Diamond Ambassadors

PM+M – the Blackburn and Bury-based chartered accountancy, business advisory and financial planning group – has launched a new employee benefits service - Workplace Save + Protect - aimed at helping businesses strengthen their employee benefits offering and improve the financial wellbeing of their teams. Developed by PM+M’s financial planning team, the service responds to the growing challenge of [...]

The Napthens Foundation is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children). This collaboration aims to support the NSPCC's vital work in protecting children and preventing abuse across the UK. With a goal to raise £7,000 over the next 12 months, the Napthens Foundation will provide the NSPCC with [...]

Students at Nelson and Colne College Group University Centre can now receive up to £3,000 in financial support over the course of a three-year programme, thanks to an enhanced and improved financial support scheme, helping more people than ever access higher education. The financial support – part of the college’s Access and Participation Plan – is designed to break [...]

Burnley FC in the Community Schools Mental Wellbeing Project has benefitted to the tune of £1,000 after a charity sing off. The money was raised by East Lancashire solicitor Oli McCann, who took part in The Great Chamber Sing Off, organised by the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce. Oli sang ‘Feeling Good’ by Michael Buble in front of a [...]

PM+M – the Blackburn and Bury-based chartered accountancy, business advisory and financial planning group – is once again inviting local charities and community organisations to apply for support through its ‘Positive Impact’ programme, as the firm begins a new financial year. Now in its second year, Positive Impact is PM+M’s community support initiative and a central part of its [...]

Blackburn and Bury-based PM+M, the chartered accountancy, business advisory and financial planning group, has added to its partnership following the promotions of Dan Bowles who works in the audit, accounting + advisory team; and Tara Maynard who works in the financial planning team. Dan joined PM+M in 2022 as a director, since his arrival he has led a mixed [...]

With just under a month remaining until the nomination deadline, individuals and organisations across the UK are being urged to submit their entries for the 2025 Trailblazers Awards. Launched by national full-service law firm Forbes Solicitors, the awards recognise and celebrate the people, groups and businesses making an exceptional impact in their communities and industries. Nominations for the free-to-enter [...]

One year ago, YAB, the unique peer-to-peer business problem-solving community, was proudly running 9 thriving groups. A period that marked rapid growth for the community and increasing recognition across the North West. Since then, the momentum has not only continued, but it is also not showing any signs of slowing down. On track to double in size by the [...]

Accrington and Rossendale College (ARC) Painting and Decorating student, Shelby Fitzakerly, has been selected as one of just 19 apprentices and students from across the UK to travel to Denmark this September to compete against Europe’s best at the prestigious EuroSkills competition. Representing ARC, part of Nelson and Colne College Group (NCCG), Shelby has already proven her talent, having [...]

Proud staff and learners at Themis, the Apprenticeship training arm of Burnley College, are celebrating after reaching the finals in an outstanding six categories of the highly-competitive Lancashire Apprenticeship Awards. The finalists range from an Apprentice Mechatronics Engineer to an Apprentice Childcare specialist, a Digital Apprentice to a Degree Apprentice, as well as a shortlisting for Apprenticeship Ambassador. Themis [...]