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Growth Hub

The Growth Hub team provides business advice, support and strategic leadership to help small and medium sized enterprises drive sustainable business success across West Sussex.

TeenTech Sussex

West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Careers Hub are partnering with TeenTech to deliver TeenTech Sussex for a second year at the AMEX stadium on Wednesday 13 November 2024.

Grow Digital

Grow Digital West Sussex ran between September 2023 and March 2024 and was developed to help your business strengthen its digital toolset.

Growth Deals

Find out about local growth deals being delivered through partnerships between the county council and the district and borough councils.

Guidance for businesses and business owners ahead of fire safety legislation change

1 September 2023 - West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service (WSFRS) is urging businesses and building owners to ensure they are prepared for new fire safety legislation which comes into force from next month.

West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Careers Hub launches

31 August 2023 - WSCC, Brighton and Hove City Council and the West Sussex district and borough councils are pleased to be working in partnership to host the new West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Careers Hub.

West Sussex launches new Grow Digital business support programme

12 July 2023 - Businesses in West Sussex are invited to benefit from new in-person digital growth support that will be touring the county from September.

Green light for the county’s new Green Business Champions

22 June 2023 - West Sussex has a new team of Green Business Champions to help businesses learn about the benefits of going green and getting started on sustainability.

New growth opportunity for creative sector businesses in West Sussex

23 March 2023 - Applications are now open for the Create Growth South East programme for businesses owners in West Sussex can now benefit from a special programme of support.

Could you be a West Sussex Green Business Champion? Let’s go!

22 March 2023 - Let’s Go! Net Zero is a new initiative to motivate businesses to embrace sustainability and empower a resilient and forward-thinking economy across West Sussex.

New scheme to supercharge business connectivity in West Sussex launches

16 March 2023 - West Sussex businesses currently suffering from the slowest broadband speeds are being supported to get online with an alternative 4G mobile broadband solution.

New free business support available in Crawley Library

27 January 2023 - Business owners and entrepreneurs can now get even more free support in libraries across West Sussex with the opening in Crawley of a new Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC) Local.

Five top tips to be a carer friendly employer

17 November 2022 - The importance of attracting and retaining staff has never been greater, but part of your workforce plans could be improved by becoming a carer friendly employer.

Visitor economy development partnership delivers over 100k business leads

8 November 2022 - Visitor economy development partnership delivers over 100k business leads to local tourism and hospitality industry in 2022.

West Sussex launches digital skills campaign

27 October 2022 - A new programme has been launched to inspire jobseekers and people at all stages of their careers to discover the range of digital roles available in West Sussex, to connect local businesses with local talent and increase aspiration for digital careers across the county.

Boost your business with the Help to Grow: Management course

29 July 2022 - Boost your business’s performance, resilience and long-term growth.

Inspirational carbon-cutting stories

14 July 2022 - West Sussex enterprises are leading the way with carbon-cutting initiatives and have now told their inspirational stories on camera to help other businesses.

More businesses can register interest in supplying Gatwick

27 June 2022 - Businesses from 12 postcode areas across the south-east can now register their interest in supplying Gatwick.

Major new regional business scheme leads green economic recovery

20 May 2022 - An exciting new business initiative launches today, aimed at tackling climate change, helping nature and kickstarting a green recovery for the region’s economy following the pandemic.

New programme to help tourism and hospitality

24 March 2022 - A newly launched business innovation programme led by the University of Brighton aims to boost local tourism and hospitality businesses hit by the pandemic.

Bognor Regis welcomes the The_Track officially

28 October 2021 - The_Track, Bognor Regis’s shared and collaborative employment workspace for creative and digital businesses had its official opening on Wednesday 27 October.

West Sussex Recover and Rise

7 September 2021 - SME digital accelerator series launches - Digital experts help West Sussex businesses ‘press the accelerator’ for growth through FREE workshop series.

Coast to Capital Growth Hub peer network programme

9 August 2021 - Join the network programme which is run by entrepreneurs to energise entrepreneurs.

Brighton and Sussex universities join forces to support SME innovation in the region

15 July 2021 - A new business innovation project launches this week to help West Sussex enterprises innovate using expertise from the universities of Brighton and Sussex.

The STEP-UP Programme extended by 3 months

7 July 2021 - The STEP-UP Programme as been extended for three months, and applications have re-opened until mid September 2021.