Multi-award winning tech start-up expands with growth loan
Two friends have successfully grown their tech business in Eastbourne and have now embarked on their largest expansion yet with the help of a growth loan from Let’s Do Business Finance.Brenden West and...
View ArticleSouthern train engineers call off strike
The RMT has agreed today to suspend its proposed industrial action amongst Southern engineers next week following successful pay talks.Rail engineers were set to strike for five days, after union RMT...
View ArticlePregnant Uckfield woman caught drink driving
A pregnant woman from uckfield was caught drink-driving with her daughter in her car a day before she was due to give birth.Oficers stopped the Vauxhall Zafira of Brooke Burton at 9.15pm on June 4 at...
View ArticleSimple changes could make companies leaner
Most business owners could make their companies leaner and more efficient if they looked very closely at making some very simple changes, says business advisor and accountant Michael Ogilvie.Michael...
View ArticleIf we cannot moan about the heat then what is the point of being British?
I have long said that if there was ever to be an Olympic Games centred around the art of moaning then we would beat the French.In actual fact we would clean up - it is likely that if they handed out...
View ArticleHow families had fun in 1947
Cowbeech Bonfire Society’s annual Dig For Victory fête has been given some real-life inspiration after a historic flyer advertising a similar event in 1947 was uncovered.Dig For Victory is a...
View ArticleNew videos show how power is restored in Sussex
Helpful short films showing how engineers fixing problems on the electricity network have been released by UK Power Networks.The company, which delivers electricity to homes and businesses across...
View ArticleResidents fear superhighway in the sky
The construction of a second runway at Gatwick Airport might be on the back burner, but campaigners warn an international air transport strategy could already be making life harder for families living...
View ArticleCOUNTY NEWS UPDATE: Staff shocked after ‘suspicious’ hospice fire
Staff at a hospice in St Leonards have been left shocked and upset after a fire broke out in the earlier hours of this morning (Jully 11).Emergency services were called to a blaze at St Michael’s...
View ArticleFirefighter who collapsed during training still in ‘serious condition’
An East Sussex firefighter is seriously ill in hospital after collapsing during breathing apparatus training.The incident happened on Thursday, June 25 during the fourth day of the course at Maresfield...
View ArticleLewes auction house helps solve art theft mystery
A Lewes auction house has helped solve an art theft mystery.Six 19th century oil paintings which were going to be sold by Gorringes were found to be part of a large theft of 49 valuable artworks stolen...
View ArticleRoll up for Donkey Derby fun
The organisers of Peacehaven Donkey Derby are appealing for child jockeys to take part in the traditional summer races.The annual event will take place on Sunday, July 12 at the Dell just off South...
View ArticleDIY leads to relationship cracks in the South East
DIY is a key source of aggravation among households in the South East.A survey conducted by The Co-operative Insurance has found 43 per cent of people have argued with a loved one about fixing up the...
View ArticleCOUNTY NEWS: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after two more residents die...
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two more residents died following a fire at a Sussex hospice in the early hours of Saturday (July 11), police have said.Emergency services were...
View ArticleNew speed limit on killer road
An A-road which has been the scene of dozens of serious crashes - some of them fatal - should become safer thanks to efforts by people living in the neighbourhood.People power has at last delivered a...
View ArticleGetting the right graphics card
When you buy a new computer, there is nothing worse than sitting down to do something simple, like watch a video, only to find that it stutters more than Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter and the...
View ArticleSupport for new coastal initiative
Lewes District Council have prepared a bid to turn the ‘Impact Seaford’ regeneration project into a Coastal Community Team with support from Newhaven Town Council. The Government’s Coastal Community...
View Article“Cowboy” roofer who conned Eastbourne residents is jailed
A “cowboy” roofing contractor who conned vulnerable and elderly residents out of more than £26,000 is this week beginning time behind bars.John Gray left a trail of victims across East and West Sussex...
View ArticlePolice appeal after couple were harassed by driver in Wadhurst
Police are seeking witnesses to an incident in Wadhurst High Street in which occupants of a car were harassed by another driver and his passenger.At about 7.40pm on Saturday, June 27 in Wadhurst High...
View ArticleMother vows to continue fighting for justice for “wonderful” son
The mother of a prisoner who was found hanged in his cell has paid tribute to her “wonderful” son. Speaking after the inquest into Nathan Vaughan-Jones’ death, his mum Stephanie Ross said: “It has been...
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