Nominate your top company in Seahaven Business Awards
There is still time to nominate your favourite business in the Seahaven Business Awards, The closing date for nominations will be Friday April 11 2014.Find out more on 01273 517544 or e-mail...
View ArticleTravel: Love blossoms in the Maldives
Romance is in the air for Sam Wylie-Harris on a desert island getaway in the Maldives.I gingerly take the hand of the cabin crew member helping me down the steps of the twin-engine sea plane to a small...
View ArticleAs the budget beckons UK businesses lay out their must haves for prosperity
Economic indicators show that the UK economy is at its strongest since pre-recession times. But are small and medium businesses at the coal front in Britain experiencing this upturn? And what can...
View ArticleLawn care after the flood
If the recent deluge of rain means your luscious, closely-cropped carpet of green is now nothing but a soggy bog, you might be feeling a bit downhearted.But don’t despair, say the experts, there is...
View ArticleThank you for your generosity
The annual budget review is here again.We have to look at the costs of every member of staff and every penny spent on the running of Chestnut Tree House to ensure we are using all monies in the most...
View ArticleRingmer students rise to the challenge of poster design
Six A Level Graphics students from Ringmer Community College and Sixth Form rose to the challenge given to them by Transition Town Lewes (TTL) when they were asked to design a poster for the book The...
View ArticleGet your email and calendars synched up with the expense
Today I wanted to share with you all my preferred set up for e-mail and calendaring. If you are familiar with the corporate world, you will understand that having a good messaging and scheduling system...
View ArticleLewes Expo tickets available
People are being invited to pre-register for free visitor and seminar tickets at the Lewes and District Enterprise Expo 2014.It’s taking place at Lewes Town Hall on Thursday, March 20, from...
View ArticleWealden Council Tax is frozen
Wealden District Council has agreed to maintain Council Tax at the same level for 2014/15. This means that taxes which pay for Council services have now remained the same for five successive years. The...
View ArticleLewes MP hails progress on broadband
Lewes MP Norman Baker has welcomed news that East Sussex County Council will receive a further half-million pound grant to support the roll-out of superfast broadband.The money is part of a recently...
View ArticleTREVOR WEEKS MBE - Swan found with fishing hook embedded in neck
This is the poor swan from Ditchling Common Country Park who had to be rescued after being found with a long length of fishing line and weights attached a hook embedded in the swan’s neck.It had been...
View ArticleKEVIN GORDON - The shipwrecked sailor’s friend
A few days ago I popped in to the National Trust Visitor Centre at Birling Gap. It is looking great as is the new cafe. The whole area has been smartened up with new loos too. The area has been in the...
View ArticlePlan for 110 homes in Ringmer
A planning application for up to 110 new homes in Ringmer has been submitted to Lewes District Council.The scheme would include affordable housing, access and public open space on a site north of...
View ArticleGiving a complete picture of the business world in Lewes
Some 500 peope are expected to attend the Lewes and District Enterprise Expo at the Town Hall on Thursday, March 20, from 10am to 4pm.With 80 local exhibitors and free entry to both the venue and...
View ArticleLooking forward to our new tree house
Tree house update: In February, I wrote about the Woodland Walk that we are developing within the grounds of Chestnut Tree House.Tree house update: In February, I wrote about the Woodland Walk that we...
View ArticleSpring is on the way so send me pictures!
Hello again, Chipsters! I hope you are well.After all that horrible rain, it is wonderful to see the sun shining again, I hope it stays a little longer. I bet it has been brilliant being able to go...
View ArticleTime to fight spam on our social networks
While receiving yet another invite to connect with someone on LinkedIn with whom I have never met, never spoken to and never heard of before, I decided it was time to turn my attention to social...
View ArticleMAGAZINE: 10 tips to an eco-friendly garden
If your planting is attracting bees, butterflies and other wildlife, your shed is devoid of pesticides and your fruit and veg are strictly organic, then you are already heading along the right road to...
View ArticleTREVOR WEEKS MBE - Cold nights mean hogs still in winter hibernation mode
We have been out to this two- to three-week-old fox cub at St Leonards this week. We arrived on site to find the cub had disappeared, but after a search of the garden he was found hiding in a corner....
View ArticleKEVIN GORDON - True resting place of Parson Darby
Oh Dear. For those of you who read my item last week about Parson Darby, I must apologise. I mentioned that the good vicar was buried at Friston Church and indeed had visited the church in an attempt...
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