Financial

A Lancashire IFA is hosting a free investment advice event this month to mark its expansion north into the county.

A £100,000 investment is being unveiled for a brand new area at SEA LIFE Blackpool, featuring rare and unusual sea creatures from all over the world, as part of its ocean conservation campaign.

Moving to ‘one-hit’ machining has delivered a Lancashire precision engineering specialist a £500,000 boost after securing a string of new orders.

Half of North West SME manufacturers plan to increase their capital investment spend in the next 12-months despite the uncertainty of Brexit, according to an influential business survey.

Bay Business Angels, which was set up in 2017 to provide startups and new businesses with ‘Angel’ investment, has seen businesses in south Cumbria and North Lancaster raise £850k of investment.

Award winning Lancashire-based brewer and regional leisure venue operator, Lancaster Brewery, has filed record pre-tax profits of £667,102 in 2017/2018 up 88% year on year and has announced significant investment plans for 2019.

Tony Medcalf, tax partner at Lancashire-based MHA Moore and Smalley, said: “This was a budget where the chancellor looked to turn the heating back...