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Interview with Andrew Swayne at Ricardo
What is your role and how is sustainability a part of it?At Ricardo I sit within the environmental, social and governance team (ESG) as group risk manager. I’m part of a team working on science-based targets to do with net zero commitments. Last year we committed to...
read moreInterview with Tim Hague at Shoreham Port
What’s your role at Shoreham Port and how is sustainability involved?My day job is director of property and infrastructure. I look at sustainability across the port as a whole but it is split into two main areas - the running of the port and property development. What...
read moreInterview with Henri Brocklebank at Sussex Wildlife Trust
What’s your role at Sussex Wildlife Trust, and what is the trust’s involvement with the Sussex kelp forest? Henri Brocklebank I’m the Director of Conservation Policy and Evidence at Sussex Wildlife Trust. We’ve been involved from the beginning when the Help Our Kelp...
read moreRampion 2 wind farm expansion project opens public consultation
A nine-week public consultation on proposals for the expansion of Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, which could power over one million homes1 in the UK and reduce carbon emissions by around 1.8 million tonnes2 per year, has opened at Rampion2.com [14 July to 16...
read moreSussex Chamber appointed as trailblazer and pilot for the Skills Accelerator programme
Huge congratulations are due to the Sussex Chamber of Commerce and Chichester College! Sussex Chamber has been appointed as a trailblazer and pilot for the Skills Accelerator programme for the Local Skills Improvement Plan for Sussex, and Chichester College group has...
read moreBrighton and Sussex universities join forces to support SMEs in the region
A new business innovation project launches this week to help West Sussex enterprises innovate using expertise from the universities of Brighton and Sussex. The two-year project, Research, Innovation in Sussex Excellence (RISE), has been awarded funding from the...
read morePriority road scheme gets £11.8million funding boost
We are pleased to see central government allocating a £11.8million funding boost for the bypass east of Lyminster and Wick, and welcome this investment in our region’s infrastructure. Cllr Joy Dennis, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport at West Sussex County...
read moreEnglish Tourism Week marked with first look at new watersports centre
This week, 22-31 May, is English Tourism Week. To mark the occasion, the region’s coastal tourism industry gathered on Wednesday to celebrate the opening of Littlehampton’s new Loop Watersports centre and The Beach @ Littlehampton café. Experience West Sussex, which...
read moreCalling all creative digital businesses between Brighton and Chichester
The Coastal West Sussex Partnership is urging all creative digital businesses located between Brighton and Chichester to complete a short survey: https://forms.gle/Fs5s2R2BxnEyJ7gc9. The results of the survey will inform a project conducted by Wired Sussex and the...
read moreHigh Sheriff of West Sussex visits Inpress Plastics
We were delighted to organise another visit by Dr Tim Fooks, the High Sheriff of West Sussex, to another partner company as part of his tour of West Sussex. Having already visited Fargro Limited in September last year, this time Dr Tim toured Inpress Plastics Ltd in...
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