The Red Rose Awards, Lancashire’s biggest business awards event, will take place on Thursday 9 June at Winter Gardens Blackpool. The Red Rose Awards provides the best possible platforms to…
Free Business Basics Programme For Students Aged 12-22 Years
ActionCOACH Bolton has become one of the first organsations in the UK to launch a free programme aimed at giving young people aged 12 - 22 years an education around…
Blackpool IT Apprentice Makes Waves In East Lancashire
To mark national apprenticeship week, Blackburn based IT company Abbero is celebrating the success of the company’s first apprentice. Alexander Williams joined the business in September 2020 and after pondering…
If you are suffering perimenopausal or menopausal symptoms and you would like more support to help you through, then this 5 week course - starting in Feb - via zoom…
Matched Funding Available For Lancashire Businesses
Propel2Grow is a £2 million European project offering funding and support to Lancashire SMEs, including start-up businesses, to enable them to achieve their growth plans over the next one-three years…
We’re all aware of skills shortages and of the need to constantly refresh and renew the skills and training needs of our workforce as the economy changes and develops. New…
Member of The Business Network Central & East Lancashire Peter Dickinson of KUB, has written a book to help businesses succeed in the digital world. To be successful at digital…
Cryptoassets have undoubtedly grown in popularity over the past year and with cryptocurrency prices increasing at a rapid rate, many investors are likely to have made sizeable gains. But are…
The Lancashire Cyber Foundry (LCF) has been created to share the expertise of Lancaster University with businesses to prepare them for their digital future. Part funded by by the European Regional…
Anne Williamson, a long-standing and valued member of The Business Network Central & East Lancashire, has a fantastic download available via her website. Download your copy and take a long…
Well what an amazing turnout for this year's Sparkly Christmas event for The Business Network Central & East Lancashire. Thank you to Emily Clark who entertained us with a mix…
Are you a business owner? Do you find yourself thinking about how to grow (or accelerate the growth of) your business? Do you ever sit there thinking 'This isn't how…
Many businesses do not have a handle on where their next sale is coming from. Instead, they rely on a combination of existing customer relationships and gut instinct when it…
Millennials are challenging the way businesses across the world do business. If businesses don’t change the traditional buyer-seller relationship, businesses will die. It sounds like a sweeping click-bait headline, but…
There is so much written about women’s health and in particular hormonal health. Often we fail to realise that men’s hormonal health is just as important. Helen Kimber of Hero…
Blackburn College has built an excellent reputation for delivering high quality Apprenticeships across a variety of sectors. Blackburn College has a rich history in providing businesses with Apprentices, giving them…
Sali Midjek-Conway, a member of The Business Network Central & East Lancashire, has a FREE download titled Marketing Your Business. If you would like to find out how to reach…
There are six key duties to which anybody who is a charity trustee must adhere. Anybody appointed as the trustee of a charity must always have the charity’s best interests…
How do I get my business on google maps, is a question many business owners may have pondered. It’s a familiar feature of internet searches and a quick and easy…
Anne Williamson of Customer Love has launched her online course aimed at business owners. Creating Your Marketing Footprint is delivered over 4 individual sessions which will take you through the…
Anne Phillips from Barkley Legal shares her advice on setting your passwords. Passwords are supposed to ensure that only the correct person or people can access something. In a business…
Peter Dickinson from KUB Ltd is working alongside Community & Business Partners (CBP) with Boost; Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub, to deliver a national business support programme for Lancashire businesses. Peer…
We are hosting a Ladies Evening to include a Fashion Show, Stalls and Raffle at The Ancient Oak, Cottam on Thursday 11th November, doors opening at 1930. This is a…
WHAT IS ADVOCACY? Advocacy means supporting somebody to speak up and be listened to, ensuring their views and wishes are heard and taken seriously. Advocacy can enable people to become…
If you’d like to show support for your local cancer charity, while getting a head start on your Christmas preparations, just take a look at Rosemere Cancer Foundation’s website – their charity…
September’s Events Bring Together Local Businesses
September saw two In Person events at Stanley House and Mytton Fold where 90 members and guests joined us for a 2 course lunch, hosted table presentations and of course…
Over the years I have learned that even though I may have all the ‘mediation ‘skills and the ‘legal knowledge’ to be a good mediator, if I really wanted ‘mediation’…
Designed to bring like minded people from the Property and Construction Industry together under one roof to discuss and learn about the exciting opportunities that are happening around Central Lancashire.…
Deciding on an office colour scheme is not just about matching colours to your brand, it’s also about finding the best office colours for happy and productive staff. As office redesign experts, our member…
How to Bounce Back after setbacks and face the future, better and stronger than ever. Have you ever felt like ‘one of those days’ has rolled into ‘one of those…
Bouncing Back After The Crisis: Have Your Relationships With Customers Reset?
