social distancin...

The city centre has undergone a deep clean ahead of today's re-opening of the high street. Pic credit: Donna Clifford Photography

Deep clean for Preston city centre as high street welcomes back shoppers today

Prestfest

Prestfest cancelled - date set for 2021 return

Thousands of free face coverings will be handed out to shoppers in Preston city centre from next week (June 15)

Thousands of free face coverings to be handed out to Preston shoppers

Memories of Prestfest

Preston gets ready for a massive 'virtual party'

Hand sanitising stations, like those used during Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse last week, will be rolled out across Preston in the coming days. Pic: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Preston to roll out free public hand sanitising stations in fight against corona...

Fishergate, Preston

Festive footfall joy for Preston city centre traders

Preston is to get a warden to deal with begging

‘Genuinely homeless need help’ - Your reaction as Preston is set to get a new wa...

Preston is to get a warden to deal with begging

Preston city centre 'warden' to be appointed to tackle begging

Fishergate, Preston

Unfair rates and tax system can't go on, say Preston business chiefs

The Arthur Street car park is used by council staff and visitors during the week - and is currently free for visitors to Preston city centre at the weekend

Pay and display coming to Preston's free weekend car park

Look out for The Lancashire Cook Book Second Helping in shops as of August

The Lancashire Cook Book – Second Helping features recipe for Preston’s famed pa...

Preston Telephone Boxes

Preston's iconic phone boxes have seen better days, but there's hope on the hori...

Brand new Morecambe webcams give the world a birds’ eye view of the town and bay

The Makers Market in Preston

First ever Makers Market takes place in Preston

The Lune Street end of the St George's Shopping Centre

New Matalan for Preston city centre

Preston city centre

Praise for 'safe' Preston city centre

Mark Whittle. Preston BID

What do you think about Preston city centre?

Fishergate.

Survey launched to give your two cents on how Preston can be improved

Preston's high street is fighting back

Aerials 2013.
Preston City Centre showing Crystal House, Miller Arcade, and Guild Hall

Preston retailers remain optimistic for the future

The plinth reigns supreme.

Yet ANOTHER motorist falls foul of the awards ceremony-bound Fishergate Bollard

Traffic on Skerton Bridge is two-way for the next six months.

VIDEO: '˜Business as usual' during bridge refurb say business leaders

Pigeon man John Wilkinson feeding the birds on wasteland near his home on Cavendish Road, Morecambe.

Birds of prey could solve Morecambe's pigeon problem

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