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  • A fast food turnaround

    Modern building methods used in the construction of the McDonald's fast food outlet in Uckfield allowed the flood damaged building to be replaced and trading within two weeks. Loss adjusters from the Brighton branch of Crawfords viewed the scene of devastation

  • Stay on safe side of law

    Thousands of businesses are in danger of falling foul of the new Data Protection Act that regulates details held about employees, clients, and suppliers. According to the South Eastern Society of Chartered Accountants (SESCA), the revised Act is so complicated

  • Company venture

    Finance expert Nicholas Taylor is to spearhead a company venture. The 38-year-old independent financial adviser has been appointed by Brighton-based Antrams to spearhead and strengthen its financial services arm. He has spent more than five years in the

  • Centre needs firms' help

    Worthing Hospital is looking to Sussex businesses for help to raise funds for its Children's Centre. More than £1million has so far been pledged towards the centre and construction work has started on the site near Worthing Hospital. The centre is now

  • Ignorant employers

    The Government is being urged to reform the Disability Discrimination Act after a report claimed that many employers were ignorant of its provisions. The Institute of Employment Rights said the effectiveness of the legislation was being undermined because

  • Lunch to swap business cards

    An organisation aimed at building stronger trading links between local businesses is setting up a branch in south Sussex. The Business Network already has more than 30 branches across the UK and the inaugural meeting is at the Thistle Hotel, Brighton,

  • Takeover is a perfect fit

    Spirent, the Crawley-based electronics giant, is to buy US network services firm Hekimian for £1.1billion. The company, which changed its name from Bowthorpe in March and was promoted to the FTSE-100 Index in September, is one of the world's largest suppliers

  • Discovery of a natural talent

    Aimee Saic took up mosaics as a hobby and is now one of the country's top exponents of the art form. She signed up for an eight-week course in 1997, but was told by her teacher after the first lesson to go home and make mosaics because she had a natural

  • Sussex in the city

    by our stock market analyst Stewart Dalby dalbygray@cs.com Bob Mendelsohn, chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance, the UK's second largest general insurer, seems sanguine about recent storm and flood damages. The company, which is partly based in

  • Celebrities come out in support for Oxfam

    Celebrated cartoonist Steve Bell illustrated his support for Oxfam when he donated a number of books to the charity. Mr Bell, whose witty illustrations for The Guardian newspaper have earned him cult status, was one of a number of Sussex media types who

  • Burden likely to get heavier

    Government proposals to let local authorities levy additional business rates have come under fire from a leading Sussex business organisation. In its response to a Government green paper, the Sussex branch of the Institute of Directors said the tax could

  • Step into the boss's shoes

    Most British workers are eager to step into their boss's shoes and prove that they can do a better job. According to research conducted for Fish4.co.uk, the UK's most popular careers web site, a staggering 59 per cent of British workers feel they would

  • Cash awards for smart companies

    Three Sussex companies have won Government money to develop new products. In Wood Development, based in Hartfield, has won a £25,875 Smart Award from the Department of Trade and Industry for a feasibility study into using chestnut wood to construct joints

  • Hop on and scoot past traffic jams

    It was a familiar sight in Brighton during the Sixties but the scooter has been out of fashion and favour for a couple of decades. All that has changed and the scooter is now the trendiest form of transport, even getting the rich and famous around town

  • Gain business with a capital 'e'

    British manufacturers are embracing e-business and look set to overtake the US. A report, Manufacturing with a Small e, by leading business information group Deloitte & Touche, gives an account of UK and US attitudes towards e-business among manufacturers

  • Learn to navigate the Web

    Silicon Beach Training, a newly established IT training company, based in Brighton, has launched a programme to introduce businesses and individuals to the web. Take Control of the Web is the latest course on offer to novices. Silicon Beach founder Heather

  • Stronger position

    Chartered accountants Mazars Neville Russell's Brighton office acted as reporting accountants for South East commercial property agents Stiles Harold Williams during the firm's acquisition of two new businesses. The deal involved surveyors and property

  • Lack of sensitivity

    A huge raspberry to Brighton and Hove Council for failing to continue the Christmas lights to this end of Trafalgar Street. Yet again an indication that the local authority has little interest in the plight of the traders in this area of the street. Two

  • Gutted restaurant re-opens

    A restaurant ravaged by fire has risen from the ashes. The Indiana Tandoori Restaurant in Church Road, Hove, reopens today three months after a serious fire left it a charred shell. In August, fire crews battled for more than four hours to contain the

  • Prince's plaice is on the pier

    Prince Edward spent yesterday morning beside the seaside as he filmed scenes for a TV programme. Known professionally as Edward Windsor, he was on the Brighton's Palace Pier making a series about British inventors. But the crew from his company Ardent

  • Theft endangers exotic snakes

    Exotic snakes snatched by reptile thieves in a series of raids face certain death without proper care and attention. Five valuable snakes have been snatched in separate incidents from the Tranquility Aquatic and Reptile Centre, in George Street, Brighton

  • Police investigate nursing home death

    Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an 82-year-old man at a nursing home. Sussex Police have been asked to launch the investigation following the death of Leslie Homewood who died at The Hollies Nursing Home in Stanford

  • Compensation

    On Friday, October 20, my journey back to Brighton from London took more than five hours. We spent two of those hours in the dark with no heating. After three weeks I've just received my compensation from Connex - £2. My only problem now is what to spend

  • Well done

    Congratulations to Justin Allen for the excellent article on Peter Taylor. My two boys always tuned in to the radio when Dover were away from home and listen to Jazza, as they used to call Justin. -Hayley Parker, St Leonards

