Golf club seeking cash injection to deliver plans for new £30m hotel
Owners of Wildwood Golf and Country Club are exploring funding options to deliver a new £30m hotel and golfing centre of excellence.They are looking to raise equity to take their plans for an 84-room...
View ArticleSouthwater development gets council support
Horsham District Council has given its support plans for a small development of 44 flats and houses on land north of Southwater.At a meeting of the development control committee north on Tuesday,...
View ArticleElectronic parking payments scheme expands across Horsham
More vehicle users can now use the PayByPhone scheme in Horsham town centre as it is now available in two more car parks.The popular scheme, launched in May 2012, is now available at the Pavilions in...
View ArticleReform of councils posed by Lord Heseltine
The leader of West Sussex County Council has said district and county authorities already drive down costs by working closely after former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine called for them to be...
View ArticleExploring the nature of the green screen
A Mannings Heath Fine Art graduate has snagged The Midas Award 2012 for her impressive video and installation work exhibited at the Newlyn Art Gallery in Cornwall.The University College Falmouth...
View ArticleA24 partially blocked near Horsham after accident
Drivers have faced delays tonight (Friday November 9) following an accident on a major road.The A24 in Southwater has been partially blocked with slow traffic southbound between Hop Oast Park And Ride...
View ArticleDistrict’s residents snapping up new homes west of town
The West of Horsham Berkeley Homes development is proving popular with Horsham district residents as plans progress for the third phase of building. Berkeley Homes has outline planning permission for...
View ArticleRHS winning plant portrait
A picture of a willow tree, taken by Horsham photographer Tom Hard, won a first prize in the 2012 RHS photo competition.Tom’s picture was the winning entry in the society’s ‘plant portraits’...
View ArticleWriter’s short stories published on Kindle
A retired teacher from Horsham is venturing into online publishing, with collections of short stories available for download to Kindle.Derek McMillan, of Giblets Lane, told the County Times about...
View ArticleHorsham timber merchants Covers launches bagathon
The chairman of the council officially launched Covers Timber and Builders Merchants’ Great British Bag-athon event yesterday (Monday November 12).Leonard Crosbie (LDem, Trafalgar), chairman of Horsham...
View ArticleLocal enterprise partnership joins forces with MP
Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership has joined forces with Henry Smith, MP for Crawley, UK Trade and Investment, the Gatwick Diamond Initiative and Sussex Enterprise to host a free...
View ArticleBritish Airways hopes to lure jetsetters to Indian Ocean
British Airways is hoping to lure holidaymakers to the warmth of the Indian Ocean with some of its lowest fares to the glamorous destinations of Sri Lanka, Mauritius and the Maldives from...
View ArticleGatwick Airport welcomes West African airline Gambia Bird
Last month Gatwick Airport welcomed new West African airline Gambia Bird - owned by German airline group Germania - to its list of long-haul airlines.It begins a twice a week direct service to the...
View ArticleFormer brickworks headquarters becomes thriving business estate
Two years since acquiring the property, the owners of a business estate north of Horsham have announced full occupation of the site.Ashley Nicholson, partner at Verve Properties, said: “It’s slightly...
View ArticleSoaring new headquarters for leading aviation firm
One of the most dynamic enterprises in Horsham district has unveiled its brand new headquarters in Maydwell Avenue, Slinfold this week.AJW Aviation, previously based in Partridge Green, has moved to a...
View ArticleJewellers one of most influential in the country
A Horsham high street jewellers has been named in the Hot 100 list of most influential people in the jewellery industry by a leading trade magazine.Wakefields, a family business in West Street run by...
View ArticleSussex in top five for mums to do business
An Ardingly-based businesswoman has made it into the UK’s Top 100 Business Mums of 2012 as Sussex is voted the fifth-best location in the UK for mums to do business.Harmony At Home Children’s Boutique...
View ArticleBike fished out of tree in Horsham
Firefighters were called to fish a bike out of tree in Horsham last night (Monday November 12).Crew arrived outside Swan Walk Shopping Centre off Albion Way at around 11.15pm. The bike was described as...
View ArticleSalon’s bid to support school for children with disabilities
Horsham people and firms are being urged to dig deep to support a local school which teaches children with learning difficulties.Mayfair Hair is raising money for Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee...
View ArticleCouncil urges vigilance of ash tree disease in the Horsham district
Horsham District Council is not aware of any cases of the Chalara dieback disease, which is spreading through ash trees across the country, being reported in the Horsham District, but residents should...
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