The chancellor George Osborne is in the region for the Conservative Party conference this week, and it’s time for him to demonstrate the government’s commitment to businesses with some action rather than warm words. The business community is becoming increasingly frustrated at the lac... [More]

Downtown hosted the fifth annual Lancashire Business Awards last night in the spectacular setting of the Stanley House Hotel. What was an excellent evening was complimented by the number of women who attended the event – around half of those in the room were female. Better still, of the twe... [More]