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Based in Penrith, Kreative Living has launched an online store, offering a range of modern and unique, homeware and home accessories, as well as a lifestyle offering with a range of environmentally friendly products.

McMenon Engineering Services’ proactive strategy to deal with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic has been praised by a local MP. Mark Jenkinson, Conservative MP for Workington, met with members of the McMenon team on a visit to the Cumbrian...

Ahead of the public launch of the national NHS Test & Trace app later this week, local businesses are being urged to make sure they are aware of the new legal requirements around collecting customer contact information and have downloaded...

Cumbria’s home shopping and online giant – Lakeland Plastics is on a recruitment drive to fill over 60 seasonal vacancies in their contact centre in Windermere.  Working with career management specialists, Inspira, the partnership is designed to help prospective employees...

A 28-day postal ballot is set to start on whether or not the Ulverston Business Improvement District should be renewed for the next five years. Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are precisely defined geographical areas where business ratepayers are invited to...

Some of the UK’s biggest construction and nuclear firms have pledged to invest around £2.5 billion pounds in the north of England as part of plans for a new nuclear plant in Suffolk. The agreement – a Memorandum of Understanding...

Cumbria Chamber of Commerce is advising businesses to prepare in case the county is hit by serious flooding this winter. To mark Flood Resilience Awareness Week (September 21-25), it is promoting a flood resilience toolkit for businesses compiled by the...

Despite 2020 being an extremely difficult and demanding year especially in the care industry, one passionate care worker has achieved registered manager status at one of the largest domiciliary care providers in Cumbria. 

The 2020 Cumbria Business Survey has been commissioned by Cumbria County Council, all six District Councils, Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership and Cumbria Chamber of Commerce, to secure reliable data on Cumbria’s economic performance.

Assessors for a major environmental award scheme have named Windermere's Park Cliffe as one of the greenest places in Britain to take a holiday.