2027 sponsors

Blackpool and the Fylde College

Headline sponsor

Blackpool and The Fylde College (B&FC) is a leading provider of workforce development and apprenticeship solutions, supporting organisations across Lancashire and beyond to build the skills they need to grow, innovate and succeed.  As a key partner to the hospitality and tourism sector, B&FC delivers industry-leading culinary and hospitality training from state-of-the-art, industry-standard facilities, developed through significant recent investment.

Alongside apprenticeships and accredited qualifications, B&FC offer flexible commercial programmes tailored to employer needs, from bespoke training and leadership development through to specialist opportunities, such as hiring professional show kitchens for team training, product development and menu innovation.

The wider offer supports the full spectrum of business needs, including leadership and management, marketing, HR and emerging areas such as strategic AI for hospitality and tourism.  B&FC work closely with employers to provide meaningful placement opportunities and to support social value and corporate responsibility goals by inspiring and developing the next generation of talent.

With a long-standing commitment to skills, stability and partnership within the sector, B&FC plays a leading role in shaping the future workforce and is at the forefront of several exciting initiatives.  These include the £65 million Multiversity development, which is transforming access to higher-level skills across the region, the award of Defence Technical Excellence College (DTEC) status and a proposed merger with Furness College in Cumbria.

Whether you are a national brand or a local business, the B&FC for Business team offers a trusted, forward-thinking training partnership to help you meet today’s challenges and prepare for tomorrow’s opportunities.

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Destination sponsor

Blackburn with Darwen is a place where vibrant towns are surrounded by glorious, rolling countryside.  Where a strong heritage is celebrated with an exciting new cultural scene.  Where crowds turn out in their thousands for some of the country’s biggest events of the year, including the award-winning National Festival of Making, the British Textile Biennial, Darwen Live, the UK’s largest free music festival and more.   It’s a place where top names grace the stage at King George’s Hall, where top chefs cook up a culinary storm and where top BMX stars come to train at Olympic skate park facilities.

This is a place where a successful industrial past meets with a bold vision for the future and where there’s a thriving business community with a powerful entrepreneurial spirit.   It’s a place with an ‘anything is possible’ attitude, with a deep sense of community pride and with powerful partnerships as a force for good.  It’s a place with so much to see and so much to do.

Be sure to discover Blackburn with Darwen.

HARRISON DRURY SOLICITORS

Category sponsor

With over 100 years of experience advising businesses and individuals, Harrison Drury is an award winning and Legal 500 recommended law firm, with offices across the North West in Preston, Garstang, Lancaster, Clitheroe and Kendal.  A people business with relationships at the heart.  The strength of the business is fundamentally rooted in the relationships with clients and communities which are formed, maintained, and enhanced by the people who work at Harrison Drury and the service they provide.  A working environment is created at Harrison Drury which attracts ambitious, talented and dynamic people who will provide the services clients want and need both now and in the future.

Harrison Drury have a team of solicitors across a range of legal disciplines who have significant experience in supporting businesses operating in the leisure sector.   They have a passion for the leisure sector, are advocates for the industry, and have a wealth of experience in providing services to the sector.  Harrison Drury combine the best of both worlds for their clients, providing the latest legal knowledge and insight with real experience of your sector.

Links Signs and Graphics

Category sponsor

Links Signs and Graphics have a long association with the leisure industry and it remains a very important sector to the business, over the years they have formed strong links with many of the major names who are active across the Fylde Coast and further afield.

Links Signs and Graphics are more than just a sign maker, creating full colour signage and display graphics, small, large and super-wide formats for use indoors or outdoors.  This includes applications such as exhibition stands, illuminated displays, signage, billboards, ambient media and many more bespoke items.

Northern Print Distribution

Category sponsor

Northern Print Distribution (NPD) provides an essential link between tourism businesses and their audience.  Distributing over 25 million pieces of print on behalf of tourism businesses large and small to more than 7,000 outlets across the North of England.  NPD can help you implement an effective leaflet marketing campaign, that will drive crucial footfall to your business.

NPD distribution will get your message to the right place at the right time.  Their services involve geographical and digital online distribution; marketing advice and planning; design and print; targeted leaflet distribution; storage and delivery of your marketing materials; leaflet display; monitoring and distribution reporting.  From planning to implementation and reporting, NPD has more than ten years of proven success in the tourism and leisure markets and offers a hassle free service that works.

PM+M

Category sponsor

With over 100 years of experience in advising local businesses and individuals, PM+M is recognised as one of the leading chartered accountancy, business advisory and financial planning firms in Lancashire.

PM+M’s team of over 165 specialists provide services to meet all financial requirements (whether business-related or personal), spanning all areas of audit, accounting and advisory, cloud accounting, corporate finance, financial planning, payroll and tax.  With deep roots in Lancashire, PM+M is incredibly proud to support the local business community, offering fresh thinking, diverse skills and industry insights to assist clients of all sizes across a range of sectors, including a wealth of experience acting for clients in the leisure sector.

Pure Elegance

Category sponsor

With over 20 years of experience, Pure Elegance are award-winning professional event stylists and planners, who specialise in the design and execution of exciting and innovative weddings and events throughout Lancashire, the North West and beyond.

