Mid Sussex District Council will allocate over £3 million this month to almost 700 local businesses that have not yet received any financial support during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) has been provided by the Government to support businesses that were not eligible for their main Business Grant support schemes. ...

 The new school on the Brookleigh housing development will be called The Bedelands Academy.  Plans have been submitted to build a new ultra-low carbon secondary school in Burgess Hill. West Sussex County Council is developing the new school on the Brookleigh housing development, formerly known as Northern Arc. It will provide a high-quali...

Mid Sussex District Council has been catching up with businesses who were supported by our grants over the past few years to hear how they are getting on. The Covid pandemic and economic stress put unprecedented strain on the local Mid Sussex economy and the businesses operating within it. During that time the Council took every opportunity to supp...

The Government's Department of International Trade has pledged to put its weight behind Mid Sussex's planned new Science and Tech park, deemed as essential to the country's future economic growth. Dr Mike Short, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of International Trade, speaking at a Westminster launch event for Opportunity Mid Sussex, said that ...

Mid Sussex District Council is planning to create an Urban Park at the Martlets Shopping Centre in Burgess Hill to make the area more attractive to visitors.  Cabinet met on Monday 6 June to consider temporary options that will significantly improve the look and feel of the Martlets Shopping Centre. Members supported the idea of creating Urban...

 A BLOG BY CHRIS FOUNDS, CJ FOUNDS ASSOCIATES A multi-million-pound investment has put Mid Sussex at the pioneering edge of delivering ground-breaking high quality digital infrastructure to enable a potential innovation hub in the south of England, that will rival the offer from the very best cities of the north. Part of the investment is a fi...

The Northern Arc, which is due to deliver 3,500 homes alongside infrastructure, schools, employment sites and new neighbourhood centres, is already generating significant opportunities in the region as a significant part of the Burgess Hill Growth Programme. Providing an update on their flagship development at the Northern Arc, Graham Hyslop, Proje...

A move to Mid Sussex is credited with transforming manufacturing company Adelphi into a global success. Rachel Birrell-Gray, Marketing Manager of successful Haywards Heath-based Adelphi, told delegates at the recent Real Estate Live conference that the company's move out of London in the 1980s has contributed to their growth from a a simple manufac...

Project Newton, Mid Sussex's planned 'next generation' Science and Technology Park passed a new milestone last week in its ambition for the 49-hectare site to provide 100,000m2 of innovation-led employment space, generating 2,500 new jobs.  Delegates at the Real Estate Live conference were the first to hear that the Park's site allocation...