Homes England is seeking a development partner for construction of the first new primary school as part of the 3,500-home Northern Arc scheme. A procurement contract for the £10million project is due to open for tenders on 6 June – and local companies are being asked to register their interest at https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder The school, whic...

Industrial real estate developer Panattoni has acquired a 22-acre site in Burgess Hill.  The site is already home to DPD and Roche, and Panattoni is looking to speculatively develop the site to create a range of bespoke units to meet the demand for industrial and employment space for small to medium-sized enterprises. Panattoni expects to star...

West Sussex's Locally Sauced Festival, on 23-24 July, has been featured in the Guardian as one of the 10 best spring and summer food festivals in the UK this year.  The festival, in Haywards Heath, aims to promote sustainable Sussex produce, from food and drink to fashion. Local beers, wines, ciders and gin will be stocked and there will be st...

Mid Sussex MP and Minister for Employment Mims Davies officially opened Roche Diagnostics' National Distribution Centre last month. The new facility in Goddards Green consolidates the pharmaceutical company's commitment to Mid Sussex, with its UK and Ireland headquarters based in Burgess Hill. Investment in the National Distribution Centre has enab...

Mid Sussex will once again be showcased at leading regeneration conference Real Estate Live UK – with a session focusing on how the region is a place of partnerships. The free-to-attend online session, at 10.30am on 28 June, is part of a three-day programme for the leading property and regeneration platform next month and will showcase Mid Sussex a...

Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, Mims Davies and a team from Mid Sussex District Council (MSDC) and Universal Quantum were shown round the University of Sussex' extensive research facilities. Originating from the University of Sussex' strategic research programmes, and now a leading Mid Sussex based innovative quantum computing company, Univers...

Mid Sussex District Council has allocated almost £70,000 in grant funding to help local independent retailers improve their businesses.  At a meeting of the Council's Cabinet Grants Panel on Monday 21 February, Mid Sussex District Council awarded £69,350 to 23 local companies, so they can make improvements to their storefronts, modernise the i...

"These multi-million-pound improvements will lead to significant benefits for the area in supporting the provision of new jobs, homes and workspace"  The £23million A2300 improvements scheme was officially opened today (Friday, 8 April) and will help to boost the local economy and support new housing. The widening of around 2.4km of single-lan...

Mid Sussex District Council has started work to deliver a new 9-hectare Centre for Outdoor Sport to the west of Burgess Hill. At a meeting of Cabinet on Monday 21 March, Members were presented with an initial Feasibility Study and draft Masterplan, which outlined a range of sporting facilities that could be provided in the new Mid Sussex Centre for...