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Everything you need to know as Cleveleys' first-ever Continental Market underway

Everything you need to know as first-ever continental market underway

Inside Tatcon Blackpool 2026

25 spectacular pictures from tattoo convention Tatcon Blackpool 2026

Here's why Wyre Council has announced that Cleveleys Market is cancelled today amid fears for public safety

Here's why much-loved market is cancelled amid fears for public safety

New trader, Renato's Naples Street Food, serving authentic Italian street food to join Poulton Market

New trader serving authentic Italian street food to join market

Ben Smith was convicted at Preston Crown Court

Rogue trader jailed for targeting and threatening an elderly widow

Hundreds of counterfeit viral 'squishy dumplings' toys seized in raids by Blackpool Tradings Standards

Breaking Hundreds of counterfeit viral 'squishy dumplings' toys seized in raids

Plates4Less says it first noticed a significant increase in business-related enquiries during 2022

Ad Feature Business number plate sales double

Poulton Market is still operating at reduced capacity with delays to utility works leaving roadworks in place beyond their scheduled completion date.

'We apologise' - Council issues update to market roadworks disruption

A previous St Annes Artisan Market

Why Artisan Market planned for £3.13m events space is called off today

BiGDUG’s modular van racking system helps tradespeople turn a cluttered van into an organised mobile workspace with dedicated storage for tools, fittings and equipment.

BiGDUG slashes van racking prices in trader clearance sale

25 wonderful pictures from the beloved Chipping Steam Fair 2026

Teenage Market Poulton

Young traders to showcase handmade products at Teenage Market

St Annes Artisan Market

Market returns to £3.1m venue after previous event cut short early

Cleveleys Artisan Fayre

Everything you need to know about Cleveleys Artisan Street Fayre

Abingdon Street Market .

Abingdon Street Market ready to mark 3 years since big relaunch

My huge LEGO collection includes The Statue of Liberty and The Beatles
“They’re incredible to build.”
Jack Marshall

Blackpool Brick Festival returns

Major LEGO-themed event returns to Blackpool this weekend

Browsing the stalls at St Annes' first Artisan Market

Market organisers promise bigger and better after debut cut short

Crew Clothing announces opening of new Fylde coast store

BLACKPOOL - 08-04-23 Lego fans enjoyed workshops, games, stalls and displays at Blackpool Brick Festival, held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. Sarah and Paul Blackstock with Noah, eight, enjoy creating Lego builds.

LEGO fans at the ready, Blackpool Brick Festival is back for 2026

Garstang to host Makers Market featuring local traders

'We're delighted' - Garstang gears up for town's 1st Makers Market

Market House ribbon cutting

Update on major £120k improvements to 300-year-old market house

Best independent shops in Lancashire

21 of the best independent shops to celebrate Small Business Saturday

Staying organised on the go feels easier with a business phone built for long days, just like the Google Pixel 9a on Vodafone Business.

Google Pixel 9a on Vodafone Business for less

Managing communication with clients, logging receipts and expenses and filing tax returns took up the most time.

The typical self-employed worker spends 17 hours a month on admin

St Annes has enjoyed its busiest August in years, with more than 277,000 visitors flocking to the town during a record-breaking summer

Record crowds flock to St Annes as summer footfall soars

Cardmania comes to Blackpool.

Get your swaps out-fastest growing card event Cardmania hits Blackpool
Blackpool is set to host the ultimate day out for trading card fans as Cardmania arrives at the Blackpool Sports Centre on Saturday, October, 18th.
Ciara Fearn

The tool is designed to equip traders with smarter and faster insights

Ad Feature New AI research tool launches for retail traders

It comes at a time when the Bank of England has recently lowered interest rates by 0.25% to 4%

Ad Feature Tradu offers 4.5 % interest on cash balances - more than BOE

Makers Market, Blackpool Winter Gardens.

Makers Market returns with with over 84 stalls

(Photo: IAN MAULE/AFP via Getty Images)

Soaring price of Bitcoin hits £90k – the truth behind the surge

SpudBros impact of Lytham Festival cancellation- We lost £12k on sales

The new open air market at Bonney Street in 1986

19 memories of bustling markets from the 1980s and 1990s

(Photos: Getty Images/CNBC)

UK pensions at risk as Trump tariffs spark fears of 'Black Monday 2'

Comedian Kate-Lois Elliott was resigned to renting for life

A lifelong renter became an estate agent to buy her first home

Station View

Deal agreed which will see traders move into units in town centre

Special Article: Shoplifting

I've seen shoplifters threaten my charity shop colleagues with a knife

High street in crisis: Traders battle against new challenges

The owner of an Affrocaribbean store Fredstar located in the footprint of Blackpool’s new mutiversity area fears the plans are going to ‘kill off’ his business

I honestly don’t know whether this will be the end of my business

Ben Newman The Spudman, who has built an online community of two million people on TikTok selling jacket potatoes at his trailer in Tamworth.

Watch: Tiktok's Spudman gets kicked off his patch by local council

Over 400 illegal vapes were seized in Fleetwood recently.

Over 400 illegal vapes seized after a test purchasing operation

The council has received a grant to help it campaign

Council to get tough on unscrupulous Botox and cosmetic practitioners

Rum Ragged, Sohan Kailey and Scarlett Oak Theatre will be performing at the Spot On Festival in Poulton-le-Fylde.

Jam-packed weekend festival is coming to Poulton-le-Fylde

Blackpool on a budget - watch the full video now at shotstv.com or on Freeview channel 276

We try £1 burger and UK's cheapest pint on budget outing in Blackpool

HIVE cafe windows were smashed

Calls for better street lighting following recent wave of vandalism

The empty former Argos store

Plans revealed for new store on popular retail park

How the new centre at the Bispham Market site will look.

New theatre school plans for Bispham Market site

Fleetwood Market

Traders at town’s famous market feared they would go under

UK is facing a record high deficit in skilled tradespeople

Abingdon Street Market in 2009

Nostalgic memories of Blackpool markets through the years

Calling all Del Boy wannabes, a car believed to have featured in Only Fools and Horses is up for auction.

Only Fools and Horses: Del Boy’s iconic three-wheeler up for auction

Lionel Richie is among the stars heading for Lytham next summer

Traders' delight at star-studded Lytham Festival 2023 bill

A previous Wartime Weekend in Lytham

Traders' delight as Lytham 1940s weekend returns

Bonny Street Market in the shadows of the old police station and central car park in 1986

Market Days: Blackpool's busy markets in days gone by

Cleveleys Market has been re-launched, near at the end of Victoria Road West.

Cleveleys Market is back after absence

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