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Leading Cumbrian accountancy firm Lamont Pridmore is warning that family firms face risks if they are not prepared for succession, retirement and planning future tax liabilities.

The chief executive of Westmorland and Furness Council has defended this week’s decision to close Barrow market saying the authority had little choice but says action is underway to offer temporary homes to displaced traders.

Businesses in Barrow have been rallying around to offer support to those affected by a decision to close the town’s market.

As the deadline passes on the Government survey to consider a levy on tourists, Jeremy Smith, head of campaigns and engagement at Friends of the Lake District suggests how it could work in Cumbria.

A hotel, event space and shops are included in plans to bring more of the Jennings Brewery site in Cockermouth back into use.

Sales up 10%, revenue increasing by 8% and an order book that’s grown by 2.7% to £63.1bn are reported by BAE Systems as the defence company announced its full year results for 2025.

Cumbrian businesses have been shortlisted for the Countryside Alliance Awards - known as the rural Oscars. The firms have been nominated in the awards to represent the region. The awards are an annual celebration of British food and farming, enterprise...

A Cumbrian-based fuels firm has announced the merger of two of its businesses.

Plans for a new hotel in Carlisle are set to get the go-ahead next week.

Businesses around Morecambe Bay are being encouraged to learn more about how they could benefit from the construction of the Eden Project Morecambe after councillors agreed on Monday that a revised development should go ahead