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COMPANIES across the county will be able to access support to help boost business, thanks to new funding.
East Sussex County Council has secured £500,000 which it is hoped will support up to 250 businesses to grow and create more than 100 new jobs. Continue reading
MOTORISTS in Uckfield are being warned of possible delays as work is set to begin on a roundabout to serve a new housing development in the town.
The seven-month scheme is being carried out by infrastructure firm Mildren Construction Ltd on behalf of Welbeck Land, which is building the new 1,000-home Ridgewood Farm housing development. Continue reading
A CAREERS initiative designed to inspire primary school children is celebrating success as a year-long pilot comes to an end.
Since launching in 2019, the Primary Careers Hub has worked with 23 primary schools and more than 160 employees to provide career-related learning experiences for more than 7,200 pupils from Reception to Year 6. Continue reading
THE CONSTRUCTION of a new 420-place school in Hailsham has been named ‘project of the year’ at a national awards ceremony.
Development of Hailsham Community College Primary Academy, a collaboration between East Sussex County Council and construction company Morgan Sindall Construction, won the category for ‘Building project of the Year under £10 million’ in the Constructing Excellence SECBE Awards 2020. Continue reading
WHEN Jackie spotted an advert looking for people to give vulnerable teenagers a room, she could never have imagined where it would lead.
But 20 years on, as she celebrates her 80th birthday, the mother-of-five says she “wouldn’t have missed it for the world”. Continue reading