As we start to unlock business and social activities are we on a journey back to how things were? The level of uncertainty has, we believe, has had a profound…
Delighted To Be Silver Sponsors At Love Local Expo
The Business Network Central & East Lancashire is proud to be a silver sponsor of the Love Local Expo, taking place on Wednesday 20th October, in Burnley. lovelocalexpo is an…
Using Nutrition To Fight Your Sabre Toothed Tiger!
I’m stressed! an often over used term, considering the life of “luxury” many of us lead. However, being stressed can and does have a major impact on your psychology and…
Darren Hutchinson, Visual Media Guy and member of The Business Network Central & East Lancashire, is here to assist any business in creating engaging video content that drives sales! Of…
We are so enjoying our In Person Networking Events that in July we did it twice! Around 70 business owners and senior decision makers met Stanley House for focussed and…
Could you walk or cycle for Rosemere Cancer Foundation this September, and help raise funds to support world-class cancer care across Lancashire? On Saturday September 4th, we are celebrating the…
Lancashire Business View invite you to advise their readers on selling their businesses. Share your expertise on selling a business with their 50,000 readers. They are seeking contributions from business…
Have you innovated and diversified over the last 12 months? If you have, Forbes Solicitors want to hear from you for their second Reinvention and Resilience Top 50. They're searching…
Loved our Business Networking Event yesterday and Stanley House has never looked lovelier. We enjoyed some vibrant and vivacious networking, tucked into a magnificent 2 course lunch, enjoyed learning even…
Helen Kimber, Owner of Hero Lifestyle and member of The Business Network Central & East Lancashire, has pulled together a toolkit for menopause. In the UK almost half of the…
Following on from their successful Health & Wellbeing Conference held earlier this year, Lancashire Business View are pleased to invite you to their next Health & Wellbeing Conference, to be…
This pandemic has unsurprisingly created a host of new process’ and hoops for us to jump through, both professionally and personally. While it’s perhaps a little difficult to measure the…
A former Shuttleworth College pupil has become the first Simply Corporate apprentice. Karis Lambert from Padiham has joined Simply Corporate at their new offices in Padiham Town Hall where she…
Our very own Member Jason Govindji Bruce, from NORI -HR and Employment Law, will be competing in a 70 mile Carlisle to Newcastle run on 19th June to help raise…
Low Cost Online Course On How To Generate Leads Using LinkedIn
Have you ever wondered how some people do really well on LinkedIn and others don’t? At KUB we have been working hard during the pandemic to bring you a low…
DigiEnable Launch New Productivity Membership Community
This month sees DigiEnable take the exciting step of launching their own membership community, designed to support busy business owners from across the UK, to reclaim back valuable hours in…
On 25 and 27 May, we welcomed back 30 members to our physical home Stanley House. We were giddy to see each other, excited to swap stories and mainly we…
Despite lockdowns IQ4B seems to have come through the last 6 months stronger than ever. We have to thank our long-term clients for sticking with us since we got back…
KRPR Gets Double Award Recognition In The PRmoment Shortlist
KRPR is celebrating making the finals in two categories at the influential PRmoment Awards 2021 for their client, Rivington Terraced Gardens’ Squarea Campaign. Earning recognition in both the Best Community…
National Youth Platform Powered By Business Launches To Support Young Adults
GB Shared, with the support of Innovate UK, 5 Northern Powerhouse Partners and hundreds of businesses have created, The Gen. The Gen, a new national youth platform, will be live…
Lancashire’s Premier Business Network On Life Post-Covid
I was delighted to have the opportunity to speak with the Lancashire Post in April on how Members of The Business Network Central & East Lancashire had embraced Zoom with…
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