By Rob Kelly
IN THE MIDDLE OF A CHAIN REACTION
As we mark the 20th anniversary of Lancashire Business View we are taking a look at highlights from our second ever issue published in 2005.
Andrew Calvert in his Editor’s View described how Lancashire’s aerospace industry was ‘heading for turbulence with major changes on the way for hundreds of Lancashire companies’ that made up the supply chain.
It was a concerning time as leaders were warning that businesses would close and jobs would be lost ‘unless they change the way they work’.
Andrew talked about how Neil McKay, production director of the Eurofighter Typhoon at BAE,
Samlesbury and director of the North West Aerospace Alliance said big changes were needed.
Neil said: “It amazes me how many small suppliers are still in business. There are too many ostrich types, burying their heads in the sand and expecting the next contract to land on their desk – it won’t.
“Unless we go in the right direction, there isn’t a future for the aerospace industry in the region.”
Also featured was ‘Blackburn Pride’ and Blackburn with Darwen council talking about work to re-develop Blackburn.
It said: “New world-class companies are emerging to replace the jobs lost in manufacturing. Up-market housing is springing
up throughout the borough and developers are worrying about having to turn away firms wanting to set up in the town because of the shortage of land.”
A £100m masterplan was drawn up to transform Blackburn into one of the North West’s premier shopping attractions.
The plan would build on the work to redevelop Church Street and on the plans for the £20m revamp of the shopping precinct and Lord Square.
The editor signed off with the line that the magazine aimed to ‘both inform and entertain, with news and views on the issues that really affect Lancashire’s business community.’
Two decades later that hasn’t changed.
IN THE NEWS March
• Microsoft founder Bill Gates received an honorary knighthood for contributions to enterprise in the UK and efforts to reduce world poverty.
• Steve Fossett became the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops without refuelling – a journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and two minutes.
• Bob Iger was named CEO of Walt Disney International, succeeding Michael Eisner
Here are some of the headlines attracting attention in March/April 2005
• “Doctor Who” returned to BBC TV after 16 years with the debut of Christopher Eccleston as the ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose.
• BP Texas City Refinery Explosion: A catastrophic explosion at the BP oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, resulted in the tragic deaths of 14 people, marking one of the worst industrial accidents in recent US history.
April
• Pope John Paul II, the third longest-serving pontiff in history, died at the age of 84.
• The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles finally became husband and wife – more than 30 years after their romance first began.
• Tiger Woods won his fourth green jacket at the US Masters on the first hole of a playoff with Chris DiMarco.
• YouTube’s co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded the first video to YouTube, “Me at the zoo” showing him in front of two elephants at the San Diego Zoo. It has more than 311 million views.
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