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Blackpool fairtrade fortnight launches

fair-trade-fortnight

Organisations across Blackpool are celebrating the international Fairtrade Fortnight, which begins this week. A plethora of events including Fairtrade restaurant menus, taste tests and coffee mornings will promote the Fairtrade message to the general public, explaining the importance of buying Fairtrade products such as coffee, fruit and chocolate. The events are being coordinated by Blackpool’s …

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Blackpool Reveals New Chinese Name

After ten weeks of voting in China, VisitBritain has revealed the new Mandarin names for 101 points of interest across Britain, suggested by the Chinese public for the ‘GREAT Names for GREAT Britain’ campaign. Out of three possible naming suggestions chosen by the Chinese public, Blackpool has decided to adopt the new Mandarin name:  Shen …

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Red Rose Awards 2015 Finalists

Red Rose Awards 2015 finalists

Businesses across Lancashire are celebrating after being shortlisted as finalists in this year’s Red Rose Awards. Successful businesses were announced after a day of rigorous pre-scoring at Northcote at the Rovers whittling down each category to six finalists for each award. The 150 finalists will now face an interview and presentation stage across a further …

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