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▲ Blackburn College has announced a collaboration with renowned celebrity chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen. The Great British Menu judge and chef patron director at Michelin starred Ribble Valley hotel and restaurant Northcote, has teamed up with the college catering and hospitality department to launch the Lisa Goodwin-Allen Academy.
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▲ The Westinghouse Springfields facility near Preston has marked a significant milestone as the oldest continuous nuclear fuel manufacturing site in the world. It celebrated 80 years since the start of its original licence in March 1946. Today the site employs around 1,000 people. The company says 10 per cent of the workforce are apprentices.
▲ Preston based Harrison Drury has partnered with legal services specialist August to co-develop AI workflows across its legal teams and business operations. The law firm say the partnership will allow it to save time usually spent on process-heavy, repetitive tasks and re-invest it in critical thinking, expertise and client relationships.
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▲ Blackpool and The Fylde College has been selected by the Ministry of Defence as one of just five new Defence Technical Excellence Colleges (TEC) in the country. Part of a major national investment in skills, the announcement followed a visit to the college’s Bispham campus by defence minister Luke Pollard.
▲ Chorley commercial washrooms specialist Inscape Interiors has secured a series of project wins to manufacture and install washroom facilities in city centre regeneration schemes across the UK. Working alongside leading contractors, the company is growing its portfolio of work on developments designed to revitalise high streets and town centres.
▲ Preston based James Hall and Co has had plans approved for a new service station and SPAR convenience store in Bentham. The plans submitted by S&L Planning Consultants will see the former Huw & Grays Builders Merchant site transformed to provide a high-quality retail and fuelling facility.
▲ There is a new player arrival experience at Turf Moor Stadium thanks to the latest upgrades from Preston digital stadium specialists ADI. Burnley FC has invested in the matchday experience with a host of digital upgrades to the ground. The upgrades include two new dynamic, immersive tunnels as well as an additional corner screen above the players’ entrance tunnel.
▲ A new rail base has opened in Preston, creating around 100 jobs as operator Lumo prepares to launch direct Scotland-London trains. The budget rail provider partnered with the colourful Preston Caribbean Carnival for an eye-catching procession from Preston Railway Station to its new headquarters in the city centre.
▲ East Lancashire Learning Group (ELLG) has been ranked the number one further education college group in England in the latest national achievement rate tables. The group includes Nelson and Colne College, Accrington and Rossendale College and Lancashire Adult Learning and the latest data places ELLG at the top of the national tables for 16-18, adult and overall achievement rates.
▲ Blackburn plastic injection moulding company MGS Technical Plastics continues to grow with a £200,000 investment in new machinery and the opening of an additional unit to provide a more modern and efficient workspace.
▲ Preston City Council is set to invest £750,000 in the NW Mutual Bank – meeting its pledge to support the start-up to the tune of £1m. The council’s cash will be will used to build the systems and operational model of NW Mutual, preparing its banking licence application and hiring staff for the head office and the first branches.
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