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A hangar on Kirkbride Airfield is for sale with a price tag of £250,000. Hangar 1, a six-and-a-half acre site, which also includes a derelict brick building which could be converted into a home, is on the market with H&H...

Jane Moorby from Oxley Group A business in Cumbria is considering hiring extra staff to deal with the added paperwork caused by Brexit and warns of exports being delayed by eight weeks. Businesses in the county are calling on the...

South Lakeland businesses can now apply for the Government’s one-off Restart Grants. The grants for businesses affected by the coronavirus restrictions are being administered by South Lakeland District Council  in two strands: Non-essential retail businesses: Businesses with a rateable value...

Picture: Steve Ashworth Media A Lake District firm has created floats from plastic bottles for open water swimming. Swim the Lakes, based in Ambleside, has created the tow floats, which hold swimmers' belongings, from recycled single-use plastic bottles. The firm...

Artist’s impressions of Lakes BioScience’s biopharmaceuticals site in Ulverston Important steps have been agreed that will support long term-employment in Ulverston after one of the town's biggest employers revealed it would be closing its site earlier this year. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)...

Pauline Gorley A West Cumbrian caravan park has invested in new accommodation after it was deluged with requests from holidaymakers. Harbour Side Caravan Site, in Maryport, has introduced three new camping pods and almost tripled its number of pitches for...

Joanne Holborn, of Baines Wilson Five leading businesswomen from across Cumbria will talk about the challenges they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic at an event next month. Organised by Cumbria Chamber of Commerce, it is the first in a series of...

Rebecca Dunn A West Cumbrian engineering and project management consultancy has strengthened its team with a senior appointment. Environmental specialist Rebecca Dunn has joined REACT Engineering as a principal consultant and will support its work at the Sellafield site. REACT...

Aquila Nuclear Engineering has been selected by the Sellafield Programme and Project Partners (PPP) to support the design and build of replacement nuclear laboratories Sellafield has unveiled a £9m revamp of its nuclear laboratories which it hopes will "create a...

Jo Lappin, chief executive of Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership is looking to recruit local business leaders to join its board. Cumbria LEP chair Lord Inglewood said: “The board continues to evolve and we are now looking...