Thirty Years and Counting - American Express Continues to Support Brighton Festival
June 2008

American Express announces its longstanding support of Brighton Festival spans over thirty years and is proud to be the Festival's longest supporter. American Express, one of the largest employers on the South Coast , has a history with the Festival that dates back to the 1970s and is encouraging other businesses to get involved. 

American Express understands the positive impact of the Festival and attracting more visitors and investment to the area increases the prosperity and well being of residents and businesses alike. Brighton Festival  has proven to be the ideal local platform to demonstrate support to the community in which it operates whilst combining passion for arts and culture. The Company is now calling other Sussex based businesses to get involved with the local community and the Festival is a fun and rewarding way of achieving this.

http://www.brightonfestival.org.

Businesses across the South East are being given the opportunity to attend a series of free half-day workshops to help them develop their businesses sustainably and profitably in ever changing circumstances.

Business Link has been contracted by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) to run the two-year programme, which aims to improve skills, business acumen and viability across all rural and land based businesses in the region. These highly specialised workshops promise to be an invaluable source of information for all those who work on the land. The seven key areas to be addressed are:
Climate change • Planning issues • Business diversification • Energy crops – the real options • Water conservation • Energy options, profits & savings • Food supply chain

http://www.ruralbookings.co.uk.

Kate’s Cakes Raises £5,000 for Breast Cancer Charity
May 2008

Sussex-based, premium handcrafted cake company Kate’s Cakes is delighted to announce that it has raised just under £5,000 for the breast cancer charity Pink Ribbon Foundation.

Kate’s Cakes developed the “Think Pink Brownie”, a super indulgent, all butter and chocolate brownie, to help raise money for people affected by breast cancer. The award-winning company donated £4,757.28, a sum representing 30% of the profits made during the three month campaign, to the Pink Ribbon Foundation. This grant-making trust funds projects and provides financial support to UK breast cancer charities.

http://www.katescakes.com.

Cambridge City Airport Upgrades To Scarecrow’s Ultima
April 2008

As part of a strategic review of its airside bird management procedure, Cambridge City Airport has upgraded its bird dispersal system to further strengthen its safety practices. Ensuring compliance of bird control data records is crucial for airports and Scarecrow’s latest and most innovative bird control technology Ultima, has been deployed at Cambridge, in order to maintain the highest possible levels of safety, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

http://www.scarecrowbio-acoustic.co.uk.

Elephant makes Surprise Visit to Local Primary School
April 2008

Nellie the Elephant, an arresting, exotically patterned vision was certainly not told to pack her trunk on a recent surprise visit to Blackthorns Community Primary School.

Nellie is the creation of Artyfect, the premium brand fine art shop situated in Lindfield High Street. Artyfect Manager Alex Maynard brought Nellie along to accompany the series of free workshops he ran for the children. He was teaching them to use Décopatch, a brand of decoupage, the artistic technique used to decorate Nellie and the latest kids’ craze to sweep the South. A great time was reportedly had by all with Nellie even attending the morning assembly.

http://www.artyfect.com.

Aneela's Tribute To Her Friend Carol Barnes
March 2008

"I was priviledged to know Carol for 6 years. We worked together on a number of projects including the launch of my retail boutique in Brighton which she officially opened and became a loyal customer. She helped us with various PR campaigns, the most notable being Ladies Day at Lingfield Park Racecourse and the official opening of The Grandstand by Sir Henry Cooper. Carol and I were judges of the best dressed lady competition and we had the most wonderful 'girly' day, topped off with having our photo taken with the delightful Frankie Dettori. Carol was a warm, down-to-earth and sincere lady with a wonderful sense of humour. I feel honoured to have known her and worked with her professionally over the years. She will be greatly missed by all her friends and family." Aneela Rose, 8th March 2008.