http://www.innovationcentrehastings.com A range of purpose-built, state of the art managed business space, including studios, workshops and offices. en-gb Tue, 20 Sep 11 14:25:33 BST Tue, 20 Sep 11 14:25:33 BST Copyright (c) Innovation Centre http://www.innovationcentrehastings.com/legal/ http://www.innovationcentrehastings.com/images/layout/title.gif 25 89 http://www.innovationcentrehastings.com Online sales and marketing specialist InFX Solutions is the latest company to move into the Creative Media Centre in the heart of Hastings. The growing, 12-person company is now in a new, prestigious first-floor office suite. It joins 52 other firms in the Centre, taking overall occupancy levels to 87%. http://www.eastsussexhub.co.uk/news/ich/Sep/Online-marketing-firm-INFX-the-latest-to-move-to-Hastings%27-Creative-Media-Centre/379/ Tue, 20 Sep 11 00:00:00 BST New Career Skills is the latest company to move to Hastings’ Priory Quarter town centre business district. The firm has relocated its head office to Lacuna Place, the recently-developed contemporary building, to accommodate its rapid growth and help recruit new staff. http://www.eastsussexhub.co.uk/news/ich/Jul/Fast-growing-firm-moves-to-Hastings%E2%80%99-business-district/378/ Wed, 27 Jul 11 00:00:00 BST Good regulation is a good thing. It protects consumers, employees and the environment, it helps build a more fair society and can even save lives. But over the years, regulations – and the inspections and bureaucracy that go with them – have piled up and up. This has hurt business, doing real damage to our economy. And it’s done harm to our society too. When people are confronted by a raft of regulations whenever they try to volunteer or play a bigger part in their neighbourhood, they begin to think they shouldn’t bother.

The Red Tape Challenge website is for you to say which regulations are working and which are not; what should be scrapped, what should be saved and what should be simplified. http://www.eastsussexhub.co.uk/news/ich/Jun/The-Red-Tape-Challenge/373/ Mon, 13 Jun 11 00:00:00 BST The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) announced it has given the green light to support the Hastings Pier & White Rock Trust (HPWRT) in their bid to save Hastings Pier, East Sussex. http://www.eastsussexhub.co.uk/news/ich/May/Heritage-Lottery-Fund-says-yes-to-%22The-People%27s-Pier%22/377/ Wed, 11 May 11 00:00:00 BST Sea Space, the East Sussex economic development company, has submitted a planning application for the creation of the next phase of Hastings’ Priory Quarter business district. http://www.eastsussexhub.co.uk/news/ich/May/Sea-Space-submits-planning-application-for-next-Priory-Quarter-development/376/ Fri, 06 May 11 00:00:00 BST Solar Clubs.com, a Sussex-based social enterprise, has recently launched three solar buying clubs across the south-east region.
The group purchasing scheme allows residents to register for discounts of up to 20% on the cost of installing solar panels on their homes or business premises. http://www.eastsussexhub.co.uk/news/ich/May/Solar-Buying-Clubs-launch-in-the-South-East/375/ Tue, 03 May 11 00:00:00 BST Innovators and creative minds across the country are being encouraged to protect their inventions and ideas to help design the future as part of this year’s World Intellectual Property Day. Today (26 April) sees the global members of the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) join forces to help raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trade marks and designs affect everyday lives. http://www.eastsussexhub.co.uk/news/ich/Apr/Protect-your-designs-on-World-Intellectual-Property-Day/374/ Tue, 26 Apr 11 00:00:00 BST The SEEDA Innovation Voucher Scheme has been set up to encourage and make it easier for local companies to access business innovation and improvement support through the region's universities and public research establishments. http://www.eastsussexhub.co.uk/news/ich/Mar/SEEDA-Innovation-Voucher-Scheme-Launched/371/ Tue, 29 Mar 11 00:00:00 BST The Government has announced a package of measures to make doing business with government more transparent, and more welcoming to smaller companies, charities and social enterprises. http://www.eastsussexhub.co.uk/news/ich/Mar/Government-in-SMEs-contracts-boost/372/ Tue, 29 Mar 11 00:00:00 BST The South Queensway Enviro21 Park—a new sustainable business park in Hastings, East Sussex—has its first occupier. Two business units have been leased by Poppypac Ltd, the expanding, environmentally-conscious contract manufacturer for the health and beauty industry. http://www.eastsussexhub.co.uk/news/ich/Feb/Enviro21-sustainable-business-park-gains-first-occupier/370/ Fri, 25 Feb 11 00:00:00 GMT