  • False promises

    Despite continual denials by Tony Blair, Gordon Brown has now admitted that, despite the promise not to increase tax at all, the tax burden under Labour has in fact risen from 35.2 per cent of national income at the time of the last election to 38.80

  • Sea plans gone

    What joy to hear that Citygrove has dropped its plan, in league with the Council, to destroy our seafront with such horrors as a multiplex and casino. It makes us realise that concerted effort can see off these people. I am sorry that younger people think

  • Line to reopen

    After the absolutely appalling performance by Connex and Railtrack in recent weeks, it is now time to reopen the Shoreham to Horsham line to provide another route and more capacity towards London that we desperately need. Also, if Upper Beeding is to

  • Talking point

    Prince Charles has a reputation for talking to plants in a bid to make them grow stronger and taller. During a visit to the Millennium Seed Bank at Ardingly, the Prince jokingly praised the project as one that would ensure he had conversations in the

  • Unkind attack

    It was terribly unkind of P. Lloyd to criticise the Mayor Andy Durr for his appearance at the Remembrance Day service (November 15). As has been reported, Andy has been very poorly lately with heart trouble. He's still feeling below par and did well to

  • Cricket study's a real eye opener

    It may not be a case of shut your eyes and hope but new research from the University of Sussex suggests top batsmen don't keep their eyes on the ball continuously. In a report just published studying a professional batsman, a good amateur and a "Sunday

  • Don't blame us

    While my Association members do not run bed and breakfast properties, they do let substantial numbers of properties in the local area. Many of our landlords, contrary to what Anne Williams said (November 15) do accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit

  • Samsung Open: Henman re-match chance

    Tim Henman's Samsung Open bid is threatened by one of his Grand Slam conquerors or Greg Rusedski's team-mate. American Chris Woodruff and German qualifier Marc Goellner both had smooth straight sets victories in the first round yesterday. The winner of

  • Samsung Open: Childs play for Lee

    Teenager Lee Childs took the Samsung Open by storm at the Brighton Centre last night. The new national champion knocked out Armenian Sargis Sargsian, ranked an amazing 332 places higher, 6-3, 7-6 in the first round. Sargsian, the world No. 92, struggled

  • Rail crash victim: Inquest adjourned

    The inquest into the death of a Sussex man killed in the Hatfield train crash will not reopen for at least five months, a coroner said today. Hertford Coroner Alan Lawson said he needed to wait in case the police pressed murder or manslaughter charges

  • Nightmare on the Brighton Line

    Passenger fury reached a new low as hundreds of travellers spent hours stuck in "absolute terror" on a crammed train. One girl fainted during the two-hour journey which should have taken 15 minutes. Travellers said there was a feeling of "absolute terror

  • Review: Boredom is the name of this game

    In the early Eighties, a coin-operated machine arrived in video arcades throughout Britain called Galaxian. The game was a simple variant on Space Invaders - the grandfather of all shoot-em-ups - where the player controlled a spaceship to take out countless

  • Hardware: Trust in simplicity

    The Trust USB SPYC@M just has to be the cheapest, smallest and lightest digital camera I have ever used. With a resolution capability of 640 x 480 it offers anyone the opportunity to take low level digital photographs without breaking the bank. It comes

  • On track for 350 jobs

    The world's most exclusive car factory could be in production within three years, bringing 350 jobs to West Sussex. Plans to establish new headquarters and a production centre for Rolls-Royce cars at Goodwood are due to be submitted to planners this week

  • Higher exposure

    A group of fine art photographers is launching into cyberspace with the development of an online picture library. Mark Nelson, Steve Parry and Adrian Groom have already established a reputation by displaying their work in their First Light Gallery in

  • Bus firms win awards

    Two Sussex bus operators have won national industry awards for excellence. Brighton and Hove Buses was today named the UK Marketing Initiative award winner for its Bus ID scheme to encourage more young passengers. It is the second time in three years

  • Net solutions

    With Andrew Hardy Owner of DoubleClick-IT Q: I use MS Outlook 2000 for my emails. Can I add a standard 'footer' to my mail so I don't have to re-write the details every time? A: This is known as a 'signature' file. To create a new signature, click the

  • Message means leg it for a deal

    Chaos set in at one of Britain's largest shopping centres with the launch of the world's first location-sensitive mobile phone advertising initiative. About 150 retailers based at the Lakeside shopping mall in Essex signed up to ZagMe, a new service which

  • Join event at Joinery

    Illustrators, artists, photographers and designers are invited to try out technology and meet up with like-minded people at a special presentation evening. The latest tools from the Apple Macintosh range will be on show at the event, which has been organised

  • Centre staff bonuses

    Workers in call centres are being offered bonus payments and family-friendly initiativesbecause of competition for staff. Two in three call centre employers pay a bonus, mainly linked to targets, said a survey by the Industrial Relations Services research

  • Top team of accountants

    Young Sussex accountants Tim Harris and Karl Carraher of Crawley-based Tyas & Company scooped the team prize in the final of the Metropolitan Factors golf competition. They were the first winners of the Metropolitan Team Trophy. Tim and Karl, who

  • Shops facing a lean Christmas

    Britain's shops could be hit by a spending drought in the run-up to Christmas. Figures from the Office of National Statistics last week suggested that High Street spending was remaining steady, but they have now been dismissed by one of Britain's top

  • Victims of floods need a fair deal

    Following the recent floods, shopkeepers and homeowners may not be getting a fair deal from insurers, says a leading Sussex business adviser. Martin Pollins, managing director of chartered accountants PRB Martin Pollins, said businesses in the UK should

  • Firm acts generously

    Brighton-based IT solutions provider, the fdm group, has pledged sponsorship for one of its former employees to attend an acting course at the acclaimed Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Jed Staton, who worked at the company for three years as head technician

