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Sally Urwin A new series of online events hopes to help bolster future success in agriculture. During 2021, Armstrong Watsons agriculture and farming team will be joined by some of the industry’s key players and guests from the farming community...

Georgina Smith, of Napthens A solicitor at Kendal-based law firm Napthens has qualified with the Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners. Georgina Smith has gained what is considered the top professional qualification for a wills, trusts and probate solicitor with...

Young people who want to develop their own business in West Cumbria have been given a £16,000 boost. TEGvirtual, a community interest company, based in Cumbria has been awarded over £16,000 from Cumbria Community Foundation. TEGvirtual  is run by a...

Helena White, H&H Land & Estates H&H Land & Estates has welcomed a new chartered surveyor to the team. Helena White is based in the Kendal office to advise clients on rural properties and property related matters across the Cumbrian...

We are currently looking to recruit apprentice and degree apprentice learners to start in September 2021 with many major local employers. If you are looking to start an apprenticeship, then you should attend one of our virtual open evenings for...

BAE Systems Submarines Barrow Barrow shipyard is proudly celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. When the directors of the fledgling Iron Shipbuilding Company first met in January 1871, they sowed the seeds for a business which has grown from humble...

Clifton-based AW Jenkinson Forest Products has helped raise vital funds for a children’s hospital charity thanks to an innovative Christmas tree pick-up service. The initiative was launched in 2019 by tree surgeons and landscape gardeners Mitchel Ingham, of JM Groundcare,...

Suzanne Caldwell Cumbria Chamber of Commerce is urging businesses to check their eligibility for government grants to help them get through the coronavirus pandemic. It says there are now so many different schemes, there is a danger that businesses could...

South Lakes MP Tim Farron has put his name to a new Parliamentary Bill to abolish business rates to save jobs and businesses on the high street. The Abolition of Business Rates Bill was introduced to Parliament this week by...

A series of free webinars have been organised to help businesses adapt to the new rules in place for Brexit. Eden District Council – with Redkite Innovations – is hosting a series of Brexit webinars to get businesses up to...