CONTENTS The Big Interview 20
Senator Group chairman Colin Mustoe is busy working on making the Royal Lancashire Show a summer success. The 78-year-old entrepreneur is also heavily involved in the regeneration of a well-known Ribble Valley hotel. He shares his thoughts on leadership, comparing running a business to being the conductor of an orchestra.
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The Big Interview: Colin Mustoe
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In View
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Businesses across Lancashire are at greater risk from online criminals than ever before, cybersecurity experts are warning. SMEs are facing a wave of attacks sparked by the announcement National Cyber Force (NCF) will build its HQ in Samlesbury.
Anniversary Special
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For 20 years specialist financial and accountancy recruitment agency AFR Consultancy has delivered its services with the message: ‘Numbers are your life, people are ours’. Today it continues to service its clients in its own unique way.
District Focus
25
Hyndburn is looking to make levelling up count. Accrington and Rossendale College was the setting for our in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities facing the borough, as we gave business leaders the chance to have their say.
SPECIAL FEATURES Anniversary Special Red Rose Awards
Health and Wellbeing Conference
Aerospace and Defence
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50 58
IN DEPTH Net Zero
Hotspots: Pendle
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Red Rose Awards
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The worthy winners of the 2024 Red Rose Awards were revealed at a glamorous evening held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. More than 1,000 guests enjoyed a glorious celebration of the very best of the county.
Net Zero
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Net Zero North West has unveiled a groundbreaking manifesto aimed at making the region the world’s first net zero cluster. Its launch has sparked calls for Lancashire to do more to ensure it benefits fully from the initiative.
Health and Wellbeing
50
The Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Conference 2024 focused on how businesses can support their teams to be happy and healthy and the benefits that brings. The conference also heard how poor health continues to harm the county’s economy.
ADVICE Dealmakers
Legal View
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DEBATE
District Focus: Hyndburn 25 Manufacturing
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Aerospace and defence 58
Change is in the air. Lancashire’s aerospace supply chain is rising to multiple challenges around sustainability and emerging new technologies with both determination and enthusiasm. In this sector report we talk to key players leading that change.
Manufacturing debate 63
We gathered our panel of experts at the University of Central Lancashire’s Engineering Innovation Centre on its Preston campus, to talk about the importance of manufacturing in the county, its ecosystem and how to build ‘Team Lancashire’.
Pendle Hotspot
66
Pendle was the latest stop on our tour of the county’s hotspots. We brought leaders from business, politics and education together at the Nelson headquarters of REM UK to find out what’s going on in the borough.
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