  • Body found off pier

    Helicopter and lifeboat crews were called out to recover a man's body found floating in the sea. Police were today trying to establish the dead man's identity. The coastguard helicopter, lifeboats and police officers were called out after security staff

  • Murder jury told of antiques sale

    A man accused of murdering a pensioner and systematically stealing antiques from her home sold thousands of pounds of goods to an antiques centre, a court heard today. David Munley, 56, of Byron Road, Worthing, sold the goods to the owners of Acorn Antiques

  • Review: Literally the best

    Just imagine being able to translate documents written in French, Portuguese, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese instantly on your own PC. This remarkable software adds a menu item to the Microsoft Office 2000 suite of applications, allowing users

  • net Shopper

    Most of us indulge in a glass or two at Christmas and with family and friends dropping in, a good supply of their favourite tipple is essential. But stocking up with drinks is a back-breaking, time-consuming affair, isn't it? The answer is no, not necessarily

  • Internet: E-commerce is still unsitely

    E-commerce is just about the hottest topic in town but this week as even more dot com companies go bust. Two online pet stores (www.wetnose.com and www.pets.com) have vanished from the web while lifestyle site ebop will call in the liquidators if no further

  • Magnificent seven to rule web world

    Seven new domain classifications have been approved by the internet's international governing body. The new internet groupings for domain names have been set up to ease demand on the overcrowded dot-com field and end the gold rush that has led to some

  • Bus firms win awards

    Two Sussex bus operators have won national industry awards for excellence. Brighton and Hove Buses was today named the UK Marketing Initiative award winner for its Bus ID scheme to encourage more young passengers. It is the second time in three years

  • CCTV clue to student's death

    Detectives say student John Rees, stabbed to death after a birthday night out, may earlier have been caught up in a brawl on a nightclub dance floor. The 23-year-old from Shoreham Beach died early on Sunday after being stabbed in the chest on Southsea

  • Net solutions

    With Andrew Hardy Owner of DoubleClick-IT Q: I use MS Outlook 2000 for my emails. Can I add a standard 'footer' to my mail so I don't have to re-write the details every time? A: This is known as a 'signature' file. To create a new signature, click the

  • Message means leg it for a deal

    Chaos set in at one of Britain's largest shopping centres with the launch of the world's first location-sensitive mobile phone advertising initiative. About 150 retailers based at the Lakeside shopping mall in Essex signed up to ZagMe, a new service which

  • Trade link to sell and buy

    Sussex businesses are invited to take part in a new internet trade arena. The county is one of the first places in the UK to be linked to the forum, run by Mondus. Chamber e-Trade is an online trading forum where any local business can sell or buy goods

  • Byte: Family values

    A free seminar is planned to show companies how to be more family friendly. The event is organised by Lewes Tertiary College on behalf of the Newhaven Economic Partnership. A recent survey for the NEP highlighted the recruitment problems faced by Newhaven

  • Review: Take note of Adiboo

    Encourage an interest in music with Adiboo I make Music. Despite the daft title, Adiboo offers a wealth of musical experiences and is educational and full of exciting features. Children are taught to play with rhythms, notes, scales and pitch. Sound effects

  • Top team of accountants

    Young Sussex accountants Tim Harris and Karl Carraher of Crawley-based Tyas & Company scooped the team prize in the final of the Metropolitan Factors golf competition. They were the first winners of the Metropolitan Team Trophy. Tim and Karl, who

  • Shops facing a lean Christmas

    Britain's shops could be hit by a spending drought in the run-up to Christmas. Figures from the Office of National Statistics last week suggested that High Street spending was remaining steady, but they have now been dismissed by one of Britain's top

  • Victims of floods need a fair deal

    Following the recent floods, shopkeepers and homeowners may not be getting a fair deal from insurers, says a leading Sussex business adviser. Martin Pollins, managing director of chartered accountants PRB Martin Pollins, said businesses in the UK should

  • A fast food turnaround

    Modern building methods used in the construction of the McDonald's fast food outlet in Uckfield allowed the flood damaged building to be replaced and trading within two weeks. Loss adjusters from the Brighton branch of Crawfords viewed the scene of devastation

  • Stay on safe side of law

    Thousands of businesses are in danger of falling foul of the new Data Protection Act that regulates details held about employees, clients, and suppliers. According to the South Eastern Society of Chartered Accountants (SESCA), the revised Act is so complicated

  • Company venture

    Finance expert Nicholas Taylor is to spearhead a company venture. The 38-year-old independent financial adviser has been appointed by Brighton-based Antrams to spearhead and strengthen its financial services arm. He has spent more than five years in the

  • Learning is on the up

    The number of people doing apprenticeships will top 215,000 this year, the highest since 1993. The spread of Modern Apprenticeships into professions has helped boost the numbers by more than 40,000 since 1997, said Lifelong Learning Minister Malcolm Wicks

  • Centre needs firms' help

    Worthing Hospital is looking to Sussex businesses for help to raise funds for its Children's Centre. More than £1million has so far been pledged towards the centre and construction work has started on the site near Worthing Hospital. The centre is now

  • Ignorant employers

    The Government is being urged to reform the Disability Discrimination Act after a report claimed that many employers were ignorant of its provisions. The Institute of Employment Rights said the effectiveness of the legislation was being undermined because

  • Lunch to swap business cards

    An organisation aimed at building stronger trading links between local businesses is setting up a branch in south Sussex. The Business Network already has more than 30 branches across the UK and the inaugural meeting is at the Thistle Hotel, Brighton,

