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Community CVS is proud to announce its recent OFSTED inspection, which recognises significant improvements across all aspects of its training centre provision. The inspection report, led by Alastair Mollon HMI, highlights Community CVS’s commitment to delivering high-quality training and capacity building for the health and social care sector throughout Lancashire. In light of this recognition, Community CVS has opened [...]

A group of exceptional Burnley College Students have come away as victors at the Valorant Grand Finals at the British Esports Association Student Championships. It’s the result of months of hard work which saw them defeat some of the biggest names in student Esports. The five ventured to Nottingham to compete at one of the most high-tech Esports venues [...]

Walking with dinosaurs! Healing Teddy Bears! Getting soaked by a crazy, out-of-control futuristic robot! Just another day at Burnley College’s Science and Technology Festival. The unrivalled celebration has become a key event in the calendar for families from across the North West and this year’s was bigger and better than ever. The legendary Titan the Robot starred once again, now [...]

Leading employers from across the region joined forces with Burnley College and North West Business Training to raise more than £3,000 for Pendleside Hospice at a successful charity Golf Day. Staged at Nelson Golf Club, the popular event enjoyed lovely weather and saw business leaders and golf enthusiasts join staff from the College for the day. Director of Skills, Innovation [...]

On Friday 5th July at the trig point of Pendle Hill, surrounded by a large gathering of colleagues, clients, associates and friends who had made the climb, the newly merged entity of Forward Thinking and Latitude Studios was officially launched. The moment was marked symbolically by planting a flag at the summit. Forward Thinking and Latitude are delighted to announce their [...]

The payroll team at PM+M has recently secured a trio of new clients operating in the home décor, finance and education sectors. The new clients are: Graham & Brown - the UK's leading interior brand; Furness Building Society - a top 20 building society which provides a range of financial products to customers; and Forward As One Church of [...]

Social engineering scams are on the rise. Here we outline some of the most prevalent scam trends and what to watch out for. An estimated £2.7 billion worth of fraud passed under the noses of UK targets during 2022. Thankfully, over half of those attempts were prevented by various financial institutions. But this still resulted in countless people finding [...]

Nelson and Colne College Group has won a prestigious award for its outstanding contribution to improving the quality of its provision. The group was one of the winners of the inaugural Quality Professionals Awards, held in Leeds, celebrating the exceptional contributions of quality and compliance professionals in further education and employability sectors. The event gathered 200 distinguished guests from [...]

A popular conference which brings together professionals from across the built environment sector will return this year to explore the potential impact of some of Lancashire’s biggest ever developments. The Lancashire Built Environment Conference 2024 will take place on 25 September at a new venue - the iconic Winter Gardens Blackpool - and has a programme of interviews, debates, [...]

There is no doubt that the introduction of single joint experts has helped to streamline the process of obtaining expert opinions, particularly within divorce proceedings. Nevertheless, there are times when additional input from a forensic accountant may be required by one, or both, of the parties. This is the role of the expert adviser or “shadow” expert. Using a shadow expert [...]