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Westmorland Gazette business 17 May 2013

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• £16k up for grabs to get tourists using public transport

  A CASH boost is to be made available to help encourage tourists out of their cars and onto public transport.

• A Furness road closed to HGVs following suspected mine collapse

  Restrictions have been imposed on Newton Road, Newton-in-Furness, for safety reasons following ground investigations into the severity of a suspected mine collapse.

• Bowness hotel's plans to expand are turned down

  A LAKE District hotel’s plan for expansion has been turned down amid protests from neighbours, who feared it would mean over-development.

• Three months after administrators were appointed, uncertainty lingers over K Village shopping complex

  THE future of Kendal’s K Village complex remains unclear more than three months after its owners went into administration.

• Lake District hotelier wants to see an end to tipping

  A LAKE District hotelier has declared his restaurant a tip-free zone, and criticised the pressure put on diners to fork out on top of the price of their meal.

• Zip-wire attraction gets go-ahead for Grizedale

  AN EXCITING new attraction for fun-seekers which could boost tourism and business in the Lake District has been given the green light.

• Three South Lakeland businesses reach VisitEngland tourism finals

  THREE businesses in South Lakeland have won through to the finals of the country's foremost tourism awards.

• Ambleside woman sets up shepherds' hut holiday business at Great Langdale

  AN Ambleside woman is hoping to offer a get-away with a difference after setting up her own business.

• Bowness fish and chip shop that was gutted by fire has reopened

  A POPULAR Lake District fish and chip shop that was gutted by fire has reopened after a major revamp.

• Gazette backs start-up programme for young entrepreneurs

  YOUNG entrepreneurs hoping to start a business could be given a helping hand with a start-up grant.

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• Broughton-in-Furness firework display company to take part in national championships

  A FURNESS firework display company hopes to give business an extra lift by competing on the national stage in a prestigious pyrotechnical competition.

• Revealed: Scale of debt owed by owners of Kendal's K Village

  THE financially-stricken owners of Kendal’s K Village complex owe more than £68 million to creditors.

• Carnforth teenager, 16, sets up his own business

  A NORTH Lancashire youngster has begun his entrepreneurial quest early by setting up a business at the age of just 16.

• Furness drugs firm expresses interest in buying energy from Harlock Hill wind farm

  A FURNESS pharmaceutical company has expressed an interest in buying green electricity from a proposed wind farm to power its manufacturing plant.

• Orton slating firm re-roofs Coronation Street

  ICONIC Coronation Street settings are being given a makeover by a family-run Cumbrian business.

• Westmorland Shopping Centre at Kendal records increase in visitors

  THE future is looking positive for one of South Lakeland’s shopping centres as figures show the number of visitors is rising.

• Bowness music store set to close down

  THE oldest and last remaining dedicated independent music shop in the Lake District is to close.

• Lakeland unveils £10m investment in Kendal distribution centre

  A THRIVING Lake District business has unveiled plans for a £10 million investment at its Kendal site, creating more than 100 jobs over the next five years.

• Hawkshead Brewery at Staveley boosts its production

  HAWKSHEAD Brewery has reported a 17.5 per cent increase in production in 2012, comprehensively bucking the economic trend.

• Owners of Kendal's K Village centre go into administration

  THE company which owns Kendal's K Village shopping centre has gone into administration.