  • Call in at The Station

    Following a £400,000 radical refurbishment, a Hove pub has opened its doors as a stylish and contemporary bar. The Station, next to Hove Station in Goldstone Villas, was formerly the Hedgehog and Hogs Head, and many people may still remember it as the

  • Takeover is a perfect fit

    Spirent, the Crawley-based electronics giant, is to buy US network services firm Hekimian for £1.1billion. The company, which changed its name from Bowthorpe in March and was promoted to the FTSE-100 Index in September, is one of the world's largest suppliers

  • Sussex in the city

    by our stock market analyst Stewart Dalby dalbygray@cs.com Bob Mendelsohn, chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance, the UK's second largest general insurer, seems sanguine about recent storm and flood damages. The company, which is partly based in

  • Celebrities come out in support for Oxfam

    Celebrated cartoonist Steve Bell illustrated his support for Oxfam when he donated a number of books to the charity. Mr Bell, whose witty illustrations for The Guardian newspaper have earned him cult status, was one of a number of Sussex media types who

  • Cash awards for smart companies

    Three Sussex companies have won Government money to develop new products. In Wood Development, based in Hartfield, has won a £25,875 Smart Award from the Department of Trade and Industry for a feasibility study into using chestnut wood to construct joints

  • Hop on and scoot past traffic jams

    It was a familiar sight in Brighton during the Sixties but the scooter has been out of fashion and favour for a couple of decades. All that has changed and the scooter is now the trendiest form of transport, even getting the rich and famous around town

  • Gain business with a capital 'e'

    British manufacturers are embracing e-business and look set to overtake the US. A report, Manufacturing with a Small e, by leading business information group Deloitte & Touche, gives an account of UK and US attitudes towards e-business among manufacturers

  • Booze banned at popular restaurant

    A popular restaurant has been stripped of its drinks licence after a catalogue of complaints about fights and noise at the premises. Licensees at the Cafe Pizza Restaurant on Montague Place in Worthing received numerous warnings from police about serving

  • Parent fined over truanting daughter

    A parent has been fined for the second time by magistrates because of a truanting daughter. Hastings Magistrates fined the parent, who cannot be named, the maximum of £1,000 and ordered £75 costs for failure to ensure regular attendance of the daughter

  • Workers' fears over 'Big Brother' system

    Workers at a security company in Sussex are threatening legal and industrial action over plans to install "Big Brother" style tracking devices in their vans. The Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) is threatening court proceedings against

  • Signal Failure, by Lizzie Enfield

    It just goes to show how sad and worn out most commuters are that by Saturday night they've got nothing better to do than sit in front of Stars in their Eyes. Anyway, I happened to mention to friend Sarah, as we were travelling to work, that one of the

  • On track for 350 jobs

    The world's most exclusive car factory could be in production within three years, bringing 350 jobs to West Sussex. Plans to establish new headquarters and a production centre for Rolls-Royce cars at Goodwood are due to be submitted to planners this week

  • Search is on for burial ground

    Haywards Heath is running out of room to bury its dead. Councillors are now looking for another five acres of suitable land and will launch a public consultation exercise tomorrow. If extra space cannot be found, the town will run out of burial plots

  • Ticket to confusion

    Thousands of Sussex commuters could lose out on compensation for the worst rail delays in living memory because they haven't kept their tickets. Travellers using the Connex Brighton to London line will be entitled to a refund under the Government's Passenger

  • Well done

    Congratulations to Justin Allen for the excellent article on Peter Taylor. My two boys always tuned in to the radio when Dover were away from home and listen to Jazza, as they used to call Justin. -Hayley Parker, St Leonards

  • Sea plans gone

    What joy to hear that Citygrove has dropped its plan, in league with the Council, to destroy our seafront with such horrors as a multiplex and casino. It makes us realise that concerted effort can see off these people. I am sorry that younger people think

  • Airing of views

    I agree with the correspondent who deplores the fact that Bill Reynells' contract is not to be renewed and have written complaining to his base station in Oxford, as well as Guildford. They have replied with the usual eyewash about 'refreshing their output

  • Talking point

    Prince Charles has a reputation for talking to plants in a bid to make them grow stronger and taller. During a visit to the Millennium Seed Bank at Ardingly, the Prince jokingly praised the project as one that would ensure he had conversations in the

  • Jail for repeat thief

    A convicted burglar from Eastbourne has been jailed after he admitted shoplifting and burgling a home while on licence from a previous sentence. Darren Robertshaw, 30, stole computer games and jewellery when he burgled a house in Manifold Road, Eastbourne

  • Unkind attack

    It was terribly unkind of P. Lloyd to criticise the Mayor Andy Durr for his appearance at the Remembrance Day service (November 15). As has been reported, Andy has been very poorly lately with heart trouble. He's still feeling below par and did well to

  • Don't blame us

    While my Association members do not run bed and breakfast properties, they do let substantial numbers of properties in the local area. Many of our landlords, contrary to what Anne Williams said (November 15) do accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit

  • Hockey: Mid Sussex delight

    Mid Sussex gained swift revenge over Crawley with a 4-2 victory in the Kent and Sussex League. The previous weekend Crawley had triumphed 5-4 in a Sussex Cup tie, but Mids duly got their own back. A frantic start saw three goals scored in the first ten

  • Hockey star hits the ton

    Jeremy Boyse scored his 100th National League goal as Lewes gained revenge over Doncaster in division one on Sunday. Boyse became one of a select band of players to reach such a landmark by bagging the second goal in a 3-1 triumph. It was Doncaster who

  • Samsung Open: Henman re-match chance

    Tim Henman's Samsung Open bid is threatened by one of his Grand Slam conquerors or Greg Rusedski's team-mate. American Chris Woodruff and German qualifier Marc Goellner both had smooth straight sets victories in the first round yesterday. The winner of

