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21 Aug 2025

Tap & Go: A new way to pay has arrived!

Introducing Tap & Go, Merseyrail’s brand-new smart ticketing system. Say goodbye to paper tickets and ticket office queues. Tap & Go is designed to make your journey faster, easier, and totally fuss-free. Tap & Go automatically calculates the best value fare for your day—and even caps your weekly spend based on your travel. No more guesswork, no more overpaying. Simply get a MetroCard, register it online to link it with your bank card and Tap In and Tap Out of […]

12 Aug 2025

FLOWER SHOW SET FOR BLOOMING SUCCESS IN SOUTHPORT THIS WEEK

Southport Flower Show returns this week for four days of horticultural highlights, celebrity guests, television chefs, and even a real-life Gladiator. The finishing touches are being made to show gardens, exhibits, and trade areas at the town’s 34-acre Victoria Park. Competition judging takes place later this week. Last year, the event reached its milestone 100th anniversary, attracting 50,000 visitors across the four-day event. Southport Flower Show 2025 runs for four days from Thursday 14 August to Sunday 17 August – […]

04 Aug 2025

Liverpool City Sights Acquires BusyBus in Strategic Expansion

Liverpool City Sights, the city’s leading provider of open-top bus tours, has officially acquired BusyBus, the region’s premier out-of-city day tour operator. Founded in 2003, BusyBus has built an outstanding reputation for its engaging sightseeing adventures departing from Liverpool, Chester, and Manchester to destinations including North Wales, the Lake District, and Yorkshire. Known for its fully narrated tours delivered in a uniquely entertaining style, BusyBus has amassed thousands of five-star reviews. Liverpool City Sights has welcomed hundreds of thousands of […]

31 Jul 2025

Liverpool City Region AI Summit is back – and promises to be even bigger and better

Taking place at the award-winning ACC Liverpool on October 23, the event will build on last year’s inaugural international AI Summit, showcasing the city region’s global leadership in AI for Good, while setting out an inspiring vision for the future of Artificial Intelligence in the UK. The summit will bring together the brightest minds in AI, including global industry and academic leaders, cutting-edge researchers, and innovative local businesses to explore how AI can be harnessed to enrich lives and tackle some […]

08 Jul 2025

Home of Southport Flower Show can now attract even bigger and better events after capacity increased by 50 Per Cent

Plans to attract even bigger and better events to Victoria Park in Southport are moving forward, following approval to increase the park’s official capacity by 50%. Sefton Council has granted permission to raise the number of visitors allowed at any one time from 9,999 to 14,999, enhancing one of the North West’s premier event spaces. For over a century, Victoria Park has been home to the iconic Southport Flower Show—the UK’s largest independent flower show and the fourth biggest paid […]

07 Jul 2025
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Coastal Jam festival to take over Southport with music and family fun

A spectacular two-day music festival is set to rock Southport this September! The very first Coastal Jam is set to electrify the town centre on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September, promising an unforgettable weekend of live music, entertainment and family activities. The festival will begin on Saturday afternoon with a packed playlist of performances in various locations around Southport town centre.Spaces including Wayfarers Arcade and the Lord Street Bandstand will provide the backdrop for one-off sessions from local musicians […]

03 Jul 2025

Unlock the LGBTQIA+ Visitor Market with Free Inclusive Tourism Training

Tourism businesses across Liverpool City Region now have the chance to strengthen their inclusivity and unlock the potential of a £7.1 billion domestic market, thanks to VisitEngland’s new free e-learning course, ‘Welcoming LGBTQIA+ Customers.’ This self-paced, interactive training is now available on the VisitEngland Academy Learning Platform and offers practical guidance on inclusive customer service, marketing approaches and authentic representation. With content shaped around lived experiences and current best practice, the course covers key areas such as gender identities, pronoun […]

02 Jul 2025

Take Your Tourism Business Global with Free VisitEngland Training

Tourism businesses across the Liverpool City Region are invited to unlock new growth opportunities with two FREE, expertly designed training courses from VisitEngland. Whether you’re looking to attract international visitors or develop unforgettable wine tourism experiences, these courses are your gateway to global success.   Course 1: Taking England to the World Are you ready to welcome the world to your doorstep? This self-paced, 8-hour e-learning course is perfect for small to medium-sized tourism businesses aiming to grow their international […]

01 Jul 2025
Southport’s symbolic Town Hall Gardens to undergo historic regeneration

Southport’s symbolic Town Hall Gardens to undergo historic regeneration

Southport’s historic Town Hall gardens space will undergo its most significant and biggest regeneration ever, creating a family-friendly, child-orientated, and safe open-air performance and gathering space as a lasting tribute to the people of the town. The transformation is being led by the families of Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice Da Silva Aguiar, and Bebe King, whose shared love of dance, music and the arts has inspired a vision for a new town square that will be an inclusive community focussed […]

01 Jul 2025

St Helens’ Glass Futures revolutionary New furnace lit for the first time – in major step towards decarbonising glass making

Global Centre of Excellence Glass Futures today lit its cutting-edge furnace for the first time – marking a major milestone in the organisation’s quest to decarbonise glass making.  The world first at the £54m facility in St Helens heralds the start of international trials aimed at creating sustainable, lower-carbon glass and other materials.  In a special ceremony, Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region, lit the 30-tonne-a-day furnace putting the town centre stage in the global push for sustainable glass […]