Amazing Accrington - Spring 2019

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The meeting was aended by over 50 key business people in the area including Sharon Benson, HR Director, Studio Retail Ltd., Steven Chippendale, Managing Director, Property Shop; Miranda Barker, CEO East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce; and Richard Slater, Publisher of Lancashire Business View. Richard commented: “Lancashire Business View have launched a major campaign to bring back £1bn to the county. The campaign urges businesses to buy as local as they can. Initiatives like #AmazingAccrington are a prime mover in this goal. It’s a fantastic opportunity and initiative, today we have had a great time and it’s made connecting with other businesses easy. It’s brilliant to hear these events are growing, with more and more businesses aending.” Councillor Steve Riley closed the event with an update about Hyndburn Borough Council. “The newTown Square is now complete. It celebrates everything the town is about – its history, its people, its successes – giving residents and visitors a place to enjoy. Events taking place in

#AmazingAccrington are puing the town on the map; not just nationally, but in the world. 23 shops have registered to receive grants in Accrington Town Centre up to date; things are moving forward, it’s starting to happen. The council have invested in the clean-up of the town centre through the employment of dedicated staff, as well as planning improvements into the outdoor market stalls, Broadway, and so on. We have also updated a number of CCTV cameras to HD quality, to improve security. Doom and gloom is now far from everybody’s lips. Negative talk doesn’t achieve anything; if we are not being positive and promoting our town, then who will? I hope my short update shows that Accrington will, and is, flourishing.”

For more information about #AmazingAccrington visit www.amazingaccrington.co.uk

Above (clockwise from top left): Henri Murison, Director, The Northern Powerhouse Partnership. Jake Berry MP, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse. Paul Kendrick, Managing Director, Studio Retail Ltd.. Joe McIntyre, Deputy Chief Executive, Hyndburn Borough Council. Left: Stuart Nevison, Chairman, Globe Enterprises Ltd. Andy Holt, Majority Shareholder and Chairman, Accrington Stanley Football Club.

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