UK charity, Education & Employers, is calling for urgent action to avert a ‘lost generation’ youth unemployment crisis that is now ...

Northern mayors have launched a new partnership to boost jobs and prosperity. The Great North has been unveiled at an event in Leeds, bringing together mayors and regional leaders to unlock the ...

Furness Building Society has appointed a new business development manager. Helen Thistlethwaite, who is based in Morecambe, has joined the society's mortgage team, where she will work with brokers ...

Only a fifth of public sector procurement spend went to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2024, according to a report by the ...

A Carlisle-based brand, design, and marketing agency has been shortlisted for three awards. CreativeHutch has been nominated for the Prolific North Creative Awards 2025, which aims to recognise ...

A physiotherapist has broken an all-time running record at a Lake District event. Sarah Jones, 29, from Barrow, became the first woman in the history of the 40-mile Keswick to Barrow challenge to ...

A market trader in Barrow has thanked the community after reaching 25 years of business. Chips Computers, found at the Dalton Road entrance at Barrow Market, reached the landmark milestone last week.

Succession plans can take firms many years to finalise, but at one of the county’s best loved food manufacturers it’s all happened naturally.

Business leaders, part of Cumbria Chamber’s Directors Forum, gathered in Workington last week for an event hosted by McMenon Engineering ...

Three holiday parks in the Lake District have won Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards for 2025. Fallbarrow, Limefitt, and White Cross Bay Holiday Parks, all part of Parkdean Resorts, won the awards, ...

Martin Lambert, Agile Coach / Consultant at Agiliqui Consulting Ltd, Kendal, says the Bluebird recovery team is one of his inspirations ...

Cumbria's small and medium-sized manufacturers are set to benefit from a new partnership between Made Smarter and two leading universities.