Placemaking made easy – should Hastings follow this guide?
With £20m to spend over the next ten years, Hastings is one of around 75 towns across the country with an opportunity to put communities in control of significant budgets…
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With £20m to spend over the next ten years, Hastings is one of around 75 towns across the country with an opportunity to put communities in control of significant budgets…
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What is the ‘Long Term Plan for Towns? The plan was launched in October 2023, and the Prime Minister has stated it is to help deal with run-down town centres,…
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If you own or are responsible for a building in the Trinity Triangle you could benefit from the upcoming Trinity Triangle Historic Action Zone (TTHAZ) Maintenance Club winter clean. The…
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Time for an updated diary blog By John Bownas – Hastings BID / Town Centre Manager A while back, during the COVID crisis, I wrote a detailed blog post about…
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With over 500 respondents, this is probably the most detailed and accurate survey ever carried out of the gig-going habits and preferences of Hastings’ many live-music lovers. Based on statistical…
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Reasons to vote YES for a second Love Hastings BID term Baseline services agreement
Pictured: Peter Rolfe, Business Ambassador and John Bownas, BID Manager (click links for what we do) During March, local businesses get the chance to vote on proposals for a second…
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December 2021 – Hastings Observer column So, it’s Christmas Eve 2021, and as things stand it’s hard to predict just what the UK will be doing with regards to COVID…
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Action is needed NOW on business rates, VAT, and grants for businesses in the retail and hospitality sectors, as well as for freelancers and the self-employed. We are facing a…
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In a snap survey carried out by Love Hastings over half of the hospitality businesses who responded said the current ‘Plan B’ restrictions may cost them an average of around…
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A recent national poll found that an alarming 38% of shoppers have witnessed violence against shop staff, and this goes alongside industry data showing 450 recorded incidents every day in…
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Saturday 26th February 2022 8pmThe Brass, Hastings GET TICKETS The Magic Numbers are a UK-based four-piece formed in late 2002 in Hanwell, west London. Comprising two pairs of brothers and…
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Priory Meadow Shopping Centre has joined the flock to sponsor a duck as part of Follow That Duck, a live art trail taking place in Summer 2022 from Hastings Old…
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Love Hastings levy payers are invited to the 2021 AGM of Love Hastings (Hastings Business Improvement District). Alongside the usual business of confirming directors and board responsibilities plus the annual…
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Hastings Observer column November 2021 Over the last two days, as I’ve been swinging above the town centre in the basket of a cherry-picker helping programme the town Christmas lights,…
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October 2021 – Hastings Observer column As Love Hastings gets closer to a second-term ballot to decide whether the project should extend another five years, more and more people are…
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Hastings Observer column – September 2021 ‘Love Hastings’ is a great – but currently flawed – brand. We all love Hastings, there’s no doubt about that. But right now,…
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Hastings Observer – August 2021 A few months ago a BBC headline screamed the bad news that one in seven shops across the UK were standing empty. The stark fact,…
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Hastings Pirate weekend saw one lucky buccaneer walk away with the grand prize of an X-Box X after she cracked the crafty ‘Q-Arrr code’ to find where ‘X marked the…
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WIN AN X-BOX by following the treasure trail around the town and collecting all ten letters to crack the pirate code! Friday 16th July In Ye Taverns Nags Head 8.30pm…
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