CREATIVE businesses in East Sussex will be able to access further help and advice thanks to additional Government funding.
The Government recently announced it will be extending its support for the Create South East programme until March 2026.
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THE USE of reserves and £13.5 million of savings could help deliver a balanced budget in a stark financial climate as East Sussex plans how it will spend £578.8 million on services in 2025/26.
Proposals for East Sussex County Council’s budget will be presented to Cabinet next week along with a Council Plan which will help ensure limited funding is focussed on areas of priority for the county. Cabinet will be asked to make recommendations to Full Council when it meets to set the budget on Tuesday, February 11. Continue reading
THE Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has confirmed a case of avian influenza in poultry at a premises in Udimore, Rye.
All poultry on the premises will be humanely culled, and Defra has set up a 3-kilometre Protection Zone around the premises and a 10km surveillance zone. Continue reading
THE PUBLIC are being asked to share how they use the county’s 2,000 miles of rights of ways and help shape a 10-year access plan.
East Sussex County Council has launched a public survey as part of its review of the county’s Rights of Way Access Plan and is encouraging people to share how people use rights of way, how they plan to use them in the future and what barriers they face. The new plan will replace the previous Rights of Way Improvement Plan. Continue reading
A BOARD tasked with maximising opportunities created by the county’s cultural sector will be led by sector experts for the first time.
Joe Hill, Director and CEO of Towner Eastbourne becomes chair of the Culture East Sussex board, while Julia Roberts, CEO of Culture Shift, takes up the post of vice chair. Continue reading