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Copeland MP Trudy Harrison is calling on employers to sign up to the Government's Kickstart scheme. Guidelines for the scheme, which aims to help young people into employment, have been eased to make it easier for smaller businesses to get...

Carlisle Youth Zone Carlisle Youth Zone and Baines Wilson LLP are inviting people to attend a free virtual Business Breakfast later this month with guest speaker John Roberts, CEO of international online retailer, AO. AO began with a £1 bet...

A Kendal-based drinks company quadrupled its annual production to feature in the UK’s biggest subscription club for gin lovers. Pennington's Spirits and Liqueurs, based in Tanner’s Yard, worked hard during the lockdowns of 2020 to ensure that tens of thousands...

Mark Cook Story Homes has appointed a new non-executive director. Mark Cook joins the housebuilder’s board today. With over 40 years’ experience in the housebuilding industry, Mr Cook joins Story from Persimmon Homes, where he spent over 27 years in...

More than £37 million has so far been paid out to Carlisle businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic by the city council. The council is continuing to make payments from government schemes they are administering. They are also asking local...

Derwentwater Tourism businesses from across West Cumbria are invited to a virtual breakfast briefing. Allerdale and Copeland councils have teamed up to host the briefing, on Friday, February 12, for those in the tourism and hospitality sectors can hear specialist...

The first occupiers have moved in to a unique office complex in Carlisle. The £1.3 million ModVillage at Kingmoor Park is a first of its kind for Cumbria and provides office space from recycled shipping containers. NXT Recruitment has moved...

High Sheriff of Cumbria, Julie Barton Carlisle MP John Stevenson is supporting the High Sheriff of Cumbria’s COVID-19 Business Innovation and Community Awards. The awards, spearheaded by High Sheriff Julie Barton, aim to recognise the incredible ways businesses across Cumbria have...

Trudy Harrison MP Businesses in Copeland hoping to maximise on their exporting potential are being invited to attend a virtual session hosted by the area’s MP and the Department for International Trade.  Trudy Harrison is encouraging business owners to register...

Scott Donaldson, Harrison & Hetherington A managing director has been announced to run Harrison & Hetherington. Scott Donaldson, who has been with the firm for over 10 years and latterly was joint managing director, he has been appointed as sole...