Pure Elegance specialise in designing all styles of weddings and events, steeped in all the things that make your wedding day individual to your tastes, meaning your day will be filled with treasured memories, tailored to your taste, prepared and styled to perfection.

Insight6

Judging partner

Insight6 is a customer experience (CX) specialist with a team covering the entire UK and Ireland.  Working with over 1,200 clients to measure, through the range of CX tools, the entire end-to-end customer journey.

Customer experience is fast becoming the number one reason why a customer would choose your business, overtaking price as the key brand differentiator.  Using their unique icx6 model, insight6 can partner you to map, train and motivate your team to provide an unforgettable customer experience.

The team of highly experienced customer experience directors each have brilliant local knowledge on the businesses within their region.  The CXD team has individual expertise in a number of sectors including law, pharmaceutical, retail and education and provide the very best service when it comes to training and mentoring.  When you work with insight6, transformation comes as standard.

B & D Print Services

Printing partner

Established over 50 years, supplying quality printing and mailing to customers nationwide.  B & D are committed to delivering a reliable, flexible and responsive service.  Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week and offering a key account management structure.  Each customer having their own personal account handler.  In-house technical support is available to all customers, providing a start to finish seamless service.

Continuous investment in technology, along with skilled and dedicated staff, have made B & D a very successful company.  Being located in a convenient position for the motorway network system, enables easy access the whole of the United Kingdom.

Conferences and Events at Burnley Football CLub

Judging host

Burnley’s premium destination for events.  Turf Moor, live and breathe incredible events.  From premium spaces to an expert team of co-ordinators, Burnley Football Club’s stadium is one of East Lancashire’s top venues for weddings, conferences, parties and more.

With ten versatile rooms and eight executive boxes, every event has its perfect setting.  The Longside Lounge and the Centenary Suite deliver wow-factor conferences with stunning pitch views, while the Bob Lord Dr Iven Suite offers an elegant backdrop for wedding receptions.  For more intimate gatherings, the sleek pitch-view executive boxes are ideal for private meetings.  If you’re after a more contemporary feel, the Jimmy McIlroy Suite combines modern design with a sports-bar vibe.  Featuring two bars, street-food options, pitch views and its own exclusive entrance, it’s the perfect choice for parties and receptions of up to 325 guests.  Whichever stand-out space you choose, you’ll enjoy an electric atmosphere, award-winning catering, and the support of a passionate events team, all at the heart of your local club in Burnley.

Blackpool Gazette

Media partner

The Blackpool Gazette is the Fylde coast’s leading newsbrand, providing high quality coverage across the resort.  Launched in 1871, the Blackpool Gazette reports on the stories that matter most to its readers and prides itself on campaigning for those most in need.

Led by editor Vanessa Sims, the talented team pride themselves on producing only trusted, quality local news.  The people and businesses of the Fylde coast are at the heart of everything the team does and supporting the Lancashire Tourism Awards is something they do with pride.

Lancashire Business View

Media partner

The must-read magazine for commerce and industry in the region. Its pages contain news, analysis and opinion on the issues that affect business in Lancashire. There is key information that can help businesses flourish, and entertaining features on the personalities behind the headlines. Lancashire Business View is mailed direct to 8,000 high-ranking decision makers and therefore provides an unbeatable advertising platform for companies and organisations wishing to raise their profile in the county.

Lancashire Life

Media Partner

For almost 80 years Lancashire Life has celebrated the best of the Red Rose County, the people, places and businesses that make this such a wonderful place to live, work and visit.  Today, with its first female editor, Chantelle Dietz, at the helm, the magazine is looking firmly to the future, championing the innovation, creativity and spirit that drive Lancashire forward.

The title has always taken pride in supporting Lancashire’s tourism and hospitality sector, which remains the beating heart of so much that happens here.  Chantelle says: ‘I’m very excited to be supporting the Lancashire Tourism Awards and celebrating the outstanding talent and passion that make this county so special.’

Lancashire Post

Media partner

The Lancashire Post is the county’s leading newsbrand, providing high quality coverage across the whole of Lancashire.  Launched on October 18, 1886, the Lancashire Post reports on the stories that matter most to its readers and prides itself on campaigning for those most in need.

Led by editor Vanessa Sims, the talented team pride themselves on producing only trusted, quality local news.  The people and businesses of Lancashire are at the heart of everything the team does and supporting the Lancashire Tourism Awards is something they do with pride.

Lancashire Telegraph

Media Partner

The Lancashire Telegraph was first published in 1886 and ever since has been at the heart of the community.  The newspaper, part of the Newsquest Media Group family, predominantly covers its traditional patch of East Lancashire, while the website has a more regional approach to reporting on the county.  The team prides itself on providing the very best local journalism to readers, be that live blogging the latest trial from Crown court, reporting from the scene of a major incident, holding local politicians to account, celebrating a new business opening or providing a voice to the voiceless.

Richard Duggan, Regional Editor North West at Newsquest and Editor of the Lancashire Telegraph, said: ‘We are thrilled to once again partner and sponsor the Lancashire Tourism Awards, this is a brilliant opportunity to celebrate our amazing county and the people that make it such a special place to call home. It’s always a night to remember where we cheer on the crème de la crème of Lancashire.’