The UK Government is running a #ShopLocal week this week, as part of its #EnjoySummerSafely campaign. The week aims to celebrate the British high street – encouraging customers to come back to their safe local shops, supporting the local economy and local jobs. Shoppers are...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) business support webinars As part of the UK government’s commitment to supporting businesses and self-employed through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, HMRC have developed new webinars on the following topics. Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and flexible furloughing webinar – available on Wednesday...
Anna Raleigh, Director of Public Health West Sussex has prepared two letters that provide important COVID-19 Advice and Guidance for the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors. DPH_Advice_TourismLeisure_FINAL Letter to hospitality Letter to hospitality ...
ABCOM have successfully been awarded this week accreditation to the UK Cyber Essentials + scheme. This is the UK Government's fastest growing information security standard, proven to prevent over 80% of cyber attacks by implementing better security controls. Cyber threats continue to grow and become more frequent,...
Our support over the next two weeks focuses on helping you to find funding for your business or business idea. We've received lots of questions from you regarding our Invest4 Grant Fund and have set up a new FAQs page which we hope will to help you...
This scheme will distribute £20 million of new government funding to help England’s smaller businesses recover from the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Funding will be allocated to Growth Hubs within each Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), with a minimum of £250,000 for all LEP areas. Small...
I would like to share with you the COVID-19 community communications toolkit that can be used to spread the word about the recently launched ‘Keep West Sussex Safe’ campaign. The campaign aims to encourage residents, businesses and communities to stay alert and follow government guidelines to...
Our grants scheme recognises the need for organisations to be able to deliver crucial pieces of work during this difficult time, particularly small grants to cover adaptation, innovation and to revisit business plans and strategies in light of Covid-19 impacts and opportunities. The South Downs is...
Our friends at Gatwick Diamond Business are delighted to share their second edition of Diamond Rough Cut Though times remain very difficult for many businesses, it is good to see so much activity going on across the business community. Please follow the link for Diamond Rough Cut –...
COVID-19 EARLY OUTBREAK INFORMATION Materials to communicate the COVID-19 Early Outbreak Management Information. Please note these assets are cleared for use in England only. Full details can be found here >> https://coronavirusresources.phe.gov.uk/reporting-an-outbreak/overview/ This campaign communicates advice on how to respond to an outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) to individuals that own,...
This week we're asking for help from you and your local networks in response to the Task Force Business Resilience Survey. Last week we opened the Task Force newsletter with optimism about the direction of travel for the high street recovery following COVID-19. These past...
We are delighted to be re-opening our Haywards Heath Brasserie on Monday 3rd August and we are looking forward to welcoming you soon! Our brasserie will be opening from 12 noon until 9pm, accommodating groups of up to six people. We have adapted our layout and seating...
Thousands of smaller businesses in England are set to benefit from £20 million of new government funding to help them recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government has today (30 July 2020) announced. Small and medium sized...
Freshmill has extended its re-opening for co-working and are delighted to announce that from Monday 3rd August we will be open for day passes Monday to Thursday’s. We have worked closely with our H&S team to ensure that the building complies with all the regulations and...
With a recent employee survey revealing that more than 9 in 10 working parents want their workplace to retain flexible working indefinitely* and another reporting that 28% of employers believe the increase in homeworking has increased productivity**, COVID-19 has shifted the working pattern mindset to...
Following the Mini-Budget 2020: The government has introduced a new scheme offering to pay 100% of the wages of employees aged 16-24, if an organisation chooses to hire them on a six-month job placement. Employers can claim back the cost of the national minimum wage of £6.45...
Please support our local HHBA members who have already signed up to the scheme they include; The Birch Hotel, The Bay Tree, Cote Brasserie HH, Orange Square and Savannah Cafe Bar. #buy local #shoplocal #supportlocalbusinesses Use the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme at a participating establishment: to...
If you are facing hardship or financial difficulty in paying your business rates to Mid Sussex please contact us at revenue@midsussex.gov.uk or by calling 01444 577564. Business Grants – if your rateable value is up to £15,000 and you get Small Business Rates Relief you...
We are looking forward to welcoming you back to our hotels and have been working hard to ensure you can enjoy your Hand Picked experience comfortably, and safely, as travel and social restrictions ease. The health, safety and wellbeing of our guests and team members is...
Bluebell Digital are delighted to announce that their owner, Barney Durrant is now a Fellow of the Institute of Data and Marketing. The IDM is part of Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and exists to nurture the next generation of data-led marketers. Bluebell Digital can help...
Experience West Sussex Partnership and Tourism South East are working to understand the full impact that COVID-19 has had on the regional visitor economy. We would like to conduct a short survey to qualify the impact and aid planning as the region looks to rebuild...
Freshmill has re-opened on Monday’s and Thursday’s to provide the much needed coworking space for small businesses, freelancers and remote workers. We have worked closely with our H&S team to ensure that the building complies with all the regulations and is Covid-19 secure. We have our...
Before Extech Cloud started working with Richard Place Dobson in October 2019, RPD was at a point where it needed to upgrade its servers and infrastructure, and was looking to mitigate any hardware replacement costs. With almost 50 staff members across the Crawley and East Grinstead...
The Business Hot House Support Programme is potentially a very important scheme and source of additional grant funding and support to local business. Its aim is to address gaps in the Business Support provision across the Coast to Capital (C2C) region. It is funded through £5.5m...
Coast to Capital LEP and the Growth Hub team are providing businesses a range of support services. They've recently launched a Business Recovery Insights Survey to help strengthen our understanding of the current economic landscape, alongside the continued provision of our Business Recovery Support Sessions. C2C are also working...
