LBP would like to thank West Sussex Highways for confirming final budget approval for their 2024/25 Highway Work Programme, which includes full resurfacing of the following public highways on the park:

• Commerce Way
• Marlborough Road
• Chartwell Road
• Spencer Road
• Blenheim Road

The full LBP resurfacing works have been designed to improvement vehicle and cycling safety across the park by repairing the recurring potholes, failing joints seals and edges, and resolving the plating issues.

West Sussex Highways has also addressed the BID's concerns regarding the longevity of the proposed works, by ordering leveling works and two layers of high-spec surfacing, which has been found to be much more resistant to HGV movements than regular tarmac.

Levelling Works are due to commence on 12th May with several Sunday Road Closures and the Resurfacing Works have been booked for the Sunday 25th August 2024 with a Full Park Closure.

For further details please click here

LBP invite tenders from local Service Providers for the following contracts:

The tender submission deadline for all contracts is 5pm on 24th May 2024.

Tender selection notification date is 21st June 2024.

We look forward to hearing from you.

It’s now a legal requirement for all businesses to have a domestic abuse policy in place and to make sure employees are aware of the local support available.

In return for a contribution to Safe In Sussex they can:

•  Work with you to implement or review your domestic abuse policy

•  Offer onsite or online domestic abuse awareness training

•  Provide information, advice and support to those impacted by domestic abuse.

Interested? Please contact Safe In Sussex by emailing training@safeinsussex.org.uk and they will be in touch to help you.

Safe In Sussex are working to eliminate domestic abuse across West Sussex and beyond. To read about all the services Safe In Sussex provide please click here

How We Can Help Safe In Sussex:

•  Safe In Sussex welcome donations of goods from their Safe in Sussex Amazon Wishlist

•  You can donate for FREE as you shop through Safe in Sussex at Easyfundraising

•  Make a direct one off or regular donations

•  Follow them and share their posts on social media Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn 

•  Or have FUN fundraising… 

Safe In Sussex has three events that they would like LBP to please support this year:

Shocking Shirts & Funky Frocks - Friday 28th June 

A great team building event with an open donation scheme. For details please click here

Inflatable Fun Run - 5th October

An exhilarating and unforgettable 5K obstacle course. 

Gingerbread House Decorating Competition - Thursday 28th November

Categories include 2 business and 1 children's competition and the kits will be available to buy online from 1st October. 

For a Safe In Sussex poster to share with you staff please click here

On Friday the 15th March Tim Loughton MP joined LBP, in welcoming Lisa Maddison-Brown from UK Export Finance and Rob Lewtas from the Department of Business and Trade (DBT), at LBP's free UK Export Breakfast.

LBP are very grateful to Phil Kennedy from Eschmann Technologies Ltd for hosting the breakfast on the second floor of Eschmann House, in their currently available 4,747sqft office suite (with great facilities). 

Businesses were treated to Iagos Cafe's hot bacon baps whilst they mingled first thing.

Tim made the introductions, followed by Lisa who explained the wealth of grants, support and expertise which UK Export Finance are happy to provide, to help businesses take their first steps into exporting, or to expand their current export operations. 

To view Lisa's presentation please click here 

Rob then gave a great account of the positives and pitfalls of a range of exports markets, what to consider and how to effectively reach your target market.

Businesses soaked up Rob's experiences, raising several questions including a very concerning issued currently being faced with the US market. Rob kindly agreed to connect the business with an expert in this field to investigate the issue and provide support to identify an effective solution.

To view Rob's presentation please click here

After the session, LBP encouraged businesses to stay and make the most of the networking opportunities.

LBP would like to thank Tim for arranging the UK Export Finance and DBT visit, along with Lisa and Rob for providing very useful information and their ongoing offer of support.

Businesses asked if LBP could provide an update export session once some of the questions raised have been answered, so please keep your eyes posted for news later in the year.

Massive Reductions at Paula Rosa Manhattan Warehouse Clearance Sale on:

23rd, 24th & 25th February

1st, 2nd & 3rd March

from 9am to 4pm

Bargains not to be missed!

Please see the map below for directions:

#lancingbid #lancing #kitchensale #appliancesale #BigBrandSale

At the LBP AGM on Friday 9th February, we were joined by Tim Loughton MP and Great British Bake Off Star Baker, Janusz Domagala who kindly judged the LBP Charity Bake Off.

Tim's first task was to tuck his tie away to avoid trailing it into the bakes and then both judges expertly sliced the bakes and loaded their plates ready to sample each and every entry.

Commencing with the very impressive Kids entries, they sampled Teddy Bear Cookies through to Carrot and Courgette Flat Cake and were amazed with the hidden surprise in the Rainbow Smartie Cake. Finally selecting the following winners:

Kids Category:

Winner - Tia-May age 14 yrs from Fizz Creations for her Bobble Hat Cake.

With the prize collected by Lawrence Boon MD of Fizz Creations

Runner-Up - Isla age 11yrs from Priavo Security for her Nutella Stuffed Cookies.

With Isla's proud Mum Michele Goering pictured with Janusz.

