A Lake District resort is adding new lounge space, an outdoor balcony and extra treatment rooms to its 5-star status spa.

The biography of a prominent North West artist has been unveiled at a specially organised book launch at a spa resort on Windermere.

A spa resort on Windermere has been voted the best in North West England at the 2025 Good Spa Guide regional awards ceremony in London.

One of Nottingham’s most historic green spaces has received a cash boost thanks to local packaging giant The Wilkins Group. As part of its ‘12 Months of Giving’ initiative, the Colwick-based company has donated £1,000 to St Ann’s Allotments, a unique city centre haven where gardening meets community care and connection. St Ann’s Allotments are no ordinary gardens - they date back to 1551 and are recognised as the largest surviving area of detached Victorian town gardens in E

Arkell’s Brewery and French & Jupps are proud to announce the launch of Ancestry (ABV 3.8%), a brand-new cask ale brewed in collaboration between one of Britain’s oldest family brewers and Great Britain’s oldest maltster. Together, they have crafted a speciality dark heritage beer that celebrates more than five centuries of combined brewing tradition. Ancestry will be available in pubs during October/November 2025. Brewed exclusively for cask, Ancestry is a smooth, easy-drink

UK consumers are the most likely to think that fraud will become a bigger issue for banks and insurers in the next five years, compared to other European countries. The new findings from CRIF, Europe’s leading provider of consumer and credit information, shows that four in five Brits (84%) expect the scale of fraud to become an even bigger issue between now and 2030, with the level of expectation higher than in Germany (80%), France (77%), Italy (76%), and Poland (76%). Brits

Contractor Henry Brothers Construction has started work on a major refurbishment scheme at Wolverhampton Central Police Station. The renovation on the Bilston Street site will take 16 months to complete. The station will remain open to the public throughout. Once the work is complete, the site will have better victim facilities, provide officers with a modern workplace and safeguard the long-term future of the city centre building. Managing Director of Henry Brothers Construc

M&S Food announced another step forward in its Reshape for Growth strategy by appointing A.F. Blakemore & Son Ltd, one of the UK’s largest family-owned businesses, as its new primary wholesale partner for third party branded products. The new strategic partnership will help deliver a more consistent and reliable shopping experience for customers as M&S continues its journey to become a shopping list retailer. Blakemore will deliver directly to M&S’ regional distribution netwo

New research from international recruitment firm, Robert Half, has revealed that nearly half (45%) of UK employers are planning to increase permanent headcount in their IT & Technology functions before the end of 2025. A further 36% are investing in contract professionals to maintain agility and address critical skills shortages in the function, with cybersecurity driving much of the demand. The findings, part of Robert Half’s latest Hiring Intentions data, show that while AI

A Lake District spa resort has played host to the flight crew of a prototype seaplane from the annals of aviation history. Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa was the base for the pilots and engineers of Waterbird, a unique, exact replica of the UK’s first successful seaplane which first flew from Windermere in 1911. The spa resort also gave a select audience of aviation enthusiasts and guests the chance to meet the team behind the project. Waterbird sped across the water and took wing

Britain’s oldest brewer Shepherd Neame has introduced a delicious new Afternoon Tea menu, with a selection of handcrafted sweet and savoury treats, just in time for National Afternoon Tea Week, which runs until Sunday (August 17). And to complement the offer, the brewer and pub company has teamed up with fellow family-owned, independent British firm Birchall Tea so customers can choose from an extensive selection of their award-winning flavours - or add sparkle with a glass

Independent family brewer, Shepherd Neame, has introduced a refreshing new cask ale to its permanent range – Creekside Juicy IPA(4%). Creekside takes its name from Faversham Creek which runs through the heart of the medieval market town which has been home to Shepherd Neame for more than 300 years. The historic brewery is just a stone’s throw from the Creek, which played a pivotal role in Faversham’s success over the centuries as a trading port and shipbuilding hub. A pale go

Faversham-based brewer and pub company Shepherd Neame has teamed up with fellow independent business Kent Crisps for a delicious new partnership. Kent Crisps will be available in selected Shepherd Neame pubs and hotels throughout Kent, London and across the South East from Monday, June 2. The award-winning range of hand-cooked, traditional British crisps showcase some of Kent’s finest food and drink, with flavours including Ashmore Cheese and Onion, in collaboration with Chee

Contractor Henry Brothers is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the opening of its first English office with record turnover and growth. Part of the Northern Irish-based Henry Brothers Group, the company set up in Nottingham in February 2015 and following significant success in the North established an office in Manchester in September 2022. It was originally named Henry Brothers Midlands and launched with a handful of staff. Under the leadership of managing director Ian Ta

Haulage business, AV Dawson Transport has signed a partnership with a national service provider to accelerate its carbon reduction plans. The transport firm, which is part of the AV Dawson Group of companies, has signed a new contract with nationwide tyre service provider, Central Tyre. Central Tyre is part of Europe’s largest tyre wholesale, distribution and retail company – European Tyre Enterprise Limited. Central Tyre, which has been working with AV Dawson Transport for t

The JW Lees brewing business goes back as far as 1828, when John Lees started up a brewery as – in effect – a hobby business, after a lifetime as a cotton mill owner in Oldham and Manchester. In the 190 years since then, the business has grown, diversified, reorganised, and weathered wars, both inside and out. As William Lees-Jones, its current MD says, “by the time my father joined in 1958 the firm was struggling – like lots of post-war family businesses, it had nearly been