- O2 staff in Olympics rehearsal
- Job vacancies up, but more applying
- TUC warns over pension reforms
- Pensioner struck by stolen car dies
- Gang members targeted in swoops
- MPs warn over Libyan operation
- More scrutiny for Lansley reforms
- Elderly suffering from care cuts
- Argentina takes Falklands row to UN
- Taylor paintings sold for £14m
- Calls for health reforms to be axed
- Prescott hails hacking 'justice'
- Levi Bellfield seeks Milly appeal
- US printer wins Olympic ticket deal
- 'Last' war service member dies
- Jury goes out in Redknapp trial
- 1,000 more jobs go at Lloyds Bank
- Tributes to boy who died in snow
- Qatada decision 'not acceptable'
- Kylie raises Twitter stalker alert
Business news
Council supports National Apprenticeship Week
Horsham District Council is supporting National Apprenticeship Week 2012 this week, hoping residents will take advantage of what’s on offer across the district.
Damovo UK is supporting Apprenticeship Week
HORSHAM-based Damovo UK is a fierce advocate of apprenticeships in the UK, and will be fully supporting National Apprenticeships Week from February 6 to 10.
Formation of ICT ‘super-company’
In a bold and highly significant move within the Converged Market Place, Hailsham-based Chalvington Communications Ltd have announced the acquisition of ApexIS ICT Ltd from January 1, and the formation of an IT and Communications Super-Company, housing dedicated divisions for communications, mobiles, it solutions, and network services under the new Chalvington Group moniker.
Horsham firm creating 50 jobs
IN CONTRAST to government figures which chart a continuing rise in unemployment, one Horsham company says they are having trouble finding young enthusiastic staff for their new positions.
Mortgage rates at record low
HORSHAM residents pay on average 30 per cent less in monthly mortgage repayments compared to when they reached their national highest in 2008, according to research released by Barclays.
Jobs
Advice for employers
An advice session for aspiring Apprentices and local employers will take place at Central Sussex College’s Crawley campus on Wednesday 8 February, from 5-7pm.
West Sussex brewery wins top award
HAMMERPOT Brewery’s Bottle Wreck Porter has been awarded gold in the Porter category at Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) 2012 National Winter Ales Festival in Manchester.
Major award for Worthing firm
A WORTHING-based company scooped a prestigious national award which was helped significantly by the support and client referrals given by colleagues at its local business networking group.
Regional news
Comedy night to rock the Komedia
Comedians will lend their support to a Brighton charity working with street children in Nepal.
Pill implants for teens defended
NHS managers in the South East have defended giving girls as young as 13 contraceptive implants in an attempt to combat teenage pregnancies.
Doctors go the distance for BSF
Five skin specialists will be donning their running shoes and taking on the Brighton Half Marathon in aid of the British Skin Foundation (BSF).
Training plan for major projects
Whitehall officials will be sent back to the classroom, with the help of Oxford university, before being allowed to run major public projects like the new high-speed rail link, ministers have said.
South East lifeboats in 990 rescues
Lifeboat crews in the South East helped more than 1,000 people last year, launching 990 times, according to a spokesman.
National news
O2 staff in Olympics rehearsal
Thousands of staff at mobile phone giant O2 are taking part in a flexible working initiative as part of the firm's contingency plans for dealing with disruption during the Olympic Games.
Job vacancies up, but more applying
Recruitment firms have reported a modest increase in job opportunities, but more people are chasing each vacancy.
TUC warns over pension reforms
Union leaders have called for changes to the planned auto-enrolment of workers into pension schemes, warning that over 1.8 million women could be adversely affected.
Gang members targeted in swoops
Dozens of suspected gang members are to be targeted by police in a series of co-ordinated operations across London as Scotland Yard begins a renewed crackdown on gang crime.
MPs warn over Libyan operation
Britain could struggle to mount another military operation on the scale of the intervention in Libya, MPs have warned.
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Wednesday 08 February 2012
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