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Latest Lake District & Cumbria Business News:
 
Cumbria Life Food and Drink Awards
 
lenclume_logo.jpgL'Enclume of Cartmel have been awarded Restaurant of the Year at the inaugural Cumbria Life Food and Drink Awards which were hosted by Kendal College. Owner of L'Enclume Simon Rogan also received a special award from Hairy Biker Dave Myers for outstanding achievement in Cumbria's food and drink industry. Other awards included Chef of the Year which went to Justin Woods of the Castle Green Hotel and Best Cumberland Sausage which was awarded to Plumgarths Farm Shop.
     

 

Bridge Catering - Best Wedding Caterer
 
wedding_industry_awards.jpgBridge Catering have been crowned 'The Best Wedding Caterer (Independent)' for the North West Region in the 2012 Wedding Industry Awards. The Awards recognize and reward excellence in wedding suppliers both regionally and nationally. Bridge Catering of Greenodd now go forward to the National Finals which will be held in London.  Bridge Catering Feature
 

 
Lake District Dining Pub/ Restaurant of the Year Awards
 
plough_lupton01.gifThe Plough Inn at Lupton have won Lancashire Life's Lake District Dining Pub / Restaurant of the Year Award and the Red Lion in Hawkshead have been named runner-up. The prestigious annual event is a staple of the north west’s culinary calendar and celebrates the finest hotels, dining pubs, restaurants, food producers, farmers' markets and chefs. The Fayrer Garden House Hotel in Bowness were a runner up in the Lake District Hotel of the Year Award. Plough Inn Feature
 

 
Plumgarths Farm Shop - North West Finalist
 
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Plumgarths Farm Shop has been named a North West finalist in this year's search for the best British bangers as part of British Sausage Week. This is for the Kendal farm shop and butcher's pork and black pudding sausage.  Plumgarths Feature
 

   
Latest Lake District & Cumbria News:
 
Tue Feb 07 17:46:49 GMT 2012
A new police station in Cockermouth will act as a rural base for the Cumbria force, the authority
Tue Feb 07 17:46:27 GMT 2012
Two men abandon their third attempt at crossing the Atlantic while naked on a pedalo after two
Tue Feb 07 17:17:02 GMT 2012
Material including fuel containing highly enriched uranium could be transported from Dounreay to
Tue Feb 07 12:45:11 GMT 2012
North East and Cumbria's professional clubs consider the impact of Fifa's plans to end the
Tue Feb 07 11:43:17 GMT 2012
Campaigners vow to fight plans by council leaders to shut six rubbish tips in Cumbria.
Tue Feb 07 01:35:34 GMT 2012
A computer hacker warns people to be cautious about how much information they put online
Mon Feb 06 18:52:48 GMT 2012
West Cumbrian training firm Gen II is awarded £25m to train nuclear apprentices over the next eight
Mon Feb 06 18:38:41 GMT 2012
Plans to shut Cumbria's smallest school - which has just 16 pupils - are backed by councillors.
Mon Feb 06 17:59:06 GMT 2012
A regulator intervenes for a second time in the running of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.
Mon Feb 06 16:36:41 GMT 2012
A flood prevention scheme and a new footbridge in Cumbria win civil engineering awards
Mon Feb 06 15:12:53 GMT 2012
Cumbrian Dan Stewart sets his sights on the TT podium after announcing he will spearhead the
Mon Feb 06 07:52:42 GMT 2012
BAE Systems is to recruit 136 apprentices at its submarine building business in Barrow
Sat Feb 04 17:36:57 GMT 2012
Francois Zoko scores a late winner for Carlisle as they come from behind to beat Chesterfield.
Sat Feb 04 14:45:20 GMT 2012
Barrow suspend joint manager Darren Sheridan for undisclosed reasons and launch an internal
Thu Jan 26 16:46:27 GMT 2012
Injured servicemen train to become the first war-wounded personnel to climb Mount Everest
Thu Jan 26 11:52:30 GMT 2012
Alan Bell describes the 2012 Games as a "dream come true" as he prepares to be the chief starter
Wed Jan 25 13:52:10 GMT 2012
See the latest collection of your weather pictures from Cumbria to January 2012
Sun Jan 22 14:41:52 GMT 2012
Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton completes her 500-mile (800km) trek to the South Pole
Thu Jan 19 16:15:43 GMT 2012
A wooden tourist boat from the Lake District is to take part in jubilee celebrations in London.
Mon Nov 07 00:19:37 GMT 2011
The Olympic flame is to take a cruise on a Windermere steamer as part of the nationwide torch
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