“We are absolutely over the moon,” Claire Mahon of Redmayne 1860 told Business Crack after revealing how the tailors have become the only company in Cumbria to be recognised with a prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise.
A new programme has been launched to strengthen the capability, competitiveness and long-term resilience of businesses aiming to work in regulated sectors such as nuclear, defence and advanced manufacturing.
Almost 100 workers at a Cumbrian packaging firm are set to take strike action over pay.
A national logistics firm has opened a new Cumbrian base, creating 18 jobs.
A matchmaker scheme has helped SMEs secure around £19 million-worth of contracts on the West Cumbrian Sellafield site.
Armstrong Watson has appointed Paul Russell as head of VAT and indirect tax.
There are calls for more to be done to speed up vital regeneration work in Barrow to house workers who will build the next generation of nuclear submarines as part of a project which is ‘too big to fail.’
Why do so many SME founders find it almost impossible not to micromanage?
A Cumbrian estate is trialling a ground-breaking approach to farming that could reshape how land is used across the county.
Carlisle-based Direct Rail Services is offering a small fleet of locomotives for sale.

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