Then it was onto the Savory category with a variety of delicious bakes to sample including various favoured loafs, Sausage Pies and Chilli Con Carne Cake. Both Judges immediately agreed the following results:

Savoury Category:

Winner - Andie & Emily from Auctioneer's Kitchen for their Black Pudding & Pork Scotch Eggs, with eggs cooked to perfection. 

Michael Simmons from Shoreham Vehicle Auction collected their award from Janusz, but we later caught up with Andie & Emily to hear they will be opening to the general public from 1st March 2024.

Runner-Up - Andrew Goodchild from Paula Rosa Manhattan for his flavourful Chilli & Cheese Lactose Free Loaf.

Finally the judges moved onto the Sweet category which was full to the brim of amazing gateaux,  cup cakes and tray bakes. There was Red Velvet 20th Anniversary Cake from HR Smart, a Logo'd Fizz Creations spectacular and even a bouquet of cupcake flowers. What a difficult category to decide! The judges did their best to select from all types of cakes but were finally split between two entries:

Sweet Category:

Winner - Marie MacBain from Paula Rosa Manhattan tipped the scales with her amazing showstopper Triple Chocolate/Vanilla Cake with Oreo Buttercream Filling.

Lee Golby collected the trophy from Janusz but we later caught up with Marie pictured above with Andrew.

Runner-Up - Riina Mcloughlin from 

Sussex Transport provided a perfectly baked Black Forest Gateau, merely pipped to the post by the complexity of Marie's showstopper.

When the judging was over we thanked our judges for their meticulous job and were assured dinner would now need to be a lite bite for both of them. 

We would like to thank the AGM attendees who sampled the cakes and gave handsomely towards the pot. In total this event raised £540 for Electric Storm Youth and all leftover cakes were taken back to treat those attending Electric Storm Youth's youth event the following day.

LBP would like to thank:

• Tim Loughton and Janusz Domagala for judging
• Sussex Transport and Little Concepts for supplying the baking trophies 
• Fizz Creations for providing gift bags to give to all the kids who entered
• Everyone who entered for all their wonderful hard work
• All donators.

It was an enjoyable day for a great cause as we say goodbye to Electric Storm Youth.

Ruhrpumpen are based on the junction of Commerce Way and Marlborough Road, where they have a fenced-off wood store on their forecourt which is filled on a regular basis. (pictured above)

To improve sustainability and reduce waste, Ruhrpumpen invite businesses and neighbours to help themselves to the wood within the fenced-off wood store.

Whilst helping yourself, please be mindful not to block Ruhrpumpen's access and please could you ensure the wood store is left tidy with the gate closed when you leave.

Thank you.

As everyone struggles with the increases, businesses are facing astronomical energy bills. Fine Cut saw their electricity costs double in just one year and in a business environment, reducing energy costs can be very difficult.

Machines need to run and lights need to be on continually, so cutting back on output was not a feasible option.

With this in mind, they looked at internal strategies they could put in place to reduce their energy output. The first step was to insulate the entire factory wherever possible. By identifying the areas which needed attention, such as where they had suspended ceilings and the air temperature could not be maintained - they started insulating all these ceilings. The results have been dramatic and these areas now maintain a workable temperature and have had an instant reduction in gas and electricity usage.

Along with doing what they could internally, Fine Cut had the entire premises roof reclad ahead of their solar project, as it was crucial that the roof was in good order before the solar panels were install.

The next steps towards solar powered energy was to apply for a grant and go through the tender process to vet potential contractors. Their forecast indicated that solar should generate 40-50% of their energy required annually, and a saving of £30k a year, so it was a worthy investment going forward...

Please click the image below for an overview of the project savings.

To continue reading the full story on Fine Cut's journey to solar powered energy and their very kind offer to share the knowledge gained, please click here

LBP are so pleased to report that everyone's hard work paid off and four LBP businesses were featured on last Friday's National BBC News at 1pm, 6pm and 10pm.

Faisal Islam and his crew spent two days filming on the park interviewing LBP businesses, to accompany the National BBC News report on the latest GDP announcement.

LBP is excited to confirm the BBC News Team were very impressed with all interviewees and the sheer size of Lancing Business Park, along with the diversity of business sectors based here. Before leaving, the crew asked if they could contact LBP for future reports, which LBP encouraged avidly.

LBP would like to thank and congratulate everyone who helped make this opportunity possible and for all the interviewees who were amazing!

The following businesses were featured on 10th November:

* Dominic Boon, Finance Director for Fizz Creations was featured on the 1pm slot:

* Emily Sparrow – Finance Director for Paula Rosa Manhattan was featured on the 1pm, 6pm and 10pm slots:

* Lucy Iago – Owner of Iagos Café was featured on the 1pm, 6pm and 10pm slots:

* David Barr – Co-Owner of Brighton Sausage Co was featured on the 6pm and 10pm slots:

To view the footage from each slot please click the links below:

To find out how LBP arranged this coverage please click here

So far three LBP businesses have been featured on today's National BBC News, with the 6pm and 10pm slots still to come:

To view footage please click here

To find out how LBP arranged this coverage please click here

Watch out for more coverage on today's National BBC News at 6pm and a longer piece at 10pm.