  • Samsung Open: Childs play for Lee

    Teenager Lee Childs took the Samsung Open by storm at the Brighton Centre last night. The new national champion knocked out Armenian Sargis Sargsian, ranked an amazing 332 places higher, 6-3, 7-6 in the first round. Sargsian, the world No. 92, struggled

  • Crosby could be going west

    Albion defender Andy Crosby has been linked with a move to Second Division strugglers Swindon. New Swindon boss Andy King is desperate to strengthen his squad. He is signing Richard Dryden from Southampton, but could still be looking for another centre

  • 15 car crime suspects held

    Fifteen people were arrested in Horsham this morning on suspicion of stealing cars or trying to break into them. The first arrests came at 4am after an emergency call from a member of the public who reported three people trying to steal a Mazda sports

  • How dreams come true

    Sussex chartered accountants Hunt & Partners is set to help boost the economic performance of the region. The Chichester-based company is to become a founder members of the Added Value Network, an organisation of independent accountancy firms that

  • Learning is on the up

    The number of people doing apprenticeships will top 215,000 this year, the highest since 1993. The spread of Modern Apprenticeships into professions has helped boost the numbers by more than 40,000 since 1997, said Lifelong Learning Minister Malcolm Wicks

  • Increase in pay rises

    Pay rises have shown a "modest" increase in recent months with more deals worth more than four per cent. Around one in four recent settlements was above four per cent, including a 4.4 per cent rise for employees at British Energy and a deal worth more

  • More time off to study

    Employers have been urged to give their staff paid time off to study after research found most people work such long hours they rarely have time for training. The TUC called for workplace learning centres to be set up where training could be also offered

  • Call in at The Station

    Following a £400,000 radical refurbishment, a Hove pub has opened its doors as a stylish and contemporary bar. The Station, next to Hove Station in Goldstone Villas, was formerly the Hedgehog and Hogs Head, and many people may still remember it as the

  • Creating a buzz in the art world

    The next sculptures created by Caitlin Easterby could cause a buzz in the art world. But the artist is not too bothered about what the critics think, she has a far more important audience to impress. To her the perfect approval of her sculptures would

  • Cash point: Get together and buy your holiday property

    by financial specialist Garry Spencer of Worthing-based Wilbury Financial Management 01903 213222 or garry@wilbury.uk.com With the evenings drawing in and the weather continuing to be damp and miserable, following on from the recent torrential rain, we

  • Young offenders reach positive stage

    Teenage tearaways have embraced poetry and song in a bid to turn around their wayward lives. In a performance last night at the Komedia Theatre in Manchester Street, youngsters from the National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders

  • Service with a winning smile

    A Sussex electrical repair company has been named as one of the best in the country. Leach & Sons of Newhaven took third place at the Total Excellence in Quality awards, run by Domestic & General, the UK's largest specialist provider of breakdown

  • Tomboy - Beeline

    A woman is making a sculpture for bees, but got stung when she wore the wrong trousers. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips

  • Anger at sports hall delays

    Parents and children will take their case for a purpose-built sports hall at their school to Brighton and Hove Council on Thursday. They have raised half the money for a sports hall to be built at Blatchington Mill School, Hove and they want the council

  • Workers' fears over 'Big Brother' system

    Workers at a security company in Sussex are threatening legal and industrial action over plans to install "Big Brother" style tracking devices in their vans. The Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) is threatening court proceedings against

  • Signal Failure, by Lizzie Enfield

    It just goes to show how sad and worn out most commuters are that by Saturday night they've got nothing better to do than sit in front of Stars in their Eyes. Anyway, I happened to mention to friend Sarah, as we were travelling to work, that one of the

  • Opposition mounts to flat rate bus fare

    A Tory prospective Parliamentary candidate has attacked Brighton and Hove Buses' proposals for a flat rate fare. Jenny Langston said the company wants to introduce the £1 rate for all buses to help meet petrol costs. She said: "The people of Brighton

  • Ticket to confusion

    Thousands of Sussex commuters could lose out on compensation for the worst rail delays in living memory because they haven't kept their tickets. Travellers using the Connex Brighton to London line will be entitled to a refund under the Government's Passenger

  • Right moves

    Brighton and Hove are not the only places where scores of homeless youngsters are sleeping rough. Figures show there are many on the streets in Eastbourne and Hastings, with others homeless even in smaller towns and villages. Now a scheme called Move

  • Airing of views

    I agree with the correspondent who deplores the fact that Bill Reynells' contract is not to be renewed and have written complaining to his base station in Oxford, as well as Guildford. They have replied with the usual eyewash about 'refreshing their output

  • Thinking big is the answer

    Blatchington Mill is one of the most successful secondary schools in Sussex, attracting more and more pupils each year. It didn't really have a proper sports hall when the school was created in Hove more than 20 years ago and the existing provision is

  • Football: Oving stun the leaders

    Oving had Adie Miles in charge for their 3-2 victory over division two leaders Worthing United on Saturday. A family bereavement meant manager Paul Gilbert was not present to see two goals from Alex Stay and one from Jimmy Hasler steer Oving to within

  • Hockey: Mid Sussex delight

    Mid Sussex gained swift revenge over Crawley with a 4-2 victory in the Kent and Sussex League. The previous weekend Crawley had triumphed 5-4 in a Sussex Cup tie, but Mids duly got their own back. A frantic start saw three goals scored in the first ten

  • Many of us are suspicious

    Regeneration of the City is the government's theme for today, encouraging people to come back to the cities to live and to rebuild communities. But are the people at Brighton and Hove Council who designed the plan for Goldsmid aware of the national enterprise

