Business

The 2Friends Café is closing down

'Our beautiful little café has had to close' - Kendal loses local business

Husband and wife Aidan Monks and Catherine Connor, owners and bakers at Lovingly Artisan.

Kendal-based bakery named among the best in the UK

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Suzanne Caldwell (left) and James Cleverly

Cumbrian business group 'aghast' at Tory immigration plans

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Jheel restaurant in Kendal was given the score after assessment.

South Cumbrian Indian restaurant given new food hygiene rating

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PPC Geeks in Kendal

Kendal company tops British Business Awards as Marketing Agency of the Year

Ramble with Harry and Stacey

Lake District winery adds new restaurant to the menu six months after opening

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The group of volunteers from Water Point that litter picked along the Windermere shoreline

Volunteers litter pick dog poo bags and disposable BBQs at Lakes beauty spot

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Ivanhoe Elsa 1000gns

FARMING Badger Face Texels sell for top price of £1,000

Haymaking in Borrowdale

Grants on offer to support rural business growth in Cumbria

The reader sent in a picture of a thermometer reading six degrees

Market hall 'like walking into a fridge' as temperatures dive to six degrees Celsius

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Christine and Alan celebrate the landmark anniversary

Hostel celebrates 10th anniversary with visit from Tim Farron

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The Mill at Ulverston will be hosting elderly people this Christmas

Pub combats loneliness at Christmas by providing free meals for elderly

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Castle Green Hotel is now officially the best place to go for weddings in Cumbria

Kendal hotel named as best in Cumbria for weddings in 2023

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The Pig and Whistle in Cartmel is hoping to help children out this Christmas

Pub launches fundraiser to give children living in poverty gifts this Christmas

Andy Smith (left) and Thomas Rylance of The Lottery Winners

Festival founder celebrates winning toilet roll tube masterpiece

A festive afternoon tea is now available at Storrs Hall

Christmas afternoon tea at Lake District venue

Sean Gibson, representing Dales, made the victorious five-hour journey to Oban to take the crown

Local butcher becomes first non-Scottish Golden Haggis Award winner

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The Sun Inn on Troutbeck Bridge

Hotel owner pulls 24-hour shift to help people stuck in snow

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Shed One Seasonal Spirits Selection

Ulverston distillery debuts new range of miniature stocking fillers

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The Wateredge Inn in Ambleside over the weekend

Lake District hotels work together to help people stuck in snow

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Svitlana escaped Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with her son Vov, who was then seven

What makes Cumbria one of the kindest counties?

Hannah Wright, founder of Skye House Offices

Long-established construction firm forms rural business hub

Paul Burgalières appointed Executive Chef at Simon Rogan’s L'Enclume

Paul Burgalières announced as new Executive Chef at award-winning Cumbrian restaurant

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You can now nominate a charity for Benefact Group's 12-day Christmas giveaway

Nominate charity for 12-day Christmas giveaway

Al Hurst with the new candlesticks

Local woodworker honours history of Sedbergh church with new candlesticks

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Sheep on Caldbeck Common.

Upland farms worse off under current ELMs

The Santa Parade will feature samba reggae carnival drumming band Batala Lancaster

The historic Cumbrian village which has come alive with four-day Christmas fair

Parkdean Resorts has been recognised in the British Travel Awards

Travel award hat-trick for Parkdean Resorts

Four gastro pubs in Cumbria were some of the best in the UK this year

Four gastro pubs from Cumbria named in top 50 in UK

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Stanley's Coffee House & Kitchen is still up for sale

Price slashed for coffee shop and restaurant in Kendal

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Angela Anthonisz from the University of Cumbria teaching the Skills Bootcamp in Leadership and Management for the Visitor Economy in Ambleside

Bootcamps resolving skills shortages in Cumbria

Harry Jackson of Winter Tarn Dairy Butter with a packing machine

New butter product from Winter Tarn Dairy

Do you have a favourite Christmas shop window in Ambleside

Businesses in Ambleside competing to have the best Christmas window of the year

Is a worrying pattern emerging for shops in Kendal?

'A tough time for retailers' - Kendal stores announce closures

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Penn, a Cumbria-based retailer, is coming to Kendal

Spinning Jennies to feature new dedicated Cumbrian shop

Co-owner Rebekah Hutchinson with daughter Francesca

Christmas shop forced to close down after 'lengthy battle with landlords'

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Blackhall Yard, where the Bakehouse can be found

Kendal shop to close its doors after Christmas

Brothers Chris and Rob Vincent, owners of the Crooklands hotel

Meet the 'inexperienced' brothers breathing new life into hotel

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Wilko entered administration in August leaving all 400 stores and 12,500 employees at risk.

Former Wilko boss apologises for more than 12k job losses after retailer went bust

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Samantha Down, a Client Relationship Manager for 32West, and Dianne Richardson, the Chief Executive of BECBC

BECBC appoints firm for three-year PR contract

December Flash Sale!

Westmorland Gazette readers can subscribe for just £3 for 3 months in this flash sale

Three Wilko stores are set to open in December 2023, along with two former sites being re-opened as Poundlands.

The full list of former Wilko stores that have re-opened as Poundlands in 2023

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United Utilities has looked to innovative methods to understand water quality conditions.

Sponsored United Utilities employ cutting edge technology to track water quality

Gilpin Hotel was named the third best boutique hotel in the UK.

Lake District hotels named in UK’s Top 50 Boutique Hotels

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Rick Bailey, Executive Chairman of Daniel Thwaites, and Samantha Scott, High Sheriff of Cumbria, at Langdale Chase

'Best view in the Lakes' - hotel officially reopens after refurbishment

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Branch Manger at Skipton Building Society in Kendal, Lynette Hilton-Gamett presents the cheque to Carer Support South Lakes Event, Campaigns and fundraising Manager, Marian Graveson

Unpaid carers in Cumbria set to benefit from donation

Rachel Cabble, Creative Director of Cable & Blake, runs the family business with husband Clive Barber, who assists with the strategic development and marketing

Kickstarter campaign to put Lake District wool on the map

Paulina Melling outside the new shop

'If I could, I would own a zoo' - Animal lover to open new pet shop in seaside town

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Yarns used to create the tweeds

Tweed from Lake District flocks is weaving its way to the US

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Businesses have closed in their thousands last year

Thousands of businesses in Cumbria shut doors for good last year

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John Dunning CBE

In-Cumbria Business Awards 2023 - Lifetime Achievement Recipient

Solway View Tesha

Kevin's British Blue is the best in the herd

Terry Sharpe, First Aid Trainer

First Aid courses for farmers in Carlisle

Mindreader Aaron Calvert hosted the awards

in-Cumbria Business Award 2023 - the winners revealed