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Time at last to promote music industry pluggers

Curious Generation founders Alex Martin and Charles Baybutt

4:55pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

They may not get the fame, or indeed the groupies, enjoyed by pop stars but promoters are a fundamental part of the music industry.

The super-fast race to get rapid broadband

5:04pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

The race is on for different parts of the country to become the first to enjoy super-fast internet connections.

Town counters doom and gloom

3:16pm Thursday 17th July 2008

Three businesses are opening in a town centre as it fights back against the credit crunch.

An upbeat message from local entrepreneurs

4:49pm Tuesday 15th July 2008

Talk of recession is in the news nearly as much as Amy Winehouse's huge beehive hairdo, and almost as scary. Opinion on the matter is split, with some saying we are already experiencing one while others believe the downturn has been exaggerated. SAM THOMSON spoke to businesses in a number of different sectors and asks, are we in danger of talking ourselves into a recession?

£100m buyout for school tours firm

12:47pm Tuesday 15th July 2008

Britain's oldest operator of school tours has been sold in a multimillion- pound deal.

Gatwick ‘is too small’

10:14am Wednesday 9th July 2008

Most aviation professionals believe Gatwick does not have the capacity to cope with growth in the next five years, according to a survey.

Financial centre out to provide new style of service

Some of the Brighton FSC group and front from left, Mike Williams Tim Bostock, Chris Rigby and Adrian Wenn

9:54am Wednesday 9th July 2008

The latest addition to financial services in Sussex is promising to change the face of banking.

Claims could shrink Primark's sales by 40%

12:42pm Tuesday 8th July 2008

Allegations over child labour could be disastrous for one of the most popular names in the high street.

Sussex couple launch own range of Australian red wines

Paul Squires and his wife Bernie are welcoming investors

12:37pm Tuesday 8th July 2008

A taste of Australia will come to a corner of Sussex this month as a new brand of wine is launched.

Huge MOD deal to build carriers

12:12pm Tuesday 8th July 2008

A defence company is celebrating after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a £3 billion contract for two new aircraft carriers.

Monet talks with modest art

Lawrence Alkin, director of artrepublic

2:03pm Tuesday 1st July 2008

It was a case of “credit crunch – what credit crunch?” at Christie’s last week after a mystery buyer paid a whopping £41 million for a painting by Claude Monet.

Energy laws could hit small business

1:59pm Tuesday 1st July 2008

Small businesses could be crippled by fines because they are ignorant of new energy legislation, it has been claimed.

Ready for New beginnings

Newhaven Enterprise Centre at Denton Island

2:42pm Tuesday 24th June 2008

Newhaven is more famous for fishing and ferries than successful start-ups and small businesses.

Firms plan Post Office rival

2:37pm Tuesday 24th June 2008

Businesses have become so fed up with recent post office closures that they hope to set up their own delivery service for parcels and letters.

Industry leaders optimistic about the future

The State of the Nation event attracted a large number of entrepeneurs to the University of Brighton

4:32pm Friday 20th June 2008

With most eyes trained overhead on the storm clouds gathering around the UK economy, it can be difficult to look to the future.

Rok wins low-cost homes contract

Home tenants John Collier and Charmaine Doran inspect the mobile unit

4:28pm Friday 20th June 2008

A builder has won a multimillion-pound contract to improve low-cost housing across the South East.

Music man's latest release is a real WuW

Eliott James, right, with WuW magazine designer Michael Knight

3:21pm Tuesday 17th June 2008

A young freelance music journalist is fulfilling a lifelong ambition by publishing his own magazine.

E-learning firm sold for £4.75m in cash

3:19pm Tuesday 17th June 2008

A leading e-learning company has been sold to a private investor in a multimillion-pound deal.

Joint effort to fill job vacancies

City cheif executive Alan McCarthy and Claire Mitchell from Engage sign up

4:11pm Friday 13th June 2008

Many more people who are long-term unemployed should be able to find a fulfilling job thanks to a new collaboration between government and businesses.

Firms' threat over transport troubles

4:08pm Friday 13th June 2008

One in ten businesses in Sussex is threatening to leave the county if transport problems do not improve, it has been revealed.


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