Preston business news 2024
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Jobs now open at Animate!
20 December 2024: Over 100 new jobs will be created for local people at the brand new Animate complex, when it opens in spring 2025. Register your interest and find that hot new exciting career!
Hollywood Bowl Preston
19 December 2024: We talk to the Centre Manager at Hollywood Bowl in Preston, Radu Solomon about the centre joining the Animate complex.
Works on the Tram Bridge come to a close in 2024
17 December 2024: Eric Wright Civil Engineering, the principal contractor for the new Tram Bridge project, will be scaling back the construction site during the winter months and resuming work in Spring 2025.
Preston City Council 'rings' the changes for iconic red telephone boxes
12 December 2024: Preston's nine Grade two-listed red telephone boxes are set for an historic face-lift as the project to restore them dials up.
Preston Businesses can access grants to recruit young apprenticeships
11 December 2024: Lancashire County Council has grants of £3000 to incentivise small and medium employers in Preston and Lancashire to recruit young apprentices.
Heritage apprenticeships: The Harris Museum regeneration
09 December 2024: Preston City Council places great weight on social value, where a more comprehensive benefit can be gained in a local community by delivering public contracts and services.
MGD wraps up penultimate letting at Preston's Animate
27 November 2024: Days after the completion of Preston City Council's Animate leisure scheme, Maple Grove Developments (MGD) has announced the final restaurant letting to Taco Bell franchisee, Soul Foods Group.
Matt Cowburn, Cowburn Watson-Box
14 November 2024: Matt Cowburn, a member of the Preston Towns Fund Strategic Board and co-founder of a cost and project management company, Cowburn Watson-Box.
Preston hosts launch to celebrate becoming a Real Living Wage city
05 November 2024: Preston City Council hosted a Real Living Wage celebration, to showcase becoming the first Real Living Wage city in Lancashire and gave a platform to other Real Living Wage employers to share their experiences, whilst shining a light on the benefit of becoming an accredited Real Living Wage employer.
City's High Street Heroes' Honoured at Guild Hall Ceremony
1 November 2024: Preston's 'High Street Heroes' were crowned at a city centre awards ceremony, last night.
Sanderson Weatherall appointed to manage Preston's £45m+ Animate leisure complex
1 November 2024: Scheme officially handed over by Maple Grove Developments, development partner of Preston City Council
Radio 2 in the Park Boosts Preston Economy by £5.3 Million
31 October 2024: In September, Preston's Moor Park was the vibrant setting for BBC Radio 2 in the Park, as global superstars like the Pet Shop Boys, Sting, and Sugababes drew thousands of music fans from across the country.