Category: Hastings BID

How Hastings might spend £20m over the next ten years (2024-2034) from the ‘Long Term Plan for Towns’ funding allocation

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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Trinity Triangle maintenance club – Dec 2023 free cleaning and basic repairs offer

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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From helping police investigations to lobbying for improved highways maintenance – here’s a few weeks in the life of a Business Improvement District Manager

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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Hastings Music Audience Survey 2023: Results

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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2022 – 2027 Love Hastings BID business plan

Reasons to vote YES for a second Love Hastings BID term Baseline services agreement

Second term ballot proposals

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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Is the government’s COVID business support package enough?

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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UK business needs a BOOST

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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Snap survey shows how Hastings will be hit as part of projected £4BN ‘Plan B’ loss predicted for UK hospitality sector

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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Hastings shops ask the public to treat staff with respect this Christmas

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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The Magic Numbers close Hastings Fat Tuesday Festival’s unplugged Saturday.

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 gets behind the Hospice duck art trail

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

NOTICE OF AGM: 6pm, 8th December 2021

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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Does Hastings town centre need a roadmap to the future?

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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Another five years?

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 & St Leonards One Town – One Voice

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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A nice problem to have? Where are all the empty shops in Hastings?

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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Q-Arrr code-breaker scoops X-box pirate treasure

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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Pirate Galivant 2021 – full programme

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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Notice of AGM – 2020

Notice of the 3nd Annual General Meeting of Love Hastings Limited Notice is hereby given that the 3rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Love Hastings Limited with company registration number…
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