  • Hockey star hits the ton

    Jeremy Boyse scored his 100th National League goal as Lewes gained revenge over Doncaster in division one on Sunday. Boyse became one of a select band of players to reach such a landmark by bagging the second goal in a 3-1 triumph. It was Doncaster who

  • Samsung Open: Lee's missed chance

    Martin Lee lost in the first round of the Samsung Open, then pocketed one of his biggest cheques of the year. The Worthing ace earned around £2,500 for his 7-6, 6-4 defeat against fellow British left-hander Barry Cowan at the Brighton Centre yesterday

  • Crosby could be going west

    Albion defender Andy Crosby has been linked with a move to Second Division strugglers Swindon. New Swindon boss Andy King is desperate to strengthen his squad. He is signing Richard Dryden from Southampton, but could still be looking for another centre

  • Body found off pier

    Helicopter and lifeboat crews were called out to recover a man's body found floating in the sea. Police were today trying to establish the dead man's identity. The coastguard helicopter, lifeboats and police officers were called out after security staff

  • Murder jury told of antiques sale

    A man accused of murdering a pensioner and systematically stealing antiques from her home sold thousands of pounds of goods to an antiques centre, a court heard today. David Munley, 56, of Byron Road, Worthing, sold the goods to the owners of Acorn Antiques

  • Review: Literally the best

    Just imagine being able to translate documents written in French, Portuguese, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese instantly on your own PC. This remarkable software adds a menu item to the Microsoft Office 2000 suite of applications, allowing users

  • net Shopper

    Most of us indulge in a glass or two at Christmas and with family and friends dropping in, a good supply of their favourite tipple is essential. But stocking up with drinks is a back-breaking, time-consuming affair, isn't it? The answer is no, not necessarily

  • Internet: E-commerce is still unsitely

    E-commerce is just about the hottest topic in town but this week as even more dot com companies go bust. Two online pet stores (www.wetnose.com and www.pets.com) have vanished from the web while lifestyle site ebop will call in the liquidators if no further

  • Paper phones set to take off

    American inventor Randi Altschul has come up with a disposable mobile phone made entirely from paper. Ms Altschul, who lives in New Jersey, said she had the idea after hearing airline staff complain their cell phones would not work on planes She said:

  • New portal is queer-friendly

    A newly-launched "queer- friendly" web portal features Brighton. www.queercompany.com has been launched to help gay men and lesbian women find services and information sympathetic to their needs. It also includes travel and hotel information for popular

  • Magnificent seven to rule web world

    Seven new domain classifications have been approved by the internet's international governing body. The new internet groupings for domain names have been set up to ease demand on the overcrowded dot-com field and end the gold rush that has led to some

  • Security call for cabbies

    All taxis in Brighton could soon be fitted with safety screens after a series of savage attacks on drivers. Brighton and Hove Council will be recommended to approve the screens, along with in-car closed-circuit TV cameras. A handful of private hire drivers

  • CCTV clue to student's death

    Detectives say student John Rees, stabbed to death after a birthday night out, may earlier have been caught up in a brawl on a nightclub dance floor. The 23-year-old from Shoreham Beach died early on Sunday after being stabbed in the chest on Southsea

  • Weird web: Clergyman on a mission

    The Rev Paul Sinclair is an inner city clergyman on a mission to buy back his church building from the betting shop next door and build a youth centre for the local kids. For the past 11 years, he has raised the profile of his cause by performing reckless

  • Rom for more fans

    A group of graduates who launched its sports software company while still at college is now launching a range of CD Roms aimed at football fans. Hove-based Where and When Sports was set up by Alex Langley, Nigel Chantler, Kevin Elliott, Vincent Holland

  • Trade link to sell and buy

    Sussex businesses are invited to take part in a new internet trade arena. The county is one of the first places in the UK to be linked to the forum, run by Mondus. Chamber e-Trade is an online trading forum where any local business can sell or buy goods

  • Byte: Family values

    A free seminar is planned to show companies how to be more family friendly. The event is organised by Lewes Tertiary College on behalf of the Newhaven Economic Partnership. A recent survey for the NEP highlighted the recruitment problems faced by Newhaven

  • Techno babble

    Bandwidth - how much information or data you can send through a connection, measured in bits-per-second. A fast modem can move about 24,000 bits in one second. Full-motion, full-screen video would require roughly 10,000,000 bits per second, depending

  • Review: Take note of Adiboo

    Encourage an interest in music with Adiboo I make Music. Despite the daft title, Adiboo offers a wealth of musical experiences and is educational and full of exciting features. Children are taught to play with rhythms, notes, scales and pitch. Sound effects

  • Secure call-sign on the net

    Even the smallest business in the South East can now join the on-line revolution, following the launch of a new Europe-wide initiative called ChamberSign. Chambers of Commerce across the UK, including Sussex Enterprise, have joined forces with Royal Mail

  • Review: Grow font of Print Artist

    The latest incarnation of Print Artist is packed with features to do with a PC and printer. Print Artist 8 lets the user create banners, newsletters, cards and certificates. It offers excellent 3D-art projects that are easy to complete and look stunning

  • Facelift reaches dizzy heights

    Expansion at Sussex plant hire specialist Facelift is set to boost turnover to £7 million within 18 months. The Hickstead-based company, which has been relaunched under the banner Facelift Direct and moved into a new market sector, is doubling its capacity

  • How dreams come true

    Sussex chartered accountants Hunt & Partners is set to help boost the economic performance of the region. The Chichester-based company is to become a founder members of the Added Value Network, an organisation of independent accountancy firms that

  • Increase in pay rises

    Pay rises have shown a "modest" increase in recent months with more deals worth more than four per cent. Around one in four recent settlements was above four per cent, including a 4.4 per cent rise for employees at British Energy and a deal worth more

