Guild improvements gather pace
Contractor Blakedown Landscapes will begin refurbishing Flag Market in Preston city centre this week in preparation for the Preston Guild 2012.
Contractor Blakedown Landscapes will begin refurbishing Flag Market in Preston city centre this week in preparation for the Preston Guild 2012.
The Preston-based regeneration specialist has launched a new retrofit and environmental division.
The North West Development Agency will hold a European Regional Development Fund Northwest Environment Sector Event on Tuesday 21 June at the new Brockholes Visitor Centre near Preston.
Construction firm Morgan Sindall has handed over the new £12m forensic science laboratories for the University of Central Lancashire.
Preston's new Brockholes wetland and woodland nature reserve and floating visitor centre is set to open on Sunday 24 April. [includes gallery]
Disease resistant Elm trees are being planted on Riverside Walk in Preston's Miller Park to replace an avenue of trees which became diseased in 2010.
Preston's new Brockholes wetland and woodland nature reserve and floating visitor centre, which opens in spring, has been awarded BREEAM ‘outstanding' status for its environmental quality.
The University of Central Lancashire has been awarded nearly £1.1m from the European Regional Development Fund to establish a project that will increase the uptake of small wind turbine technologies by SMEs.
Law firm Brabners Chaffe Street has recruited Claire Gregory from Hammonds as head of its environment and regulatory team.
A special week of dedicated news and features on Place North West in May will examine work in the region relating to the low carbon agenda.