EXPERIENCE SUSSEX, the official visitor economy development programme for East and West Sussex, has released research that reveals the significant value of tourism for businesses in the region.
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Community will be at the heart of new development
A COMMUNITY centre will be at the heart of the redevelopment of a former school site in Rye.
Following the decision to sell the former Tilling Green School site for development, East Sussex County Council ran an open bidding process earlier this year with the condition that the successful developer incorporates a community facility in its plans. Continue reading
Voices from the past show role of WW1 hospital
THE role played by volunteer nurses during the First World War is brought to life in the latest addition to a website marking the conflict in East Sussex.
East Sussex County Council’s First World War website is offering people the chance to view moving messages and drawings left in an autograph book by wounded soldiers to a nurse at Filsham Park Hospital, St Leonards. Continue reading
Final chance for businesses to benefit from £1.5m Government cash
BUSINESSES across the county could benefit from thousands of pounds in grants and loans, but time is running out to apply.
As part of the Government’s Regional Growth Fund, East Sussex County Council was awarded £4million to help create and safeguard private sector jobs and this is being managed and delivered through the East Sussex Invest programme. Continue reading
Road in Lewes reopens after improvement work
A KEY route through Lewes has fully reopened after the completion of a pedestrian improvement scheme.
Station Street was closed for five weeks to allow East Sussex County Council to upgrade the footway and resurface the road between its junctions with High Street and Lansdown Place. Continue reading