A SWEET shop is paying for free parking for its customers.

I Like A Sweetie is offering a reimbursement scheme for Newhaven town centre – offering two hours free parking for their customers.

Laurence Pulling, owner of the shop, in High Street, said it was a plan to show Lewes District Council that free parking would encourage shoppers into the town centre.

He said: “I hope the public embrace this scheme.

“With parking paid, I hope customers will spend a little longer shopping in the High Street with other traders.”