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Skills for Advanced Technology - Middle ASton Leadership Centre, Oxfordshire
EU Machinery Directives comes into legislative effect in January 2010. Are you ready? This event takes place on 8th December at 5pm at the Middle ASton Leadership Centre, Oxfordshire.
To learn more about this important legislation, please visit
www.skills4technology.co.uk.
8 Dec 2009
Free VAT Seminar - not to be missed!
HM Revenue is holding a workshop aimed principally at newly VAT Registered businesses, or any other business that may be nearing the compulsory VAT registration threshold.
26 Nov 2009
Ecomagpie - shopping that's good for all of us.
In 2009, Josie Richards, Managing Director of Ecomagpie, conducted market research into consumers' "green" shopping habits. Feedback showed that whilst people were interested in the fair-trade ethos, they were not necessarily aware of the choice and range of products out there. There appeared to be *a positive interest in eco-friendly products* and a need for a retail outlet.
6 Nov 2009
Shopping really is good for you!
DAYS - Donate As You Spend - is a voucher charity scheme allowing you to purchase gift vouchers and donate to your favourite charity at the same time.
6 Oct 2009
Local company – and the Sun - heats Primary School’s water
SolarUK Ltd is a leading designer, manufacturer, supplier and installer of solar water heating systems.
Our UK designed and manufactured solar hot water systems can be used for domestic water heating, swimming pool heating and industrial process water heating.
6 Oct 2009
New Energy Centre Opens in Hastings
Situated on Castleham Industrial Estate, The Energy Centre will provide training in alternative energy techniques and systems.
27 Aug 2009
Environmental Technologies 2009 Showcase
Over 100 delegates attended an environmental technology event on Wednesday 30th September, at the new Energy Centre, which is managed by Sussex Coast College, Hastings.
27 Aug 2009
Super speedy Internet comes to Hastings
Companies in Hastings and St Leonards now have access to high speed internet connections through fibre broadband - the highest speed technology currently available.
This means local companies in both towns can take advantage of dedicated, high speed connections on a fibre link from 10Mbps (megabits per second) up to 1 Gbps (Gigabits per second) easily, quickly, at competitive prices and with a choice of provider.
17 Aug 2009
Carbon Efficiency
A new Hastings company has set up in business to provide training and information on renewable energy technologies. CO2 Efficient launched on 1st July as the first company in the South East to be accredited in this field and offer recognised certificated training.
14 Aug 2009
ScreenPlay at Edinbrough
Ladma are currently working with the BBC on Teethgrinder, a viral-based comedy show. They are also developing a project with ScreenPlay Productions.
13 Aug 2009
Anonymous Franchising
Shopper Anonymous have launched their second franchise in Surrey. This comes after their first was launched in Kent last year. The company specialises in mystery shopping and customer service training and has clients throughout the UK.
6 Jul 2009
The Hub finds new innovations at U. Brighton
The East Sussex Enterprise Hub was one of the judges of the U. Brighton Innovation Awards this year. The Enterprise Hub finds that these awards are usually a rich sources of new ideas and innovations and this year was no exception.
3 Jul 2009
Wired Sussex awarded grant to support 100 internships with local digital media businesses
Wired Sussex, the independent membership organisation for digital media businesses in Sussex, has along with project lead the University of Sussex, won a grant of £600,000 to help the region’s businesses through the Sussex Internship Programme.
2 Jul 2009
Brighton entrepreneur launches UK’s first online accounting system dedicated to freelancers
Brighton-based entrepreneur Darren Fell has launched www.Crunch.co.uk; the UK’s first online accounting system aimed solely at freelancers.
15 Jun 2009
AlphaBright, a dazzling VIS-NIR light source launched
With the help of the East Sussex Enterprise Hub and the Hastings based Product Development Centre, AlphaBright has launched a bright visible and near infra-red light source for spectroscopy and illumination applications where brightness and stability ensure low noise, high quality measurements. AlphaBright efficiently maximises the amount of light coupled into an optical fibre increasing the optical throughput and providing stable illumination for scientific measurements.
2 Jun 2009