  • More time off to study

    Employers have been urged to give their staff paid time off to study after research found most people work such long hours they rarely have time for training. The TUC called for workplace learning centres to be set up where training could be also offered

  • Creating a buzz in the art world

    The next sculptures created by Caitlin Easterby could cause a buzz in the art world. But the artist is not too bothered about what the critics think, she has a far more important audience to impress. To her the perfect approval of her sculptures would

  • Cash point: Get together and buy your holiday property

    by financial specialist Garry Spencer of Worthing-based Wilbury Financial Management 01903 213222 or garry@wilbury.uk.com With the evenings drawing in and the weather continuing to be damp and miserable, following on from the recent torrential rain, we

  • Young offenders reach positive stage

    Teenage tearaways have embraced poetry and song in a bid to turn around their wayward lives. In a performance last night at the Komedia Theatre in Manchester Street, youngsters from the National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders

  • Discovery of a natural talent

    Aimee Saic took up mosaics as a hobby and is now one of the country's top exponents of the art form. She signed up for an eight-week course in 1997, but was told by her teacher after the first lesson to go home and make mosaics because she had a natural

  • Burden likely to get heavier

    Government proposals to let local authorities levy additional business rates have come under fire from a leading Sussex business organisation. In its response to a Government green paper, the Sussex branch of the Institute of Directors said the tax could

  • Step into the boss's shoes

    Most British workers are eager to step into their boss's shoes and prove that they can do a better job. According to research conducted for Fish4.co.uk, the UK's most popular careers web site, a staggering 59 per cent of British workers feel they would

  • Service with a winning smile

    A Sussex electrical repair company has been named as one of the best in the country. Leach & Sons of Newhaven took third place at the Total Excellence in Quality awards, run by Domestic & General, the UK's largest specialist provider of breakdown

  • Mother's fury after pavement fall

    A mother-of-two claims a council has refused to pay her compensation after she broke a bone in a pavement fall. Janine Lawrence is furious because the protruding paving slabs have now been resurfaced. The 33-year-old, of Arundel Road, Peacehaven, shattered

  • Tomboy - Beeline

    A woman is making a sculpture for bees, but got stung when she wore the wrong trousers. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips

  • Learn to navigate the Web

    Silicon Beach Training, a newly established IT training company, based in Brighton, has launched a programme to introduce businesses and individuals to the web. Take Control of the Web is the latest course on offer to novices. Silicon Beach founder Heather

  • Stronger position

    Chartered accountants Mazars Neville Russell's Brighton office acted as reporting accountants for South East commercial property agents Stiles Harold Williams during the firm's acquisition of two new businesses. The deal involved surveyors and property

  • Lack of sensitivity

    A huge raspberry to Brighton and Hove Council for failing to continue the Christmas lights to this end of Trafalgar Street. Yet again an indication that the local authority has little interest in the plight of the traders in this area of the street. Two

  • Shock rise in young homeless

    Shocking figures have revealed at least 260 young people across East Sussex were homeless last year. In response to the dramatic rise in the number of people under the age of 18 living rough, one charity is launching a campaign to raise awareness of the

  • Gutted restaurant re-opens

    A restaurant ravaged by fire has risen from the ashes. The Indiana Tandoori Restaurant in Church Road, Hove, reopens today three months after a serious fire left it a charred shell. In August, fire crews battled for more than four hours to contain the

  • Anger at sports hall delays

    Parents and children will take their case for a purpose-built sports hall at their school to Brighton and Hove Council on Thursday. They have raised half the money for a sports hall to be built at Blatchington Mill School, Hove and they want the council

  • Prince's plaice is on the pier

    Prince Edward spent yesterday morning beside the seaside as he filmed scenes for a TV programme. Known professionally as Edward Windsor, he was on the Brighton's Palace Pier making a series about British inventors. But the crew from his company Ardent

  • Theft endangers exotic snakes

    Exotic snakes snatched by reptile thieves in a series of raids face certain death without proper care and attention. Five valuable snakes have been snatched in separate incidents from the Tranquility Aquatic and Reptile Centre, in George Street, Brighton

  • Police investigate nursing home death

    Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an 82-year-old man at a nursing home. Sussex Police have been asked to launch the investigation following the death of Leslie Homewood who died at The Hollies Nursing Home in Stanford

  • Opposition mounts to flat rate bus fare

    A Tory prospective Parliamentary candidate has attacked Brighton and Hove Buses' proposals for a flat rate fare. Jenny Langston said the company wants to introduce the £1 rate for all buses to help meet petrol costs. She said: "The people of Brighton

  • Angry dad drank 15 pints and started fire

    A father-of-two who ordered his 13-year-old daughter to get out of the family home before setting it on fire has been jailed. Danny White, 40, downed between 15 and 20 pints of beer before starting a blaze in the maisonette in The Bourne, Hastings. He

  • Compensation

    On Friday, October 20, my journey back to Brighton from London took more than five hours. We spent two of those hours in the dark with no heating. After three weeks I've just received my compensation from Connex - £2. My only problem now is what to spend

  • False promises

    Despite continual denials by Tony Blair, Gordon Brown has now admitted that, despite the promise not to increase tax at all, the tax burden under Labour has in fact risen from 35.2 per cent of national income at the time of the last election to 38.80

  • Line to reopen

    After the absolutely appalling performance by Connex and Railtrack in recent weeks, it is now time to reopen the Shoreham to Horsham line to provide another route and more capacity towards London that we desperately need. Also, if Upper Beeding is to

