Diamond Ambassadors

The payroll year-end is just around the corner, for all employers payroll is a critical aspect of their business that requires a lot of time, focus, and attention to detail if you have chosen to run your payroll in-house. Every year, following your last pay run and before the 19th of April, you’ll need to send specific information to [...]

One of the most famous – and successful – American footballers of all time, JJ Watt, and his wife Kealia, an international footballer, were welcomed to Burnley College’s £110 million Campus to meet learners and staff and view the impressive facilities. The NFL (National Football League) star has recently retired from playing with the Arizona Cardinals after a glittering [...]

East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce are delighted to welcome NORI HR and Employment Law as our Diamond Ambassador Sponsor for a second year. NORI HR & Employment Law are a family firm who have shown incredible growth since they began in 2019. They are dynamic, finger-on the-pulse experts in supporting businesses of all sizes to manage the day-to-day tasks, [...]

Award-winning Burnley Strength and Conditioning training facility Fitness Evolution is to revolutionise the fitness industry yet again as it launches a brand-new, specialist programme. Evolution X is a cutting-edge programme which has been expertly designed for the ultimate fitness enthusiasts, combining weightlifting, gymnastics and cardio work. And, to celebrate the launch, Fitness Evolution, based on the £110 million Burnley [...]

A family-run firm of civil and geotechnical engineers has changed hands in a seven-figure buy-out that will secure its future as a leading independent in the industry. Murray Rix based in Dukinfield has worked on some of the UK’s most high-profile projects including the Etihad Stadium, the Trafford Centre, and the Liverpool cruise liner terminal, as well as Canary Wharf [...]

Jane Parry, managing partner and head of tax at PM+M: The Government is facing some tough challenges, but this Budget has only gone a small way to really addressing them. The Government is treading a fine line between a ‘technical recession’ and minimal growth so anything that would have caused even the tiniest of negative shockwaves was never going [...]

Leading Health & Safety consultants Napthens Health & Safety have teamed up with East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce as sponsors of their regular Health & Safety Forum events. The Health & Safety Forum brings together H&S professionals from organisations across Lancashire to network, share best practice and learn from and support peers in a non-competitive environment within their sector. [...]

PM+M - the Blackburn and Bury-based chartered accountancy, business advisory and financial planning group – has acted in a deal that saw Your Castle Caretakers be acquired by Oltec Group. The value of the share sale has not been disclosed, although all of Your Castle Caretakers’ staff and clients have been transferred to Oltec Group as part of the [...]

VPS, a global marine fuel testing advisory company owned by Fremman Capital has acquired Emsys Maritime, a real-time emissions measurement company operating globally and based in Altrincham. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Azets, the UK Top 10 Accountancy firm, provided corporate finance and tax advice to the company’s shareholders and directors. VPS is the market-leading fuel [...]

With the tax year end (5 April) on the horizon, taking action now may give you the opportunity to take advantage of any remaining reliefs, allowances and exemptions. Pierce Business Advisory and Accountancy Group have provided some key tax and financial planning tips to consider prior to the end of the tax year. Now is also an ideal opportunity to [...]