Editing Lancashire (section)

===Enterprise zone===
The creation of Lancashire Enterprise Zone was announced in 2011. It was launched in April 2012, based at the airfields owned by BAE Systems in Warton and Samlesbury.<ref name=lt1>{{cite news |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9554645._Big_companies__interested_in_East_Lancashire_enterprise_zone/ |title='Big companies' interested in East Lancashire enterprise zone |last=Dillon |first=Jonathon |newspaper=[[Lancashire Telegraph]] |date=26 February 2012 |access-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095837/http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9554645._Big_companies__interested_in_East_Lancashire_enterprise_zone/ |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Warton Aerodrome]] covers {{convert|72|ha}} and [[Samlesbury Aerodrome]] is 74 hectares.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9890635.Lancashire_enterprize_zone_due_in_to_boost_jobs_18_months/ |title=Lancashire enterprize [sic] zone due in to boost jobs 18 months |last=Woodhouse |first=Lisa |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph |date=23 August 2012 |access-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823015430/http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9890635.Lancashire_enterprize_zone_due_in_to_boost_jobs_18_months/ |archive-date=23 August 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Development is coordinated by Lancashire Enterprise Partnership, Lancashire County Council and BAE Systems.<ref name=lt1/> The first businesses to move into the zone did so in March 2015, at Warton.<ref name=bg1>{{cite news |url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business/local-business/enterprise-zone-takes-off-1-7173915 |title=Enterprise zone takes off |newspaper=[[Blackpool Gazette]] |date=25 March 2015 |access-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327235136/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business/local-business/enterprise-zone-takes-off-1-7173915 |archive-date=27 March 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In March 2015 the government announced a new [[enterprise zone]] would be created at [[Blackpool Airport]], using some airport and adjoining land.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business/local-business/new-lancashire-enterprise-zone-confirmed-in-budget-1-7162401 |title=New Lancashire enterprise zone confirmed in Budget |newspaper=Blackpool Gazette |date=18 March 2015 |access-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322050345/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business/local-business/new-lancashire-enterprise-zone-confirmed-in-budget-1-7162401 |archive-date=22 March 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Operations at the airport will not be affected.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business/local-business/no-impact-on-runway-from-redevelopment-1-7167480 |title=No impact on runway from redevelopment |newspaper=Blackpool Gazette |date=20 March 2015 |access-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322192718/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business/local-business/no-impact-on-runway-from-redevelopment-1-7167480 |archive-date=22 March 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>