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FSB Business Expo 2011
Local Economic Assessment
Newhaven Young People of the Year Awards
Giant mobile camera will capture spirit of Newhaven
Extra sensory environment
2010 AGM matters
Chamber members net Business Awards
Town Centre Sign for Newhaven
Young People of the Year Awards
Here come the girls!
Posted: 30 March 2011
FSB Business Expo 2011
The FSB South East is running a their business expo in Uckfield which is free to attend and offers free business seminars/networking/business advice. Stands are also available to businesses that would like to take part in the expo.
Date: Thursday 28th April 2011
Time: 10am-5pm
Venue: East Sussex National Golf Resort & Hotel, Little Horsted, Uckfield. TN22 5ES
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Posted: 30 March 2011
Local Economic Assessment
ESCC had released a draft Local Economic Assessment and has asked for comments from businesses, local authorities etc. The document is consists of 167 pages and there is a snapshot of the Lewes District (pg 145 of 167). Consultation closes next Friday (April 8th) and can be done postally or online if you follow this link:
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Posted: 25 March 2011
Newhaven People of the Year Awards
The results of this year's Newhaven Young People of the Year Awards were announced in a special ceremony at Tideway School in Southdown Road in March.
The scheme was originally set up by Newhaven Young Mayor Daly Tucknott to highlight the positive contribution that young people make. The current Young Mayor, Adam Wiggins, presided over the ceremony to announce the winners, which was held at Tideway School on Tuesday 22nd March. Each winner received a £50 cash prize and trophy.
The winners were:
Young Carer 2011 - Spike Barber
sponsored by G W Ironworks
Young Achiever 2011 - Kayleigh Read
sponsored by Excell Design
Young Person of Courage 2011 - Paul Dutton Sim
sponsored by Newhaven Chamber of Commerce
Young Volunteer 2011 - Natasha Trickett
sponsored by Newhaven Community Development Association
Young Sportsperson 2011 - Rebecca Davis
sponsored by Newhaven Enterprise Centre
Young Group 2011 - Denton & South Heighton JFC Under 12 Team
sponsored by Newhaven Town Council
Posted: 04 March 2011
Giant mobile camera will capture spirit of Newhaven
Something amazing is coming to Newhaven this Spring. Imagine the biggest camera you've ever seen. Imagine it bigger. Now imagine it on wheels, rolling through the streets of the town, photographing people and scenery as it goes.
Photo Communale is a free street art project presented by Brighton-based arts charity Zap Art and renowned French street arts company Generik Vapeur.
Generik Vapeur will bring their incredible roaming camera to Newhaven on March 12 2011 to capture the character and the many faces of the town.
It's a marvellous family event that children will love. People can follow the camera on its path through the streets, step into one of the frames to be photographed and interact with the team of street artists who travel with the camera hunting for the best shots.
The roaming camera is a spectacle in itself, but it's only part of a much bigger project by Zap Art and Generik Vapeur. The images taken on March 12 will be used as a backdrop to 'Newhaven Cormorant', a brand-new site-specific show by Generik Vapeur in Newhaven Harbour on July 16. Featuring a musical procession, aerial feats and pyrotechnics, it will transform the harbour with an explosion of sights, sounds and colour.
The project will involve working with local artists, community groups and educational organisations and will include a programme of free activities and workshops in March.
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For more info: www.zapart.co.uk
Posted May 2010
2010 AGM matters
New Chamber committee line up for the year ahead.
The Chamber held its annual AGM in May at the Enterprise Centre on Denton Island and was extremely well attended by members and visiting dignitaries.
It was reported that the Chamber had grown to 91 members over the last 12 months and plans to grow the membership are in progress.
Paul Boswell reported that the Chamber’s weekly breakfast club was by far and away the most successful networking activity for the members and guests. Attendance has regularly been approximately 25% of membership, which is a considerable success for any chamber of commerce.
Town centre meetings concerning its welfare were progressing well attended by the town centre shops and businesses. A new town centre sign has been installed with financial help from Newhaven Town Council with plans for two more signs in progress.
The Chamber continues to work closely with partner organisations including local governments, business support agencies and community groups as well as being an important voice for the business community. This year the Chamber has committed to sponsoring The Newhaven Town Council Young Peoples Awards, the Dynamo Girls Football Club team kit, Remembrance Day Wreaths and the Newhaven Fish Festival.
Training seminars and social events have also been very successful, in particular an inter-chamber quiz night at The Star Inn, Alfriston, with Seaford and Peacehaven Chambers of Commerce, and several talks from Chamber members on subjects such as Online Social Networking, Health & Safety and Fraud. The Chamber is continuing to arrange further talks and social events such as the annual BBQ and Christmas dinner.
Posted March 2010
Chamber members net Business Awards
This year’s annual Sussex Express Business Awards proved a resounding success for our Chamber members.
Back in March the annual Sussex Express Business Awards 2010 were held at East Sussex National Golf Resort and Spa near Uckfield. After a champagne reception and superb meal, Fred Dineage of Meridian News entertained the audience and then presented the awards to businesses from across the region.
Members of Newhaven Chamber of Commerce featured heavily as sponsors. Cavendish Communications were the main sponsor and a number of other businesses including Chamber members GW Iron Works, Newhaven Enterprise Centre, NCDA and Newhaven Strategic Network sponsored several of the individual categories.
