South Lakes Development Trust

Following ongoing uncertainty about how long  blue green algae will remain within Windermere the decision has now been taken to cancel the event this year.
For full details visit www.greatswim.org
For live views of Windermere from Low Wood visit http://www.elh.co.uk/watersports/web_cam.aspx

Eight separate bids for the creation of Local Enterprise Partnerships have been submitted in the North West and the coalition Government will publish a list of all those applying later today. The applications generally cover established county boundaries but there may be exceptions, such as Lancashire, where there is said to be more than one [...]

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According to an article in Regeneration and Renewal published yesterday Digby Jones has expressed his concern about the lack of business sector involvement in the formation of Local Enterprise Partnerships.Â
SLDT has recently expressed similar concern to Brendan Jameson, Leader SLDC, about the apparent lack of tangible private sector involvement and the need to ensure that the expertise [...]

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The recent visit to Bowness-on-Windermere by hundreds of the Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Hindu faithful has generated valuable publicity a in key international tourism market.
In addition to pre-visit publicity via the local media, the colourful procession through Bowness streets was picked up by BBC Radio Four in the UK, and has now been reported in a [...]

Click here for Monthly Economic Briefing No 20 – August 2010

Extract from statement issued by Rob Johnston, Chief Executive, Cumbria Chamber of Commerce
“Over the last month or so you’ll have gathered from the media that very significant changes are taking place in the way economic development and business support will be funded and managed moving forward.
 This won’t just affect the big ticket developments like Barrow [...]

Following the district’s biggest ever community consultation undertaken over twelve weeks earlier this year, the results of the Talk Toilets consultation are being made available, which will help South Lakeland District Council decide on the future of public toilets in South Lakeland.Â
Members of the public can access the Talk Toilets report via the Consultation section [...]