Local MP Tim Farron is calling on small shops in Westmorland & Lonsdale to enter the 'Best Small Shops Competition' for a chance to be recognised in an awards ceremony at the Houses of Parliament.
First Milk will delay its members' next milk cheque by two weeks to help it balance its books. The payment due on 12 January will be pushed back to 26 January, and all subsequent ones will be made a fortnight later than planned. South Lakes MP Tim Farron has said 'when first milk defer their payments by two weeks they need to remember people cannot defer their direct debits - this threatens the future of many family farms'.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has the welcomed news that capacity will be increased throughout the north. Tim's lobbying to extend services on the Lakes Line and protect the direct link between Manchester Airport and Windermere has paid off.
Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed recently released information by the Cumbria Intelligence Observatory which shows that yet again South Lakeland is the top place within the county for start-up businesses. Tim has praised local businesses and start up companies for their 'entrepreneurial spirit'.
Local councils are being urged by South Lakes MP Tim Farron to use their powers over business rates to increase access to free-to-use cash machines in neighbourhoods and communities throughout Cumbria.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has urged local councils and the local economic partnership to do all they can to make sure that 'Cumbria is put in the shop window' as the government states spending by tourists visiting the UK is expected to reach record levels in 2015.
