Manor Royal announces careers fair – 27th April

Manor Royal has announced a free event for Manor Royal employers to exhibit their business, the diversity of careers and jobs available in Manor Royal. The event is being delivered by Manor Royal BID working in partnership with the Crawley Job Centre, supported by LoveLocalJobs.com, Crawley College and Employ Crawley. The event will be held […]

Government announces five-year nature protection plan

The government has announced a five-year plan to protect the environment. The Environmental Improvement Plan has been written up to implement the government’s desire to reverse the decline of nature. Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has revealed the five points: – Restoring 500,000 hectares of wildlife habitats and creating 70 new nature reserve projects. – Improving […]

Rishi Sunak and Bill Gates endorse Cleantech for UK initiative

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have given their support to Cleantech for UK, a new partnership between cleantech investors and entrepreneurs. The new cleantech initiative, which reportedly has over £4bn in funds, has been launched in a bid to support the UK’s scientific research and was unveiled on Wednesday afternoon at […]

Barclays Eagle Labs announce partnership with Crawley’s Freedom Works

Barclays Eagle Labs will be launching their new partnership with Freedom Works on Tues 14th March, 8am – 10am. the launch breakfast will showcase how Eagle Labs will provide an extensive package of support, mentoring and connections to businesses in and around Sussex through this partnership. Freedom Works already has a number of sites across […]

Manufacturing volumes back to or exceeding pre-pandemic levels, report finds

Almost three quarters of UK manufacturers report that business has returned or even exceeded pre-pandemic production volumes, a report from Essentra Components has found. Businesses in the aerospace, electronics and energy sectors all point to recovery with 72 per cent, 59 per cent and 71 per cent of respondents respectively indicating a return to pre-COVID-19 […]

Manor Royal BID renewed for another five years

Businesses in Manor Royal have voted in favour of renewing the Manor Royal BID (Business Improvement District) for another five years. The result of the postal vote that was administered by Crawley Borough Council’s Electoral Services Team returned a 88.8% YES vote to keep the BID going, who collectively made up 93.4% of the rateable […]