Banks and card providers will be given the power to set a maximum - or unlimited - single payment amount for contactless payments.

The post office has found a new home in the Broughton Community Information Centre and welcomed customers for the first time this month.

An opticians has opened a new consulting room amid rising demand for its services. Specsavers Barrow-in-Furness has made the expansion after relocating in August 2024 The store, which employs 34 staff ...

A 'social investment' programme has picked up national recognition with two award wins. Transforming West Cumbria, funded under Sellafield Ltd’s Social Impact Multiplied (SiX) programme and delivered ...

The review into farm profitability calls for a rethink on inheritance tax and clarity on nature-friendly farming schemes.

The operators that thrive in 2026 will be those that truly understand their customers, says Colin Johnson, partner at accountancy and advisory ...

It is the UK’s leading charity supporting 13–24-year-olds with cancer, providing specialist hospital units, expert nurses, and youth support workers who help tackle the unique challenges of cancer ...

THE popular Milk Shed has closed temporarily as part of a major farm transition. The dairy outlet, based at Beeches Farm in Carlisle, will remain shut while cows are relocated to Southwaite, where ...

Gavin Capstick, CEO of the Lake District National Park Authority, said: "A more devolved funding model would allow Cumbria to tailor existing schemes or add bespoke new elements so that they work ...

Plans to turn a former west Cumbrian church into a day centre have been approved, subject to conditions, by Cumberland Council.

Two Cumbrian students have landed degree apprenticeships at an engineering firm, joining a growing wave of young talent entering the UK’s ...

A Carlisle-based HR consultancy has posted a year of record growth. Realise HR saw a over 40 per cent year-on-year rise in revenue across the wider business and more than 20 per cent growth in its ...