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Brighton and Hove Greens have called on the Government to ensure businesses forced to close over lockdown receive adequate support, including the provision of further funding to councils to provide grants and loans.  Pointing to the local economy's dependence on the culture, tourism and hospitality industries, Greens said that a failure to...
Following the Prime Ministers Boris Johnson’s unexpected announcement late on Saturday evening which has confirmed that from Thursday 5th November England is entering its official second national lockdown which will see all non-essential shops, pubs and restaurants close their doors until at least 2nd December with uncertainty looming that...
Health leaders have found themselves projected onto the public stage as never before. Professor Chris Whitty, the UK government’s chief medical adviser, and Sir Patrick Vallance, its chief scientific adviser, have occupied the front pages and dominated the airwaves for months. They have become household names, better known than...
For many of us Pre-COVID 19, fitness and keeping up with a healthy lifestyle came into our daily routine naturally and without hesitation. However given many challenges that this year has brought to many of us has left some feeling slightly deflated and fatigued. But I can’t stress enough...
In today’s digital world, retailers need to have their finger on the pulse when it comes to customer engagement. Gone are the days of a website being a commodity and only communicating with customers via phone or email.  The last 15 years has seen the introduction of a number of...
Since its inception in the spring of 2005, YouTube has become the hub for all the creative minds in the world to create and share their own personal content, often leading to substantial personal and financial gain. Often reported to upload as much as 500 hours of video footage,...
Green Councillors have announced their support for the Local Government Association's call to ‘keep planning local,’ joining a host of wildlife organisations and the Labour group in resisting proposed changes to planning law. New plans for house-building and planning being proposed by the Conservative government could see Brighton required to...
Brighton venue The Old Market has successfully received funding as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help it overcome the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today. The Old Market, also known as...
Brighton and Hove will remain in “Tier 1” of the government’s three-tier Covid alert system, despite the local public health chief warning the city is at a “tipping point” in its fight against the virus.    A group consisting of local MPs, councillors, health leaders and police chiefs, known as the...
Two weeks after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic, the UK government announced Everyone In, a scheme to protect people sleeping rough from catching the virus. The policy was highly demanding. It gave local authorities across England just three days to move all people sleeping rough...