A HEAD chef with a passion for teaching within the catering and hospitality sector has taken on a new role to help promising youngsters to get on the career ladder in the industry. Daniel Winstanley has been appointed to oversee the English Lakes
A sawmilling business with a large Cumbrian operation has been acquired by a private equity firm. BSW Group, which has a base in Cargo, near Carlisle, has been acquired by Endless LLP. The company, which employs more than 1,200 people in total
Tesco is to slash more than 1,800 jobs as part of changes to bakeries in its large supermarkets. The retailer said 1,816 bakery staff are at risk of redundancy as part of the overhaul, which will take place from May. Tesco said it will convert
A young entrepreneur has been enjoying a brush with stardom by making a series of appearances on national radio. Oliver Hodgson, 16, from Gosforth, featured on BBC Radio One's Early Breakfast show with DJ Adele Roberts every morning last week.
Ulverston is to relaunch itself as a Fairtrade community in response to climate change. First becoming a Fairtrade town in 2007, the community is now even more determined to drive this style forward saying that climate change is affecting the world
The collapse of an external wall from a Story Contracting site into a Carlisle store has sparked a major emergency services response. Fifteen firefighters, alongside police officers and ambulance crews were this morning on the scene at the Wickes
More than a million homes granted planning permission in the past decade have not yet been built, analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) suggests. Across England, 2,564,600 units have been granted planning permission by councils since
Cumbrian cricketer Ben Stokes was at Buckingham Palace today to receive his OBE for services to cricket. He picked up his gong alongside England colleague Jos Buttler, who was collecting an MBE. After last summer’s triumphant season, Stokes
Small businesses are being given the chance to move into a new office space for free. Chartered surveyors Solomons Europe opened their new office space, named the Papcastle Depot, near the village in July last year. As well as having a base
Students have been taking part in a “hackathon” to explore careers in computer programming, design and marketing. The “hackathon challenge”, organised by financial technology company theidol.com in Penrith, involved 11 pupils from schools across
A Second public consultation on the future of Barrow’s high street has been launched. More than 700 responses were collected during an initial three-week feedback period, which forms part of the application process for Government funding. A
A prominent agricultural machinery dealership in Cumbria has been given a top award by a manufacturer. Lloyd Limited, which also has branches across the north of England and southern Scotland, was named Bobcat Dealer of the Year 2019. It sold
A training company has been raising cash for a mental health charity. Staff at PHX Training raised the money as part of its annual staff conference, with the proceeds being donated to Mind in Furness, a mental health charity operating in Barrow
A FAST-FOOD chain has addressed their long-running plans to create a new drive-through branch. The move from McDonald's comes after little progress was made on the site of their planned restaurant. The outlet will be based within the former
Primark has warned it may run have a shortage of new stock because of delays caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China. The chain’s owner Associated British Foods (ABF) says there is a risk of supply shortages on some of the retailer's lines