How do you wake up in the morning? Happy, feeling grateful, hopeful and optimistic that you are going to make today and tomorrow better than yesterday, feeling loved, and feeling fulfilled. Wouldn’t that be a great moment to experience each morning? There isn’t a better time for...
Handelsbanken Haywards Heath reports increases in both lending and deposit taking for the Bank, as it continues to focus on supporting local customers through the ongoing crisis. Local relationship bank, Handelsbanken, has today announced its second quarter (Q2 2020) results1, showing ongoing steady increases in both...
HHBA member Nasser wins, Most Innovative Independent Business Consultant 2020, at this year’s Corporate Livewire Prestige Awards. Business consultant, Nasser Elaheebocus, made a splash at this year’s Corporate Livewire Prestige Awards, which were announced last week. The business growth expert, who runs Business Pulse Advisory & Investment Group to help...
The Business Hothouse support program of business support, managed by the University of Chichester, is run by a consortium of expert delivery partners based in the Coast-to-Capital area and is funded through the European Regional Development Fund and Local Authorities. The £11m program offers free expert business...
Dear HHBA Community, How are you? I know that’s generally a hard question to answer. We hope you are staying positive and business is as good as it can be under the circumstances. We understand the struggles that you are going through. I have to be honest...
A further update from GOV.UK, which relates to free services being offered by business advisers: Thousands of business advisers to offer free services to small firms: Thousands of expert professional and business services advisers have signed up to offer free online advice to help small businesses...
Today’s Summer Statement from the Chancellor is a precursor to the bigger picture, which will have emerged by the autumn. For now, the government needed to give some good news out to the food, accommodation, attractions and property sectors. At the same trying to ensure that young...
July 15th – 10-11.30am Managing Remote and Blended Teams Register Here Join Ursula Tavender CEO and Founder of Taking Care of Business and Mumbelievable, Anna Rasmussen CEO and Founder of OpenBlend and Emma Cleary Director of Flexibility Matters in a Q & A session to discuss how,...
Find more detailed information on the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme, why the government is running the scheme and how to offer the discount to your customers. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/get-more-information-about-the-eat-out-to-help-out-scheme...
For many, business is harder to come by and profitability is down. In the hard times, the natural instinct is to go into survival mode and cut back on spending wherever you can. And one of the areas that often finds itself right at the top of...
Planning ahead to exhibitions and events restarting? We have a limited stock of new old stock/ex demo Roller Banner Stands and Pop-Up Displays that we'd like to offer members at 50% discount for the hardware + new graphics. For more details please contact Steve Powell 01444 246546 steve@freshdisplay.co.uk...
Our friends at Gatwick Diamond Business are delighted to share their latest Diamond Magazine. During the lockdown and equally as restrictions begin to ease, the need for businesses to keep in touch with their customers is paramount. Increasingly we are seeing businesses turn their minds to...
On the 3rd September, the Mid Sussex Business Expo was set to roll into Ardingly for its third expo of the year, but due to issues beyond our control with the Covid situation, Network Xpress has decided to go fully into online and virtual events...
How small businesses should address bringing staff back to work under the flexible Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. For SMEs looking to rebound from the effects of lockdown, the announcement of the flexible Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is a welcome fillip. Allowing employers to bring staff...
Have you seen it yet? Local HHBA members AQUAPAX (Just Drinking Water Ltd) inaugural TV advertising campaign launched on SKY TV on 1st July, with a one month targeted campaign to reach households in London and the South East! Aquapax Water’s founder Neil Tomlinson says “We’re...
Here at Simply Business Finance we’ve been busy working with our funding partners to ensure we can continue to support all types of businesses by providing our customers with the most suitable finance products available. Pubs, cafes and restaurants are among those hit the hardest in...
Join our Meet the Expert - Post Lockdown: A new horizon of opportunities? on zoom on Tuesday 14th July at 9am. "The best way to predict the future is to create it" - Abraham Lincoln The immediate challenges of socially distanced restart plans, furlough, cash flow etc mean...
Today (1/7/2020) had a very interesting video networking meeting hosted by Lara Squires, Emma Cleary and Andrew Hookway on Flexible Working and the impact it has been having on businesses (IT, Marketing, Recruitment) with people working from home. Businesses are going to see a big shift...
There's obviously a lot of focus at the moment on post-lockdown strategy. We've been working on something to help businesses that find themselves in one of two scenarios: Those having to adapt We know that many businesses have been hit hard by Covid19 and are...
We are living in interesting and challenging times. We have all been coping with a slightly different way of living and working over the last months. We hope you have been keeping Safe and Well. Technology and IT have been playing an important part in our...
Specsavers Haywards Heath is now open for routine testing, having operated an urgent and essential care only service since lockdown began in March. A full range of optical services are available at the South Road store seven days a week, including Sundays, including routine eye tests,...
Have you heard about our BRAND NEW featured members space on our homepage! Head to our site to take a look at this month's featured member SEBS IT and make sure you get in contact with us if you'd like to be a sponsor in...
The Mid Sussex Wellbeing team is offering Free 30 minute virtual Wellbeing MOT's. To Book for July and August email Julia.Meckael@midsussex.gov.uk ...
Struggled with your broadband during lockdown? Partnership working by West Sussex councils and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport means extra money is available for gigabit-capable broadband for residents and businesses in our rural areas. ...
Mid Sussex District Council will be reopening for a second round of applications for the Discretionary Grants for local businesses at 7am on Monday 29th June, this will close again at midnight on the 12th July 2020. Please note that there are 4 main levels of discretionary...