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Date: 28 April 2026 Time: 08.30-11.00
Venue: Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa
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Hear from business leaders and specialist practitioners on what is working, what is challenging, and how organisations are adopting new technologies while managing risk.
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RAISING A GLASS
The countdown is on to this year’s much- anticipated Blackburn Beer and Gin Festival.
The annual community event, held at Blackburn Rugby Club, brings together friends, families and local businesses and beer and gin lovers for a weekend of fun, flavour and fundraising.
In association with:
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events@lancashirebusinessview.co.uk
All proceeds from the event go to Blackburn and Darwen Youth Zone, helping support local young people through youth clubs, skills programmes, social activities and community outreach.
Lancashire Business View is a rosette sponsor for the event. The festival will take place on the weekend of May 1 to 3.
BONDHOLDER MESSAGE
Burnley business leaders headed to Westminster and called on the nation’s policymakers to support the borough’s growth agenda.
Around 40 representatives of the Burnley Bondholders attended the event in the House of Lords. It was hosted by Lord Wajid Khan of Burnley and MP Oliver Ryan
Leaders of businesses, including Panaz, Safran Nacelles, VEKA, BCW, Fagan & Whalley, Burnley College, Stolle and CRC Evans,
delivered the message, urging politicians not to ignore northern towns like Burnley.
VEKA managing director Neil Evans, who chairs the bondholders, said: “Burnley is sometimes talked about in terms of its past. We’re proud of that history, but we headed to Westminster to talk about the present – and the future.”
Lancashire Business View publisher Richard Slater hosted a session on the value to the economy of mid-sized and family businesses.
CELEBRATING THE VISITOR ECONOMY
Lancashire’s finest tourism and hospitality businesses were recognised at the awards evening held at Winter Gardens, Blackpool.
Lancashire Business View was a sponsor of the 2026 Lancashire Tourism Awards. The annual awards, organised by Marketing Lancashire, the county’s LVEP (Local Visitor Economy Partnership) showcased the county’s leading tourism, hospitality and food and drink businesses.
Vikki Harris, marketing and partnerships director of Marketing Lancashire, said the winners had gone through a “rigorous process” that included mystery shoppers and impartial judges.
The full list of winners can be found on the Lancashire Business View website.
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