New research has revealed that footfall and visits in the UK’s hospitality and restaurant sector went up by around a third (32%) in the week immediately following the re-opening of […]

Venues across Preston are about to join retail colleagues in re-opening their doors for indoor custom. Over 50 venues across the city centre will reopen from Monday, 17 May, welcoming […]

Preston’s historic Flag Market will be transformed in to a Euros 2020 (now being played in 2021) Fan Zone to live-broadcast England’s group games. Preston BID, in association with Walker&Williams […]

As the shops prepare to reopen in the next stage of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to reopen the country, Preston high streets are no different as shops anticipate a […]

Preston’s city centre retailers are ready to safely reopen their doors from 12 April, in line with the government’s publicised road map. Shops and personal care businesses are preparing to […]

Preston’s Christmas lights switch on was a very different affair for 2020. Usually thousands of people are packed onto the Flag Market, scoffing parched peas and trying to keep warm […]

Preston’s high street is performing better than Manchester and Liverpool during post-lockdown recovery, according to a new report. The Centre for Cities ‘High Street Recovery Tracker’, compiled using anonymised mobile […]

Councillors are set to approve funding to help Preston’s high streets and commercial areas safely open back up. As part of the Reopening High Streets Safely scheme provided by the […]