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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East Sussex welcomes new highways contractor
INNOVATION and new technology will be key to the success of East Sussex’s new highways contractor.
Balfour Beatty Living Places has officially started its seven-year contract for maintaining the county’s roads, pavements, drainage, streetlights, traffic lights and bridges, providing winter gritting and delivering highway improvement schemes. Continue reading
Brothers convicted over fake shoes
TWO BROTHERS from Kent have been convicted of breaching the Trade Marks Act after being caught selling counterfeit trainers, shoes and boots at Rye Market.
Sukhdeav Singh, of City Way in Rochester, Kent pleaded guilty to 13 counts relating to trademark theft for having in his possession for sale counterfeit footwear with a retail value of over £170,000.
Hardev Singh, 54, pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching the Trade Marks Act, having in his possession for sale counterfeit footwear with a retail value of £36,140 and for selling a pair of counterfeit Nike trainers to an undercover Trading Standards officer.
Keep recycling clean, dry, and loose
RESIDENTS are being reminded to keep their recycling clean, dry and loose to ensure it can be recycled.
Across East Sussex residents recycle 43 per cent of their waste but recently more of the wrong things are being found in the recycling collected from households.
Be #deeraware this spring
DRIVERS in East Sussex are being asked to be ‘deer aware’ this spring to avoid colliding with the animals on the county’s roads.
With an estimated 74,000 deer-related traffic collisions in the UK every year, East Sussex County Council is reminding people to take care when driving on rural roads this spring.