HUNDRED of businesses from across Lancashire have taken part in a government backed programme aimed at sharing knowledge and skills. The Peer Networks programme aims to bring together owners and managers in a series of structured virtual sessions to help them learn from each other. One such business owner, of the 320 to take part so far, has been Dot McCarthy, from Cronkshaw Fold Farm in Rossendale who is currently offering goats from her farm for hire on video calls for a fee. She said: “We had an idea that we could film or show the animals with a note, for things like a gender reveal.