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A Cumbrian horticultural business has doubled its capacity after securing a growth grant from the region's Growth Hub ...
The annual Make a Will Month campaign, run by Cartmell Shepherd Solicitors and Brockbanks Solicitors in support of Hospice at Home West Cumbria, encouraged people to make a simple will in exchange for ...
A Carlisle-based building materials distributor has entered into an agreement to supply EcoCocon straw wall panels.
Armstrong Watson has been named one of the UK’s top apprenticeship employers for the fourth year. The accountancy, business, and financial advisory firm which has offices in Carlisle and Penrith, was ...
A Barrow businesswoman has transformed her bridal shop into a new fashion destination - and is now running with her daughter’s beauty business upstairs. After eight years in the wedding industry, ...
A director at PFK Rural, Penrith, has been elected as the first female president of a historic UK agricultural body.
A solicitor firm which has an office in Penrith has decided to expand its operations, opening a new office in the South. EMG Solicitors officially opened its new Reading office on July 14, marking its ...
More than 194,000 trees were planted across Cumbria during the 2024/25 season, covering 112 hectares, according to Cumbria Community Forest.
The 1,500m² building in Harding Rise will facilitate over 200 learners at any one time and deliver over 4,000 learning places a year.
Students from Energy Coast UTC and West Coast Sixth Form have designed the future for Workington's new hub. In June 2025, they took part in a week-long ProjX Work Awareness Programme, organised by the ...
Tracey Cannon, head of group marketing at Brampton-based WCF, was highly commended in the Exceptional Achievement Award category at the 2025 Silver Marketing Awards. The national awards celebrate ...