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Paul Graham, managing director, and Chris Clement, commercial director, H&H Insurance Brokers A leading Cumbrian insurance broker has been awarded a top accolade by a customer ratings website. H&H Insurance Brokers has been awarded the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service award for...

Cath Butterworth, Matthew Redhead, Caitlin Birkett and Rebecca Higgins, of Dodd & Co Cumbrian accountancy firm Dodd & Co has donated £2,000 to charities instead of sending Christmas cards. Staff nominated charities they would like to benefit from the donation...

Paul Moody A financial planning consultant has been appointed to Armstrong Watson’s Penrith office. Paul Moody joins the firm’s financial planning and wealth management team after 12 years running his own successful practice in the town. Paul, who has lived...

Des Moore The Cumberland has achieved a prestigious award from customer reviews platform Feefo. It was awarded the Platinum Trusted Service Award. It has been awarded after the building society landed its third Feefo Gold Award in three years. The annual...

SME manufacturers in Cumbria joining the Industry 4.0 revolution are driving up the demand for data science and software engineering skills. Made Smarter, the movement helping businesses grow through technology adoption, said seven out of the 16 technology projects being...

Hannah Heslop Carlisle-based financial planners, Stan Sherlock Associates, is celebrating two successes at the start of the New Year. The team has just been shortlisted for the National Family Business of the Year award with Family Business United. One of...

Alastair and Stuart McKenzie A Carlisle firm has been nominated for a national family business award. K&S McKenzie, on the Kingstown Industrial Estate, is a family businesses of over 50 years with two premises in the city. They started off...

A series of workshops will be held next month for people thinking about starting their own business. Cumbria Business Growth Hub will host the web-based workshops - Is my business idea a good one, Enterprising women in Cumbria and Building...

A Cumbrian business trio are finding an audience across the world for their efforts to brighten the gloom of lockdown. Neil Bowness, Lisa Joyce and Wayne Singleton are now podcasting on a regular basis under the label The Enthusiasts. The...

A survey by Windermere and Bowness Chamber of Trade shows overwhelming support for extending the business rates holiday. Most of the local businesses in the hospitality, tourism and retail sectors that responded to the survey favoured a 12-month extension to...