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l-r Jason Street, James Thompson, Gillian Bardin, Keith Pressler

Staff from Preston-based financial advisory group, Taylor Patterson, will be putting on their walking boots and tackling the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on 29 June to raise money for their chosen charity of the year, The Space Centre.

Gillian Bardin, Chris Bardin, Jason Street, James Thompson, Keith Pressler and Rachel Harper will take on three of the highest peaks in Yorkshire, Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, aiming to cover almost 25 miles in under 12 hours.

Louise Potter, chairman of the Taylor Patterson charity committee, said: “Training is well underway with two practice walks already completed, preparing our staff for the tough challenge ahead.

“Having conquered Pen-y-ghent in April and then Whernside and Ingleborough in May, I am confident that all participants will make it round the challenging course, and definitely have fun along the way.”

Taylor Patterson director, Keith Pressler, who has completed the training walks, commented: “With plenty of willpower, teamwork and lots of high-energy snacks, it will be a real achievement for everyone to complete the challenge and have a great day raising money for a very important local charity.” Read More »

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Telecoms expert lands key role at top IT firm

Burnley businessman Michael Blackston’s name certainly rang a bell with one of East Lancashire’s most progressive firms. So much so that he has now landed a key role with Holker Network Solutions – as head of its new telecoms division!

The 51-year-old former BT engineer from Briercliffe has decided to hang up on his own business to team up with the fast-growing Colne-based firm, which also has a base in Burnley.

And Matthew Metcalfe, managing director at Holker Network Solutions, is delighted that Michael has answered the call: “Telecoms is key to our development – combining it with our IT service is massively important – and we could not have a better person on board.

“Michael has all the technical experience we could wish for, knows this patch well and, maybe even more importantly, completely empathises with what we are trying to do here.

“When his name first came to our attention we thought it would be the perfect fit, but we never imagined it might happen quite so quickly.” Read More »

Local businesses are invited to attend a special breakfast briefing hosted by Jake Berry MP for Rossendale and Darwen.

The launch will take place on 24th May 2013 8.30 to 10.00am at Rossendales in Helmshore. Parking is available on site and on surrounding streets.

Guest speakers:

Crown Paints will be sharing the experiences of their production apprentices – a successful programme of the finest apprentices in the area

WEC Engineering will be discussing their own Apprenticeship Academy which has yielded some of the finest apprentices in the area.

The event sees the launch of a challenge to create 100 Apprenticeships in 100 days. Building on the success of last year’s campaign, you will hear from apprentices and their employers regarding the business benefits as well as information surrounding funding to help you access Apprenticeships for your own organisation.

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Come & help fill Blackburn full of bee friendly plants & flowers and get involved in a town centre event that aims to help the diminishing Honey Bee population.
‘Blackburn’s Big Planting Bee’ will take place on Friday 25th May from 11am to 3pm and volunteers are being asked to spend 30 minutes planting bee friendly flowers throughout the town centre.

The event is being led by Blackburn Town Centre Partnership Board and is supported by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council’s ‘Your Community, Your Call’ campaign, The Mall, the town centre BID development company and Groundwork Pennine Lancashire.

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