Don’t get your tinsel in a tangle over recycling your Christmas tree! Let St Catherine’s Hospice tick a job off your January to-do list, by collecting your Christmas tree on Friday 10 or Saturday 11 January 2025.

Sussex Boutique Hotel, Tottington Manor, set at the foot of the beautiful South Downs in Henfield, West Sussex, are thrilled to announce they have won the Blue Ribbon Good Food Award for TERRA Restaurant for the second year in a row.

Three-dimensional maps of key stations in London, Sussex and Bedfordshire have been created by the country’s largest train operator to help passengers, and particularly those who are disabled, gain more confidence in navigating its stations with ease.

Mayo Wynne Baxter’s trusts and tax team has doubled in size in the past 30 months – reflecting the increasing demand for specialist legal services across the South East and strengthening the full-service law firm’s ability to provide tailored advice to its growing client base.

Thank you to Mandi for introducing us to a range of incredible charities through Gatwick Diamond Business so we was able to make a change this Christmas.

The recent UK Budget announcement, delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on October 30, 2024, includes several key points that impact businesses, particularly those looking to upgrade their IT equipment and reduce overheads.

Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) is proud to have received two national awards - Campaign of the Year and Innovation of the Year - at the prestigious Air Ambulances UK Awards of Excellence, hosted by ITV presenter Charlotte Hawkins and held at Coventry Building Society Arena.

As a result of the announcements in the Autumn Budget the changes will affect a wide range of people, shareholder of a trading companies, a business owner, farmer, landowner or an individual with a pension. To explain the changes and the planning opportunities we’re hosting an estate planning webinar on Tuesday 3 December.

Calling all local Charities.... This year The Europa Hotel are donating a range of Christmas Lunch accessories ; Crackers, Paper Napkins, Streamers, Party Hats and Party Poppers. We have a large amount left to donate, so if your charity is looking for some, please pop us over an email at sales714@britanniahotels.com Everybody deserves to have a special christmas.  

Join Crawley and East Grinstead Branch of Parkinson's UK on Sunday 19th January 2025 for their quiz.

Local charities and support organisations in Sussex are urged to apply for funding from the Gatwick Airport Community Trust which is now open again for applications.

Unlock AI's potential for your business with retrAIn: join our workshops and learn how to tackle your unique challenges!

On Monday 20th January, Rok Skool in Haywards Heath will host an exclusive opportunity to learn high-performance strategies from top leaders in music and sport – all in one place. The Performance Playbook: Lessons from Music & Sport will bring together influential speakers to share their insights at an intimate, one-day conference designed for professionals across industries.

Property consultancy Vail Williams has appointed a new surveyor in response to growing business demand.

SHW has completed on the sale of a 800-unit, residential, national ground rent portfolio on behalf of a private family client.

To celebrate the business officially opening at the south coast station, Auntie Anne’s colleagues gathered for a giant pretzel pulling ceremony on Tuesday 22 October, with the American chain serving more than 200 enthusiastic customers during its launch event.

Do you think Solar Renewable Energy is a scam? If so, think again . . .   Like with any industry, there are individuals and businesses that discredit their sector. And, again, like with anything in life, perpetrators are very much in the extreme minority but spoil and ruin it for individuals and businesses that are 100% legitimate and fully accredited, ensuring quality and best practice.   Electrotec Power Solutions Ltd are proud members of and accredited by the EPVS (Energy Performance Validation Scheme): www.epvs.co.uk   Before you make a purchase decision, it's important that you get a quote from an installer that shows how the product will perform and how much it will save. You can also get a longer-term estimate of how much you could earn by investing in the product.   The running costs of new products are a crucial aspect of any decision-making process.   As consumers, we thoroughly check these things.   You trust the sales professional to deliver the promised savings, but he or she may not be able to provide you with the correct details about the product and the running costs.   You should also ask if the quoted savings will apply to your household's needs.   EPVS is a program that was designed to address this issue. Through an independent assessment, it can provide you with the necessary information to make informed decisions.   Through its monitoring programme, EPVS members are able to provide their customers with accurate estimates of their financial savings and performance.    

How you plan your storage racking system has a direct impact on your business and it’s not simply about square footage; it affects how much you can store in-house to workflows, operational efficiency and safety. From the outside, it should be simple to plan and implement, however storage projects are varied. One business may only need a simpler rivet steel shelving system and for others, nothing less than industrial racking systems with mezzanine floors and pallet-racking will do the job.

Carpenter Box Wins Top Tax Team Accolade at Industry Awards Carpenter Box has been named the Tax Team of the Year at the prestigious 2024 Accounting Excellence Awards.

At the end of October 2024, there were 71,459 electric vehicle charging points across the UK, across 36,060 charging locations and 108,633 connectors.April 2023, there was 68,512 EV charging station locations across the country as of April 2023, which is 35% more than in 2022.There are various types of public charging stations that are being established all across the country. Some of these include dedicated hubs that allow multiple cars to charge at the same time, while others are placed in lampposts and in residential areas. These developments are expected to help ease the transition to electric cars for more people.* Charging speedThe latest EVs can be charged up extremely quickly, and the newest 360kW chargers can add up to 100 miles to a car’s range in just five minutes. These chargers are the cream of the crop, so they gain the highest score here, while the slowest chargers – barely any faster than a household three-pin plug – get the lowest score. However, if a network fails to provide the stated charge rate and users end up paying for a very fast charge but don’t receive one, marks should be deducted.* Ease of paymentThe popularity of public charging stations has led to the development of more convenient methods of accessing them. In the past, people had to register using an RFID card to access the facilities. Nowadays, many of them still require users to use an app or an online registration method. The best ones are easy to use and require little effort to register. On the other hand, the worst ones can be very time consuming and frustrating to use.Newer devices allow people to make payments using contactless credit cards or pay by phone. These are the most convenient and can be used without an account being created.* ReliabilityIt’s frustrating to turn up at a charger and find it broken, so maintenance is an important factor. If a network’s chargers are frequently out of order and not fixed quickly, it will lose marks here. A responsive and helpful customer service centre that can be called when assistance is needed will help a provider to redeem itself.* Value for money It’s no surprise that many of the quickest chargers are the priciest to use, but the tariffs shouldn’t be prohibitively high. Those that don’t charge as quickly should be cheaper to use, and the slowest should be the cheapest so they are affordable for overnight charging for those who don’t have access to a home charger.For further advice and guidance in relation to how and where to seek independent unbiased data, and reporting statistic, please email me at jeremy@electrotecpowersolutions.co.uk