Gleeson Homes appoints Matthew Swallow as commercial director to drive growth across Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cumbria.

Businesses in Barrow town centre are being asked to decide whether the town's Business Improvement District should continue for another term.

OWNERSHIP of a major UK holiday park operator is set to change hands. Park Holidays UK, which operates 56 holiday parks across the country, is being sold to European asset management firm Aermont by ...

A long-running family firm has closed its doors after trading for more than 140 years. J Chaplow & Sons Limited, a road surfacing and groundworks contractor based in Cumbria, originally began as an ...

Langdale Chase has been recognised as one of the country’s finest luxury hotels in The Telegraph’s newly launched 250 Best Hotels in the ...

United Utilities (UU) has outlined a multi-billion pound investment programme which it will reduce the number of sewage spills into places ...

A Carlisle-based therapist is appealing to landowners to help him bring a unique form of outdoor therapy to the city.

Plans to expand Derwent Service Station in Keswick are set for approval despite neighbour concerns over noise, lighting and parking.

Lord Simon Case says it is an "outrage" that Barrow has some of the "most deprived wards" in the country despite ...

THE former Cockermouth Conservative Club could be transformed into a new bar under newly-announced plans. The club, which had been on the market for several months, is set to be transformed into a ...

A convenience store could soon have a new owner as its current operators look to sell up and move on. Station View in Kendal has been put on the market with sellers describing it as a "hands-on ...

Could Barrow turn into a tourist destination? Miranda Cannon, chief executive at Westmorland & Furness Council, believes there is potential.