Under the Housing Act (2002) all councils with housing responsibilities must have a homelessness strategy.

How is your team gearing up for the rest of the year?

Sussex contractor Pilbeam Construction has been honoured with a prestigious Sussex Heritage Trust Award for its outstanding work on the £7.5 million restoration of Newhaven Fort, funded by UK Government.

Between 10 September and 22 October, the council is consulting on an application from the Brighton Marina Neighbourhood Forum to formally renew its designation as a neighbourhood forum.

Enterprise Nation and VistaPrint are teaming up once again to champion the UK's small business community.

Tourist traders in Sussex holiday hotspots are missing out on a share of over £650 million a year due to poor connectivity, new data has revealed.

As the price of food stays high, supermarkets are donating less surplus food, and day-to-day running costs keep rising, our network of food banks, emergency food providers, and affordable food clubs need to find ways to cut costs.

Download the latest Valley Garden’s update from BHCC will all the latest news on the work to transform the city centre.

Shop fronts in Newhaven are set for a £100,000 makeover this year, thanks to funding from Newhaven Enterprise Zone (NEZ) that will help transform the look and feel of the town centre.

Check out September’s FREE events from the BIPC. To book, follow the QR code below.

Your insight matters. Businesses across Sussex are facing a mix of challenges and opportunities -from rising costs and supply chain pressures to recruitment struggles and new markets.

Big news for Brighton & Hove as Latest TV has its broadcasting licence renewed by Ofcom

until the end of 2034. Ofcom has posted the reasons on its website and we agree with all

of them!

Dates for your diary! Saturdays 13th, 20th and 27th September. OVESCO (Ouse Valley Energy Services Company) have organised Eco Open Houses in Barcombe, Lewes, Rodmell, Hassocks & Ditchling to inspire people with examples of low carbon homes with the opportunity to see heat pumps, solar panels, insulation and other energy-saving ideas in action, as well as talk to the homeowners about their experience.

This high-energy session, led by Ben Price (former Special Forces operator, Ironman Triathlete, and business coach), explores the psychology of money and the habits that shape financial decision-making.

Help to Grow Management is a Government funded programme set up to support SMEs to grow. Over 10,000 SME leaders have completed Help to Grow nationally and the university of Brighton have just had the 250th business leader complete the programme in a certificate awarding celebration.

London Gatwick has recorded significantly improved on-time performance and secured 100% of its service standards and the top CAA rating for its special assistance services – the airport said today, as it published its interim financial results.

Festivals Awayday is a day of event producers, and anyone involved with events, coming from all over East Sussex to get together to talk, share ideas and maybe even discuss potential collaborative work.

Ongoing planning delays, plus a raft of additional information needed to obtain a planning consent, together with debt finance costs have impacted prices being paid for sites across the South East, but there is still a development market according to SHW’s Q3 2025 Development Focus.

The South East market is showing strong signs of more national – as well as independent - retailers coming back to the market, according to SHW’s Q3 2025 Retail Focus.

Take up this year across the South East office market has been slow to date, with few transactions happening over 5,000 sq ft, according to SHW’s Q3 2025 South East Office Focus.

The new Director of Small Business Strategy, Ros Wall, alongside Director Paula Crofts for Business Growth, and Deputy Director John Thompson for SME Strategy and Business Growth Service, have launched the UK Government’s new Small Business Plan

The King’s Awards for Enterprise are for outstanding achievement by UK businesse

SHW’s Lease Advisory and Valuation experts examine the legal implications of the proposal, its sectoral impact (office, retail and industrial), and the likely consequences for landlords, tenants and investors.

Nine Sussex school pupils from schools in Lewes and Seaford, including five year 7 students from Seahaven Academy, were rewarded for their hard work this year with a trip out to sea on a crew transfer vessel visiting the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm(1).

Have you or your team achieved something special this year? It’s time to get recognised.

The next Made Smarter business briefing webinar on Thursday 25 September, from 12.30pm – 1.15pm (45 minute duration).

CoworkingCafe’s latest coworking industry report, exploring the current state of the flexible office sector across the UK and Ireland (as of Q2 2025) has shown that Brighton and Hove tops the charts.