A number of our members were nominated across the range of categories with a resounding success for:
Business of the Year (up to 5 employees) Newhaven Enterprise Centre; and Business Personality to its Centre Manager Claire Murray.
Best Innovation Cash Bases Ltd.
Lifetime Achievement Award Peter Crowley of Wave Leisure.
Best Where to Learn Tideway School.
Other award winners include:
Overall Business of the Year Richard Soan Roofing of Lewes.
Business of the Year (6 to 10 employees) St Wilfred’s Hospice.
Business of the Year (10+ employees) Blind Design.
Customer Service Club Class Chauffeurs and Executive Driving Services.
Star Builder Riley’s carpentry.
Where to Eat Cafe Rasoi.
Employer of the Year Health Management Ltd.
Going Green Haulaway Ltd.
Young Achiever Lloyd Butler of Steve Willis Training.
Newhaven Enterprise Centre manager Claire Murray said: “We are so delighted to have won the Business of the Year award.”
Sponsors Aurora Fireworks rounded the evening off with a spectacular firework display in the hotel grounds.
The winners of this year’s awards will all be entered in the Southern Business Awards and invited to a dinner and presentation night at the Grand Hotel, Brighton in September. We wish them luck.
Posted March 2010
Town Centre Sign for Newhaven
A new town centre sign highlighting the shops and traders within the area has passed planning approval and is due to be erected within the next couple of months. The aim of the sign is help raise awareness and direct shoppers to the various traders within Newhaven Town Centre.
Posted March 2010
Young People of the Year Awards
Celebrating inspirational young achievers in Newhaven.
The results of the first ever Newhaven Young People of the Year Awards were announced in a special ceremony at Tideway School in Southdown Road in March.
The scheme was set up by Newhaven Young Mayor Daly Tucknott to highlight the positive contribution that young people make.
Newhaven Mayor Carla Butler said: “The awards were a huge success and has certainly shown that Newhaven is not short of amazing children and young people. Young people are enormously proud when they receive recognition, and the awards night meant a lot to the nominees’ friends and families. It is hoped that these awards will run again next year.”
Each winner received a £50 cash prize and trophy.
The winners were: Young Carer, Nicolle Payne; Young Person of Courage, Nicholas Cole; Young Fundraiser, Maddison Manville; Young Volunteer, Heidi Aveline; Young Sportsperson, Connor Sandalls; Young Achiever, Adam Wiggins and Young Group, Newhaven and Seaford Sea Cadets.
Sponsors included Newhaven Chamber of Commerce, NCDA, Wave Leisure, GW Iron Works, Lewes District Crime Reduction Partnership, Excell Design and Newhaven Enterprise Centre
Posted March 2010
Here come the girls!
With the World Cup nearly upon us DGFC take the field by storm.
Newhaven Chamber of Commerce is delighted to be a team sponsor for Dynamo Girls Football Club. The Chamber is sponsoring the U15 girls for this and next season and the sponsorship enabled the club to purchase a new Stanno team strip in the club’s red/black colours. Dynamo GFC was formed in 2003 and some of the current team have been with the club for all that time. For the last four seasons the team have been playing in the Sussex Woman and Girls league but this year are taking part in a new 6-a-side competition that the club hopes will see a host of new girls take up the sport. Club Chairman (and previous President of the Newhaven Chamber of Commerce) Paul Cartwright explains:
“Over recent years there has been a dramatic fallout of players from junior and youth football. Part of this is due to the low publicity girls football receives, in part it’s down to the changes in lifestyle for young people and in part it can also be down to the bullying girls can receive at school. It’s crazy but I think sometimes the boys feel a bit threatened when a girl takes part in what is perceived to be a male sport!”
It is crazy when you consider that until recently girls football was one of the fastest growing team sports in the country. “We want to encourage new players into the sport – it has so many positive benefits, especially in a world dominated by mobile phones and Facebook sites! The new competition is designed to fit into the girls’ modern lifestyles. The ability to commit to playing week in, week out isn’t always there so what we want to do is provide them with a competition that enables them to enjoy the game, and pursue their other interests.”
The new competition will be trialled for the first time this month when teams from across Sussex will be invited to Telscombe Cliffs Playing Fields to take part in a 6-a-side tournament. “I’m hopeful that not only will we get some of the existing clubs taking part, but new ones, with new players,” Paul commented.
Besides the U15 team that the Newhaven Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring, the club also has teams at U10 and U12. “In recent years we have had as many as 60 players at the club and I am keen to get the numbers back up to those levels and beyond. We have a fantastic set-up here, with a great bunch of volunteers, a superb club house and a beautiful ground at which we play our matches.”
If you know of any girls aged 7 – 15 years old and interested in playing football, please get them in touch with the club via their website at www.dynamo-gfc.co.uk We at the Chamber will be following the successes of the club during our two year sponsorship deal.
www.dynamo-gfc.co.uk/team_U15.htm
Events
Wed 18th January 2012
VISITOR DAY - ALL WELCOME
Wed 25th January 2012
Paul Yates Smith - Sussex Business Bureau
Wed 1st February 2012
David Poynter - Accountant
Breakfast Club
The Newhaven Chamber of Commerce Networking Breakfast Club meets weekly and is an excellent way to meet new customers and suppliers for your business.
Forthcoming speakers:
TBC