Morecambe MP David Morris voted against a VAT cut on energy bills in the House of Commons yesterday
HANA Calls Public Meeting over Proposals for Heysham 3
Heysham Anti-Nuclear Alliance (HANA) is hosting a public meeting about plans for the construction of a new nuclear power station at Heysham. The meeting will take place at the Gregson […]
Hard Times Ahead for Council, Leader Warns
Lancaster City Council’s leader Stuart Langhorn has warned the area faces more cuts to its services as public finances tighten. Writing on the new Council leader’s blog, Langhorn notes that […]
Green Light for Sainsbury’s Extension
Above: What the revamped Sainsbury’s store would look like from the car park. Image courtesy Sainsbury’s. Lancaster City Council has granted planning permission for an extension to Sainsbury’s Cable Street […]
Citizens Advice Seeks New Volunteers
With the economic downturn biting, Lancaster Citizens Advice Bureau tells virtual-Lancaster seen a dramatic rise in the number of clients approaching them for advice. “We’ve increased our opening hours and […]
Council Cuts Services, More to Come?
(Updated 27/2/09, redundancy cost figure corrected): Public toilets, The Dukes, Salt Ayre Leisure Centre and Citizens Advice all face massive cuts in their budget as Lancaster City Council struggles to […]
North West firms urged to sign up for government contracts
Small companies in the Lancaster and Morecambe area are being encouraged to sign up to the government’s business website to take advantage of thousands of public sector contracts — and […]
Sainsbury’s Expansion Proposed
Above: What the revamped Sainsbury’s store would look like from the car park. Image courtesy Sainsbury’s. (Updated 23/1/09): Sainsbury’s has begun a public consultation event to ask for views on […]
Citizen Binned
(Updated 17/12/08): The closure of the Lancaster Citizen office in November has sadly proved to be the first stage in a slow death for the City’s once most read free […]
New Credit Crunch Initiatives Announced for Local Business
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has just hosted an event with senior regional representatives from the major banks operating in the North West in an effort to co-ordinate support […]