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Green light for £220m Blackpool scheme

Blackpool Council has approved plans for a major £220m scheme to transform a 10-hectare (24.7-acre) site around the resort’s North railway station and Talbot Road. Muse Developments is leading the Talbot Gateway project, which will include four hotels, cafés and restaurants to complement more than 30,000sq ft (2,787sq m) of office and business space. A pedestrian-friendly public [...]

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NWDA looks to banish ‘outdated perceptions’ with tourism PR push

By Kat Barns
date 2010-03-12 comment Comments (0)
The Northwest Development Agency has initiated the hunt for a PR supplier to work with it over the course of
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Salford City Reds stadium plans approved

By Kat Barns
date 2010-03-11 comment Comments (1)
Salford City Reds rugby league team is set for a move to a new stadium after plans for the development
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£10.8m funding to kick-start Salford scheme

By Kat Barns
date 2010-03-03 comment Comments (0)
Plans for the redevelopment of Salford’s Chapel Street area have received a boost after the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA)
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New promenade for Trafford quayside

By Kat Barns
date 2010-03-02 comment Comments (0)
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has announced that a new £3.6m public promenade will provide the missing part of
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Seven Northwest finalists up for English tourism ‘Oscars’

By Kat Barns
date 2010-02-23 comment Comments (1)
Seven businesses from England’s Northwest have been shortlisted for some of the tourism industry’s highest accolades in the annual Enjoy
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Cumbria’s tourism under the spotlight

By Kat Barns
date 2010-01-27 comment Comments (0)
Leaders from the hospitality and tourism sector will meet in Cumbria next week to discuss how they can capitalise on
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Mearns steps down as NWDA marketing chief

By Kat Barns
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Peter Mearns, the Northwest Regional Development Agency’s executive director of marketing and communications, is leaving after ten years at the
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Inaugural Wirral Golf Classic

By Kat Barns
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Four of the Wirral’s magnificent coastal golf courses are to host a new 72 hole amateur tournament open to adult
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Improvement project at The Groves in Chester gets under way

By Kat Barns
date 2010-01-25 comment Comments (0)
Work has begun to improve the pedestrian entrance to Chester’s riverside. The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) is funding public realm
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New to the NWDA: Mary Houston

By Lauren Coulman
date 2010-01-14 comment Comments (1)
  Newly appointed to the North West Development Agency (NWDA) as of November 2009, Mary Houston has taken on the role