With the news this week that Borders, which has a major store in Preston's Deepdale retail park, has gone into administration, it appears to be a worrying time for many Lancashire based businesses.
Although the store is still continuing to trade whilst the financial situation is assessed, the current financial climate and changing shopping patterns are making it difficult for many businesses to stay afloat. Below is a map of just a few Lancashire based businesses that have faced financial worries in recent months, as reported in the Lancashire Evening Post.
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Friday, 27 November 2009
The Media Factory at UCLan
Opened in September 2007, The Media Factory is a fine example of modern architecture, providing great facilities for students from the performing arts, media practice and media areas.
It is also the home for the Centre for Employability through the Humanities, and the forth floor is home to the business incubation units. As well as this, it is the location for the new Centre for Digital Industries.
Costing over £15 million, the building has a contemporary design that perfectly reflects the creative culture and spirit which the students and staff foster.
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Business as usual at Northern Lights
As part of UCLan futures, the Northern Lights Business Incubation unit provides support to students, graduates and businesses throughout the Northwest.
The support programme offers many facilities and services including office space, one-on-one mentoring, and business workshops to help entrepeneurs turn an idea into a new business, or a new business into an established one.
The video is an interview with Julia Stickley, Northern Lights’ Incubation and Mentoring Coordinator. In it, she talks about the inception of Northern Lights, and the changes that have occured in order to maintain the essential support offered.
For more information on how to get involved with Northern Lights, click here
Hard drug use in the North West amongst highest in England
Figures for the Chief Medical Officer have found that the North West of England has the one of the highest number of hard drug users across England. The figures (see chart above), released in mid 2007, found that more than one in 100 people in the North West used heroin, more than any other region in the UK. The North West also placed second behind London in terms of crack cocaine users, with an estimated 7.1 users per 1000 using the deadly substance.
The research conducted by John Moore’s Centre for Public Health stated that more deprived communities face higher levels of problematic drugs than their more affluent neighbours, with those in the poorest areas 17 times more likely to be problem drug users than those living in the wealthiest neighbourhoods.
Figures taken from Guardian datastore: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/jun/10/drugs-drugspolicy
See the original statistics here: http://www.cph.org.uk/showPublication.aspx?pubid=540
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