  • Right moves

    Brighton and Hove are not the only places where scores of homeless youngsters are sleeping rough. Figures show there are many on the streets in Eastbourne and Hastings, with others homeless even in smaller towns and villages. Now a scheme called Move

  • Cricket study's a real eye opener

    It may not be a case of shut your eyes and hope but new research from the University of Sussex suggests top batsmen don't keep their eyes on the ball continuously. In a report just published studying a professional batsman, a good amateur and a "Sunday

  • Thinking big is the answer

    Blatchington Mill is one of the most successful secondary schools in Sussex, attracting more and more pupils each year. It didn't really have a proper sports hall when the school was created in Hove more than 20 years ago and the existing provision is

  • Football: Oving stun the leaders

    Oving had Adie Miles in charge for their 3-2 victory over division two leaders Worthing United on Saturday. A family bereavement meant manager Paul Gilbert was not present to see two goals from Alex Stay and one from Jimmy Hasler steer Oving to within

  • Many of us are suspicious

    Regeneration of the City is the government's theme for today, encouraging people to come back to the cities to live and to rebuild communities. But are the people at Brighton and Hove Council who designed the plan for Goldsmid aware of the national enterprise

  • Samsung Open: Lee's missed chance

    Martin Lee lost in the first round of the Samsung Open, then pocketed one of his biggest cheques of the year. The Worthing ace earned around £2,500 for his 7-6, 6-4 defeat against fellow British left-hander Barry Cowan at the Brighton Centre yesterday

  • Rail crash victim: Inquest adjourned

    The inquest into the death of a Sussex man killed in the Hatfield train crash will not reopen for at least five months, a coroner said today. Hertford Coroner Alan Lawson said he needed to wait in case the police pressed murder or manslaughter charges

  • Nightmare on the Brighton Line

    Passenger fury reached a new low as hundreds of travellers spent hours stuck in "absolute terror" on a crammed train. One girl fainted during the two-hour journey which should have taken 15 minutes. Travellers said there was a feeling of "absolute terror

  • Review: Boredom is the name of this game

    In the early Eighties, a coin-operated machine arrived in video arcades throughout Britain called Galaxian. The game was a simple variant on Space Invaders - the grandfather of all shoot-em-ups - where the player controlled a spaceship to take out countless

  • Hardware: Trust in simplicity

    The Trust USB SPYC@M just has to be the cheapest, smallest and lightest digital camera I have ever used. With a resolution capability of 640 x 480 it offers anyone the opportunity to take low level digital photographs without breaking the bank. It comes

  • On track for 350 jobs

    The world's most exclusive car factory could be in production within three years, bringing 350 jobs to West Sussex. Plans to establish new headquarters and a production centre for Rolls-Royce cars at Goodwood are due to be submitted to planners this week

  • Paper phones set to take off

    American inventor Randi Altschul has come up with a disposable mobile phone made entirely from paper. Ms Altschul, who lives in New Jersey, said she had the idea after hearing airline staff complain their cell phones would not work on planes She said:

  • New portal is queer-friendly

    A newly-launched "queer- friendly" web portal features Brighton. www.queercompany.com has been launched to help gay men and lesbian women find services and information sympathetic to their needs. It also includes travel and hotel information for popular

  • Security call for cabbies

    All taxis in Brighton could soon be fitted with safety screens after a series of savage attacks on drivers. Brighton and Hove Council will be recommended to approve the screens, along with in-car closed-circuit TV cameras. A handful of private hire drivers

  • Higher exposure

    A group of fine art photographers is launching into cyberspace with the development of an online picture library. Mark Nelson, Steve Parry and Adrian Groom have already established a reputation by displaying their work in their First Light Gallery in

  • Weird web: Clergyman on a mission

    The Rev Paul Sinclair is an inner city clergyman on a mission to buy back his church building from the betting shop next door and build a youth centre for the local kids. For the past 11 years, he has raised the profile of his cause by performing reckless

  • Rom for more fans

    A group of graduates who launched its sports software company while still at college is now launching a range of CD Roms aimed at football fans. Hove-based Where and When Sports was set up by Alex Langley, Nigel Chantler, Kevin Elliott, Vincent Holland

  • Join event at Joinery

    Illustrators, artists, photographers and designers are invited to try out technology and meet up with like-minded people at a special presentation evening. The latest tools from the Apple Macintosh range will be on show at the event, which has been organised

  • Centre staff bonuses

    Workers in call centres are being offered bonus payments and family-friendly initiativesbecause of competition for staff. Two in three call centre employers pay a bonus, mainly linked to targets, said a survey by the Industrial Relations Services research

  • Techno babble

    Bandwidth - how much information or data you can send through a connection, measured in bits-per-second. A fast modem can move about 24,000 bits in one second. Full-motion, full-screen video would require roughly 10,000,000 bits per second, depending

  • Secure call-sign on the net

    Even the smallest business in the South East can now join the on-line revolution, following the launch of a new Europe-wide initiative called ChamberSign. Chambers of Commerce across the UK, including Sussex Enterprise, have joined forces with Royal Mail

  • Review: Grow font of Print Artist

    The latest incarnation of Print Artist is packed with features to do with a PC and printer. Print Artist 8 lets the user create banners, newsletters, cards and certificates. It offers excellent 3D-art projects that are easy to complete and look stunning

  • Facelift reaches dizzy heights

    Expansion at Sussex plant hire specialist Facelift is set to boost turnover to £7 million within 18 months. The Hickstead-based company, which has been relaunched under the banner Facelift Direct and moved into a new market sector, is doubling its capacity

  • Firm acts generously

    Brighton-based IT solutions provider, the fdm group, has pledged sponsorship for one of its former employees to attend an acting course at the acclaimed Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Jed Staton, who worked at the company for three years as head technician