Allerdale Borough Council is encouraging local businesses and organisations to join it, as it showcases the borough in the centre of Manchester.
The ‘Allerdale Days in Manchester’ event is designed to promote the area to a wider audience, showing off its attractions as a place to visit, live and invest. It is also a chance for Allerdale businesses to sell their products and open up new markets.
The event, being organised by CN Events on behalf of the Council, takes place on the 10th -11th August in the city’s famous Albert Square – placing Allerdale businesses slap-bang in the centre of the city within the major shopping and business areas. There will also be a drinks reception on the Thursday evening before the event. Anna Chippendale, CN Event Manger said: “We wanted to create an interactive event where people can experience a little bit of Allerdale in the centre of Manchester. It’s a great opportunity for businesses to showcase their products and services and really help us to shout about how fantastic the region is”.
A central part of the Northern Powerhouse, Manchester is a key market business in Allerdale. Just two hours away, the area of Greater Manchester has a population of 2.8m people and an economy of £59.6bn with a hugely successful creative, media and professional services sectors as well as high-tech manufacturing.
Some of the diverse attractions to the free event include a mini ‘Taste Cockermouth on Tour’ food and drink market, rally cars from M-Sport Rally, Climbing Wall, beer tent with local beers from Jennings Brewery and Workington’s Tractor Shed Brewery, University of Cumbria, Lakes Distillery, live music and exhibitions from local businesses and organisations and so much more!
There will also be an opportunity for visitors to try out some of the virtual reality videos being developed by the Council for people to experience all the rich and varied attractions of the area. Allerdale-base film company Fluid Productions is producing the virtual reality films, with funding provided by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development’s LEADER programme.
To join the event, and reach a new market for your products, contact CN Events on 01228 612753 or by emailing [email protected]. Pitches cost just £100 for the two days.
The event is all part of Allerdale Borough Council’s Business Growth Strategy which sets out the Council’s approach to boosting business in the borough.