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Annual report highlights successes and challenges

escc logoEAST Sussex County Council has overcome huge challenges to deliver vital services to thousands of residents, an annual report shows.

State of the County reveals how the authority supported more than 30,000 people through adult social care services in 2024/25 and had contact with more than 48,000 children and young people through its children’s services team. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Featured, General on June 17, 2025 by karenb.

More than 250 attend East Sussex business event

Amber Rudd, secretary of state for energy and climate change, speaks at the BEST4Biz conference, watched by Becky Shaw, East Sussex County Council chief executive, and Josh Valman of RPD International. Pic - Life Media Group (SBT)A CABINET minister and a tycoon who became a millionaire at the age of 19 featured at an event aimed at East Sussex’s business community.

More than 250 business and public sector leaders attended the second annual BEST4Biz conference, held at the East Sussex National, in Little Horsted, near Uckfield. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Business, Economy on October 23, 2015 by karenb.

New-look website offers one stop shop for teens

C360 screenshotADVICE and information for East Sussex teenagers is just a click away thanks to a revamped website.

The Connexions 360 site has had a makeover creating an easy to use website with information on careers and training, health and wellbeing, transport and finances. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Children's Services, Young people on October 23, 2015 by karenb.

New parking area thanks to match funding scheme

A new parking area has been provided outside Eastbourne Crematorium and Cemetery thanks to a Community Match scheme: Pictured (from left) are: Chris Lopez-Smith, senior highway engineer for East Sussex County Council, Cllr David Tutt, Eastbourne Borough Council leader, Cllr Alan Shuttleworth, East Sussex County Council member for Eastbourne LangneyA NEW layby parking area has been provided outside Eastbourne Crematorium – thanks to a community match funding scheme.

Parking on the grass verge by people visiting the crematorium and Langney Cemetery has been a long-standing problem, damaging the grass and leaving the area looking unsightly. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Roads, Transport and Environment on October 20, 2015 by karenb.

Lost views of Victorian Brighton found at The Keep

Lost views  (resized)RARE images of a city during its development have been loaned to the archive centre for East Sussex and Brighton and Hove.

More than 200 photographs taken between 1860 and 1880 were found in a scrapbook and show Brighton and Hove at unique stages of development, with buildings and public spaces which have since been lost. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Archives on October 16, 2015 by karenb.

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