Sea Change: More of the Same
North Queensway site set for another £ splash On 8th July SELEP (the South East Local Enterprise Partnership, which channels both public and private funds into economic development in Essex, Kent and East Sussex) announced that it had secured £85m…
New Loan For Observer Building
Following a strategic board meeting on 12th June, SELEP (the South East Local Enterprise Partnership) have publicised an agreement to lend £ out of their Growing Places Fund for development of the Observer Building. A spokesperson for the recipient company,…
Southern Business Region Essential to Post-Covid Recovery
Businesses across the South of England have called on the government to support their growth economies as part of the UK’s drive to recover from Covid-19. Six of the country’s Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), covering an area which produces almost…
Councillor Glazier
If you want something done, ask a busy man. Such as Cllr Keith Glazier. Starting his political career as parish councillor in Icklesham, and after a business career in heating and plumbing, he has risen to become not just leader…
Business and Creative Arts Ambassador Welcomed as SELEP’s New Deputy Chair
The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) has named Sarah Dance as its new Deputy Chair. First set up in 2011, LEPs are intended to bring local authorities and businesses together to determine local economic priorities for encouraging growth in…
Back Pedallers
Cycle Groups Protest At Diversion Of Council Funding Cycle East Sussex, a coalition of cyclist groups in Hastings, Rother and Eastbourne, is demanding that East Sussex County Council (ESCC) reinstate £5 million of public funding previously allocated to local cycling…
East Sussex College Sees Digital Boost In New Skills Partnership
The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP), whose role is to boost economic growth across the counties of East Sussex, Kent and Essex, has obtained funds from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to set up a new…
Exit the University…
SeaChange, the trading name of the not-for-profit ‘regeneration’ company East Sussex Energy Infrastructure and Development Limited, has an enviable track record of obtaining large amounts of public funding from national government, the EU and their respective offshoots, including the regional…
All Change at Empty Quarter
The Priory Quarter, the clutch of new and redeveloped buildings between Havelock Road and Priory Street that was intended to form centre stage of the University of Brighton campus in Hastings, is getting new freehold ; PICTURE: Colin Gibson Lacuna…
SEA CHANGE: “We’re Saving Jobs”
But financial decisions of not-for-profit development company come under fire from watch critics. Emma Harwood reports An economic development company which has spent millions of pounds of government funding building work spaces, roads and industrial parks, some of which remain empty…