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A West Cumbrian company has been awarded a £30 million contract to manufacture nuclear waste containers for Sellafield Ltd. TSP Engineering, of Workington, will produce transport packages for Sellafield Ltd’s decommissioning programme.

In addition to offering an at home delivery service, Hawkshead Relish will now have its range of chutneys, pickles, relishes, sauces, jams, with more than 100 Relish products available ready to be ordered online and collected from their flagship store...

A businessman from Carlisle is now advising Government after rolling-out a national system to coordinate volunteer networks formed during COVID-19.

The North West’s only FTSE100 company is looking to recruit 62 new apprentices with a wide range of schemes on offer. Apprentices are one group across the country bearing the brunt of the economic crisis triggered by COVID-19

A Cumbrian business has unveiled a £500,000 investment which will help clean-up Sellafield while sustaining jobs and saving money for the taxpayer. Cyclife UK has created a specialist remote cutting facility (RCF) which will process contaminated skips from Sellafield’s fuel...

Cumbria’s tourism and hospitality sector is being boosted with the opening of landmark Lakes pub with rooms The Coniston Inn. The historic 42-bed Lakeland inn re-opened on Saturday August 1 following the completion of a multi-million pound redesign

A local mum has been accepted to university to pursue her dream career, following support from a leading Barrow training provider. Katie Denning, from Hawcoat in Barrow, will start her adult nursing degree with the University of Cumbria in September

An escape room attraction in Cumbria is offering NHS workers free games to mark its reopening. Break Free on Rawlinson Street in Barrow has four different scenarios based around a Prison Break, Ascension, Abandoned Factory and Room 13 theme.

A Michelin star-level chef has taken over a historic Lakes venue in a move that will see a significant investment in the site and new jobs created. Kevin Tickle, a chef renowned for ‘foraging’ – sourcing food in the wild...

United Utilities is to invest £290 million in plans to reduce leakage by a record amount over the coming five years. The water company has pledged to cut the amount of water that leaks from pipework by 15 per cent...