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,…
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…
Tight Schedule For Potential £25m Towns Fund Boost
Hastings is one of just three towns in Kent and East Sussex – the others are Margate and Newhaven – that have been selected to bid for up to £25m each of government funding out of the £ bn Towns…
Regime Change at Rother: The First Hundred Days
Doug Oliver has enjoyed his first hundred days as leader of Rother District Council. The previous Conservative administration, ousted in elections across the board in May, had been, in his view, politically partisan, keeping all cabinet posts for Tory councillors…
Amber’s October Summit
On 8th July Amber Rudd MP headlined her Hastings & Rye constituency website with news that she had met with then Roads Minister, Michael Ellis, and “secured” a commitment from Highways England “to improve the A21”. Reading the smaller print…
Marshlink Rail Upgrade Stuck On Amber
Since her arrival as constituency MP in 2010, Amber Rudd has consistently talked up the prospect of local railway stations of Bexhill, Hastings and Rye getting a fast connection to London via the High Speed network (HS1) at ; Ms…
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…
SeaChange under renewed attack
SeaChange Sussex, funded with public money channelled through the South East Local Enterprise Partnership, have been accused by environmental pressure group Combe Haven Defenders (CHD) of presiding over a doubling of the budgeted cost of building the Queensway Gateway Road,…