Horsham businessman laments ‘complete nightmare’
A Horsham businessman has claimed he is ‘losing £250 to £300 a day’ while waiting for BT to install phone lines at the site of his start-up business.Lee Fowler said he signed the contract to set up his...
View ArticleVIDEO: ‘Fantastic’ response to the new ‘Eye Cafe’ in Horsham
A new cafe in West Street - opened on the floor above Dixey CB Opticians - has had a ‘fantastic’ response from the public, said its proprietor today (September 26).Since the Eye Cafe’s opening on...
View ArticleArm yourself with facts before buying
With Christmas on the horizon and with eager children and loved ones waiting to be pleased, a lot of you will be thinking about buying a gadget in one form or another. Before you go rushing off to buy...
View ArticleCows decide they don’t like the look of the gates
“The best laid plan o’ mice an’ men, gang aft agley” and so it was to be with us when we set out to bring the herd home for the winter.The cows have been able to stay out for a few weeks longer than...
View ArticleMore A24 delays expected as roadworks continue for third day running
Roadworks are expected to wreak havoc on the A24 again as repairs to an underground cable continue this morning (Thursday November 14).The district’s busiest stretch of road has become the highway to...
View ArticleRay Dawe: Ordinary people balancing conflicting pressures
So, who would be a councillor? Who would put themselves through the challenge of trying to keep abreast of ever-changing policy and guidance, exercising dutiful restraint, weighing comments from the...
View ArticleFrancis Maude: honour to attend Remembrance Day
As in many previous years, last Sunday I had the honour of attending and laying a wreath at the Horsham Remembrance Day wreath-laying ceremony and church service.It’s a special and moving occasion and...
View ArticleTime to invest in our own local businesses
The long expected, possibly somewhat rumoured, scaling down of Novartis operations should have come as no more a surprise than Sun Alliance scaling back in Horsham town centre or when Yes Car Credit...
View ArticleFree digital seminar to transform your business
Businesses are being invited to a free seminar organised by this newspaper to help them transform their digital marketing.By the end of 2013, it is estimated that there will be more mobile devices on...
View ArticleMagazine: TV through the ages
This year marks 90 years since the first ever Radio Times, which went on to print the first TV listings pages in November 1936. Watch our video for a look at TV then and now.In November 1936 Radio...
View ArticleVIDEO: ‘Make the most of your local chemist’
Right Care, Right Now launches Self Care Week (November 18-24) with personal pleas from Horsham and Mid Sussex community pharmacists to encourage more people to make the most of their local chemist.The...
View Article£45,000 funding boost for Victim Support’s Young Witness Service
Sussex’s Young Witness Service has been handed a £45,000 funding boost from the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner.Katy Bourne has provided the grant to the Young Witness Service in Sussex, which is...
View ArticleSurvey reveals people dipping into emergency fund
More than one in four Britons (27%) with an emergency fund have broken into it when they didn’t have to according to the latest NS&I Quarterly Savings Survey out today.The new research also shows...
View Article‘Boot camps’ to help entrepreneurs and small firms
Specialist ‘start-up boot camps’ will be held this month at the Children and Family Centre, Billingshurst.The camps, taking place in Billingshurst on Saturday November 23 and Sunday 24, are aimed at...
View ArticleSouthbound lane blocked on the A24 Washington
Traffic has been delayed on the A24 London Road in Washington this morning (November 15).The southbound lane is blocked at the A283 The Pike junction.There are reports of a broken down lorry on the...
View ArticleFirefighters called to fourth chimney fire in six days
Firefighters were called to the fourth chimney fire in six days in the Horsham district yesterday afternoon (November 14).The incident took place in Mouse Lane, Steyning at 4.40pm, said West Sussex...
View ArticleLorry and car collision in West Chiltington
Firefighters were called to a collision involving a lorry and a car in West Chiltington yesterday afternoon (November 15).The incident took place at 1.26pm in Broadfield Bridge Road, said a...
View ArticleMAGAZINE: The bedroom of the future revealed
A new study released by The Sleep Council has asked the nation which of the predicted bedroom innovations they most look forward to in the future and according to the survey, the top five features that...
View Article£150,000 of goods stolen in Rudgwick burglary
Goods worth almost £150,000 were stolen from a home in Rudgwick last night (Thursday November 14).The burglary took place at a property in Pondfield Road, between 6pm and 9pm.The family returned to the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Sponsored 24 hour famine for Philippines appeal
Eight year old Leah Harman, from Horsham, will be going without food for 24 hours to raise money for disaster relief in the Philippines.Leah told the County Times that the idea came to her while she...
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