A new tourism forum for Furness is to be created as the region eyes a bigger slice of Cumbria's visitor economy. The forum was the main outcome from the Furness Tourism Summit, hosted by Barrow and Furness MP John Woodock at Ford Park in Ulverston
THE successful merger of Furness College and Barrow Sixth Form College has been highly praised by Ofsted inspectors who have rated it as a ‘good’ college in a report out today. The college, which merged as one college with campuses at Channelside
Work has started on the new Beehive Business Park in Ulverston. The first phase of the development, due for completion in 2020, will bring Aldi and Marks & Spencer food hall to the business park, on land off the A590, and also includes two other
Colin Tomlinson, managing director at H&H Land and Property, talks to farming and rural affairs editor Maureen Hodges about the way forward for the company and the farming industry as a whole Are there any plans for expansion of the land and
Debenhams has revealed the fate of its stores in Cumbria. The department store chain has named 22 of the 50 stores it plans to close next year. The retailer, which employs 25,000 people nationwide, says a total of 1,200 staff will be affected
Lidl has revealed plans to build a new store in Workington, creating up to 40 jobs. The discount supermarket chain has exchanged contracts with Allerdale Investment Partnership for the site on New Bridge Road. It will be built on vacant land
A RAFT of UK festivals - including Kendal Calling - have been acquired by an entertainment company. Superstruct Entertainment, a live entertainment platform backed by Providence Equity Partners - a private global equity firm, has bought a portfolio
Cumbria Chamber of Commerce’s podcasts have proven to be a real hit with the county’s businesses. There have been more than 32,000 episode-downloads since the chamber began the regular recordings in December 2017. Chief executive Rob Johnston
