after an executive producer within the children’s department spotted its video tribute to coronavirus heroes. The resulting two films, which aired on TV, social media and iPlayer, were then selected for the Prix Jeunesse International Special Achievement Awards.
Peter Scott Printers made a six-figure move to larger premises at Heasandford Industrial Estate in Burnley. The company, which was founded in 1960 and prints Lancashire Business View, also invested in new computer-to-plate tech, is reducing its carbon footprint, and is FSC certified as part of an initiative to have minimal environmental impact.
Warden Construction won the contract
to deliver a day case hospital at Matrix Park in Buckshaw Village. The £8m project was granted planning permission by South Ribble Borough Council earlier this year. It will feature two theatres, first and second stage recovery bays, a diagnostics suite including a static MRI scanner, outpatient and physiotherapy departments.
Vape Dinner Lady has secured a deal with Asda which will see its vaping products sold online and through 350 stores across the UK.
Tom Martin & Co, which trades scrap
metals around the world, enlisted the services of the Beever and Struthers office in Blackburn. The Bamber Bridge-based firm handles more than 50,000 tonnes of non-ferrous metals a year and tapped into the expertise of the accountant which is a member of HLB International, a global network of about 700 well-established accountancy firms with some 25,000 staff in 150 countries.
Preston-based Northern Heart Films earned its first commission from the BBC
Blackpool Council invested £3.3m
in upgrades to Yeadon Way, a key route in and out of the seaside resort. The work was undertaken in conjunction with Eric Wright Construction Group and included strengthening weak parts of the road with underground concrete columns, improving drainage, installing energy efficient street lighting, the removal of overgrown vegetation and the installation of modern safety barriers.
DOWN Rolls-Royce announced 200 job losses
from its Barnoldswick operation in light of the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the aviation sector. A total of 9,000 job cuts around the world are hoped to save the company £700m, with reduced expenditure across plant and property, capital and other indirect costs saving a further £800m.
Global aerospace group Safran Nacelles is consulting its Burnley workforce on a proposed redundancy programme which could see the loss of up to a third of the 750 jobs at the plant. Managing director Michael Rigalle said: “There has been an 80 per cent reduction in the amount of global air travel, and the financial impact of this is already being felt throughout the aerospace industry.”
Construction Partnership UK has
entered into administration after its biggest-ever contract collapsed. In January 2019, the Skelmersdale firm
announced it had won the £23m contract to develop a mixed-use site in Liverpool, but work ceased in November of that year and the entire project was put into administration in early 2020 after the winding up of its main financier. A year of high growth had seen CPUK enter the Hot 100.
The North West economy is predicted
to contract by 7.6 per cent in 2020, with the economy unlikely to be able to fully restart until a vaccine or effective treatments for the virus are available, according to KPMG UK’s latest quarterly Economic Outlook.
The results of the Beyond the Curve
survey, run by the North & Western Lancashire Chamber and the East Lancashire Chamber at the beginning of May, revealed that as many as one in three businesses are set to make redundancies as they try to recover from the government’s coronavirus lockdown.
Limitless PR is celebrating a hat-trick of Lancashire client wins. The Blackburn-based agency has been hired to deliver strategic campaigns by specialist sales training and consultancy business Sales Geek, national waste haulage firm Monks Contractors and managed IT specialist J700 Group. Director Greg Wilson said: “All three have significant growth plans and ambitions and we’re feeling there’s definitely a bounce back attitude out there in many sectors at the moment.”
Star Cinemas is set to open a new
multi-screen cinema in The Concourse Shopping Centre, Skelmersdale, which will become the town’s first since 1982. The owners have promised to price screenings at £5 each, seven days a week, and to offer food and drink at half the price of rival national cinemas.
Paul Spencer Director, Haworths
haworths-limited
COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY TO RECOVERY
The iconic BT television advertising campaign of the 1990s had the slogan, ‘It’s good to talk’.
It’s a message that Lancashire’s small businesses would do well to adopt today as they come out of lockdown and look to find a path to recovery in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the economy.
Communication will be key as businesses work to get back on track. That means starting meaningful conversations with their workers, customers, suppliers and advisors – and keeping those channels of communication open.
As ever, cashflow will be crucial. And that may mean having frank conversations with suppliers and customers when it comes to payment terms. Strong relationships, based on an honest approach, will go a long way to helping ease the strain.
Good communication with workers will also be important. Transparency and honesty about the situation will help ease anxiety and focus minds on the task ahead.
Businesses need to take their people with them on the journey to recovery. Share the plan for that recovery and get their input.
If some, but not all, of furloughed people are brought back, businesses need to explain that it doesn’t mean those who aren’t returning are not important or valued – but it is part of the bigger plan to get everyone to return.
If hard decisions on staff numbers have to be made – again businesses need to be frank and honest about the situation.
Talking to advisors is also more important than ever. They can help when it comes to planning, strategy and funding options and issue like tax incentives and relief.
There’s also a strong support network out there that is focused on helping businesses on their recovery. It isn’t just good to talk – it is crucial.
Find out more at...
enquiries@haworths.co.uk 01254 232521
www.haworths.co.uk
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