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▲ Bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing has recorded strong trading – driven by warehouse transformation and improved delivery times. The Leyland-headquartered group’s revenue rose by five per cent to £310m in the financial year ending September 20, 2025.
▲ An office for Department of Work and Pensions in Blackpool has been named as the best new building in Lancashire. The office, which opened this spring, won the honour at the prestigious North West Regional Construction Awards.
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▲ East Lancashire Learning Group has been named as the only further education college in this year’s CIO 100 UK Awards. The CIO 100 recognises and celebrates the UK’s 100 organisations and their technology teams that are using IT innovatively to create business value through digital transformation and strategic use of technology.
▲ Blackpool-based aerospace specialist Airframe Designs is supporting the new government defence strategy with a commitment to nurturing young talent as it expands its services to the aviation and related sectors worldwide. The Defence Industrial Strategy sets out £250m of investment over the next five years to create jobs and make defence an engine for economic growth.
▲ Leyland Trucks has successfully completed its £5.1m Zero Emissions Truck Testing Automation project. The initiative will accelerate the UK’s transition to zero-emission road transport and strengthen its position as a leader in clean commercial vehicle manufacturing. The achievement was marked at a showcase event attended by industry leaders and project partners.
▲ Graham and Brown is setting its sights on opening another showroom in the north of England after cutting the ribbon on a flagship shop in London. Andrew Graham, managing director of the Blackburn-based wallpaper company, said the launch of the shop on King’s Road in Chelsea was a success and to ‘watch this space’ for news of a northern showroom.
▲ The Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire Amanda Parker presented Julie Monaco, accounts director of Hurst Green Plastics, with The King’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of the company’s achievement in the Innovation category for its ‘TwinBin Live’ system.
▲ PM+M has achieved Certified B Corporation status. Verified by B Lab, the not-for-profit network behind the B Corp movement, the achievement demonstrates that the Blackburn chartered accountancy, business advisory and financial planning group meets high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.
▲ Darwen-based Brookhouse Aerospace has invested more than £500,000 in additional machinery to support its growth strategy. The new CNC machinery will enable the aero- structures specialist to provide increased high volume, lights-out machining capabilities and deliver a wider range of products to high levels of accuracy, at speed.
▲ Acme Facilities Group, based in Blackburn, has announced the best financial results in its 60-year history. The business is one of the UK’s longest-established names in commercial kitchens, refrigeration and air conditioning. The business has defied wider industry trends to report a 17 per cent increase in turnover, reaching nearly £14m turnover.
▲ Chorley-headquartered fulfilmentcrowd has delivered record-breaking growth. The global, tech-driven fulfilment provider saw its revenue surpass £20m for the first time, and a 27 per cent increase in transactions for the financial year ending March 31, 2025. It also reported an EBITDA of £3.1m, nearly doubling the previous year’s performance.
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