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David, owner of Castlerigg Hall caravan and camping park with some of his views of the surrounding scenery A family holiday park says advanced bookings for summer holidays are the "highest they've ever been" at the start of the year...

The Cumbria Clock Company Time is running out for firms to sign up for a free online manufacturing conference featuring Cumbrian businesses. The full line-up for Made Smarter’s digital manufacturing conference has been revealed with Cumbrian businesses among 44 set...

Managing director of the Entrepreneurs Group Ltd, Keith McMean The Budget will "give all businesses a fair crack at getting back on track", the managing director of a Cumbrian firm says. Today Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced...

Rod Stewardson Almost 300 firms have been awarded a total of £818,000 in grants to help them emerge from the COVID-19 lockdown. Cumbria Business Growth Hub enabled the businesses to receive funding from European Regional Development Fund’s Small Business Recovery...

Cath Dutton A new manager has been appointed to continue the transformation of careers education in Cumbria. Cath Dutton will lead the Cumbria Careers Hub, a partnership of schools, colleges, employers and careers education professionals. Working alongside the Careers and...

Daniella Hope, of Lake District Hotels To celebrate International Women’s Day next Monday, Cumbria Chamber of Commerce is hosting a live panel event with five local leading businesswomen. The free event will bring together women from the county with different...

Two Cumbrian MPs are part of a drive to ensure that local firms in north Cumbria make the most of free government support to help them take advantage of export opportunities and to tap into demand for British products overseas....

Kirsty Ridge, managing director of Lakeland Inns The boss of a family-run pub group has joined calls for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, to slash beer duty in next month’s budget. Kirsty Ridge, managing director of Lakeland Inns, says...

Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership is organising a series of free online clinics to help businesses manage the changes to trading with the European Union. The events will focus on the issues that businesses have identified as being the areas where...

James Cropper, Kendal James Cropper's Colourform has taken home a prestigious award for a collaboration with a Champagne house. The Kendal-based innovator is proud to have won the Luxury Resource Efficient Pack at the Luxury Packaging Awards 2020 – which...