CWS Recognised as Coastal Community TeamHelping to grow the economy
The CWS Partnership has been recognised as a Coastal Community Team by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Earlier this month Coastal Communities Minister Mark Francois gave his support to CWS and more than 100 other new teams that will help revive England’s seaside towns and decide where investment goes.
CWS will receive £10,000 of government funding to invest in our local seaside towns. The partnership will be able to use the funding to help bring jobs, growth and prosperity to our beach towns. For the full story, please follow this link.
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Business Growth Grants
Is your business eligible for a grant of £15,000 - £100,000?
Businesses in CWS could be eligible for substantial funding thanks to a Business Grants programme launched by Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership and West Sussex County Council.
It is hoped that small and medium sized businesses looking to expand and create new jobs, but not finding it easy to find the finance, will apply. Start-ups, existing businesses and social enterprises are being encouraged to express interest in the programme before the deadline of 15th September 2015.
To find out more please click on thislink
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News from the CWS Board
Kirk Brown elected as Chairman
Kirk Brown, Vice President and Site Director for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has taken over the Chairmanship of the CWS Board from Iain Shepherd who successfully led the Board for four years.
Kirk joined GSK in the USA in January 2007 moving to the GSK site in Worthing as Vice President and Site Director in September 2012 with responsibility for around 850 staff. Kirk is “looking forward to opening up engagement between the public sector and the business community to drive forward sustainable growth and strengthen the coastal economy.”
Recognised in the Queens honours List
Former Chairman of Coastal West Sussex, Iain Shepherd was awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours list. Iain was recognised for his services to the Marine sector and the economy in Chichester. Shelagh Legrave, who Chairs the CWS Skill and Enterprise Group,was awarded an OBE for services to Further Education.
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Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in CWS are being encouraged to apply for the Government’s Broadband Connection voucher scheme while funds last. More than 25,000 SMEs across the UK have already benefitted from scheme, which helps businesses get connected to superfast broadband.
Click here to find out more
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Consultation on the Local Development Order (LDO) to support the delivery of Enterprise Bognor Regis is now taking place. Enterprise Bognor Regis is a 22.9 hectare site that includes three separate land parcels :
• Salt Box (Site 1)
• Rowan Park (Site 2) and
• Oldlands Farm (Site 3).
The objective of the LDO is to foster economic growth and provide the opportunity
for the development of employment uses to benefit from an accelerated and
simplified planning process.
The LDO removes the need for planning permissions and gives developers the confidence to bring forward business related schemes within the site.
For further details and an opportunity to comment click here |
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