The outgoing chairman of the Lakes Hospitality Association has criticised the closure of toilets and tourist information centres in the Lake District at its annual general meeting. Local hotelier and businessman Jonathan Denby said it was only through a sustained...

Hotels and B&Bs in Windermere and Bowness are top in the UK when it comes to getting five star reviews from guests on TripAdvisor - says new resea...
The Chartered Institute of Marketing is delighted to introduce the CIM Northern Awards 2012. The awards will recognise and reward the insight, creativ...
Penrith’s Chamber of Trade and Commerce have beaten off tough competition from towns across the West of England to win recognition for their efforts t...
The deadline is looming for business to enter the Penrith Chamber of Trade and Commerce ‘Stars of Business’ awards.  There is just over a week le...
Member companies of Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster (BECBC) elected two new Directors at the BECBC meeting last week (2 May). The vacancies o...
The BECBC Chairman, Sean Balmer, has taken over from  Jonathan Marshall following the   members’ meeting. Sean joined the Nuclear Decom...
Facebook: Posts, Pictures and Personality When it comes to business promotion, the F-word is on every business owner’s lips. Whether to champion it or disregard it, Facebook certainly gets businesses...
  Founded in 2005 by Real Business and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the First Women Awards recognise trailblazing women from the business, entrepreneurial, engineering, science...
Sellafield Ltd’s Human Resources Director, David McNerney, has been appointed as a member of the new National Council for Careers (NCC). The establishment of the NCC was announced in parliament this...
A £3.5 million project to create 21st century visitor facilities at Windermere Marina Village has been hailed as another “landmark” investment in the Lake District tourism industry in the space of a...