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I have advised both employers and employees for over 20 years on employment issues. When acting for employers, that advice is often proactive, seeking to minimise any risk that employer may face should an employee […]

On June 6 this year, a six-month trial of the four-day work week began in the UK with over 70 businesses taking part from a wide range of industries – including food and drink, the banking sector, charities, […]

Carpenter Box Financial Advisers, which has offices in Brighton and throughout Sussex, has been crowned ‘Best Adviser for Vulnerable Client Care’ at the Professional Adviser Awards 2022.
The award aims to rec […]

Building on ten years of business success, Seofon Business Services have now further expanded its offering to include the creation of a new in-house Administration Department.
Did you know that in a survey […]

An interview with David Parr & Omid Moellemi, Co-Founders of Prsnt.
Omid Moallemi and David Parr have revolutionised gifting with a viral app and business platform. They are co-founders of instant gifting tech […]

A team from leading Sussex law firm Mayo Wynne Baxter raised £535 for Sussex mental health charity Heads On by walking 5km when they set off from Glynde Place.
Heads On is the charitable arm of Sussex […]

Business wins accolade in recognition of its cloud-centric IT services and commitment to a training platform offered through Vuzion EDGE
The team at Extech Cloud was proud and delighted to be recognised for their […]

New photos reveal the first look at Edward Street Quarter’s bricked exterior as scaffolding starts to come down across the site.
The £120 million build on Edward Street in central Brighton is set to complete th […]

GATHER is the latest concept to be launched in The Beacon, Eastbourne, as the shopping centre continues its journey to reimagine its customer retail experience.  
The dedicated community space is located in the […]

The changing face of Eastbourne has attracted a revolutionary new style of creative space for local businesses with global ambitions.
FOUNDRY will be opening in The Beacon this summer, in a joint initiative with […]

As we come into summer and to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee I have chosen an English sparkling wine from the Wiston Estate, which is based on the beautiful South Downs, 10 minutes North of Worthing. This wine h […]

Is it the responsibility of managers to adapt their communication style to suit individual employees? 
Of course, it is!
Is it the responsibility of employees to adapt to their managers’ communication styles?   […]

By Flo Powell and Alex Hankinson, Joint Managing Directors, Midnight Communications
What’s the value of national media coverage for local businesses?
A lot of our clients start out by thinking that their t […]

This Summer The 1st Central County Ground in Hove will be hosting seven T20 Vitality Blast matches, as well as the Royal London One Day Cup and the world Test champions, New Zealand.
The Sussex Sharks have plenty […]

Southampton-based Lewes FC owner Duncan Brown has won the club’s inaugural writing competition with a 250-word novel opener called ‘Black Premonition’.
Lewes FC – a football club owned by some 2,300 worldwi […]

Born on 17 August 1951, Alan Minter was a British professional boxer who sadly passed away in September 2020 from cancer at the relatively tender age of sixty-nine. 
Having competed professionally from 1972 to […]

It appears to be that cricket began life in Sussex and Kent with ecclesiastical records dating back to 1611 indicating the first time the sport was documented was in Sussex as well as being the first reference to […]

We are extremely pleased to announce, that one of our very own Sussex Chamber members, Bola Lafe, CEO of Opus Innovations, will be speaking at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Annual Global Conference. This […]

by Mark O’Halloran, iLaw

If there’s a city in the UK which should be leading the way on transitioning to Net Zero, it must surely be Brighton. 
Afterall, how much do we pride ourselves on our green cred […]

The Sussex Business Show arrived with a bang on May 5th at the South of England Event Centre, Ardingly. 
Renowned for more than just B2B trade-shows, Sonny Cutting, the event director, has for a number of years […]