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Street art transforms Priory Square

It’s hard to forget the blue hoardings that overwhelmed Priory Square. With the help of Stella Dore Gallery and The Brass Monkey, the hoardings have been completely transformed. With references to the birthplace of television, the colourful hoardings are attracting a lot of attention and have significantly brightened up an otherwise bland space in the…
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Hastings town centre flowers

It’s been bloomin’ marvelous…

The extra hanging baskets, flowering troughs and tubs the BID put up on behalf of businesses around the town this summer have had some great responses from people who loved the way they brightened things up. However, like all good things the flowers have come to an end, and at our request IdVerde’s staff have this week…
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New business ambassador for the town centre

Wearing a smart blue uniform with a distinctive ‘Love Hastings’ logo, the new ambassador is easy to spot. Peter Rolfe may be a familiar face to many people as he previously worked successfully as a council street warden – and now he’s back in Hastings with a mission to clean up the town…in every way possible. Pictured here with BID manager,…
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Hastings Pride

Hastings Pride week begins!

Hastings Pride week is here! Enjoy a jam-packed week of events in Hastings town centre. Tuesday 22nd August 2018Film Screening: Breakfast on Pluto (7pm) Hastings and Rother Rainbow Alliance’s Trans Support Group presents this 2005 British-Irish film by Neil Jordan, starring Cillian Murphy as a transgender woman searching for love and her long-lost mother in…
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Red Arrows come to Hastings

We backed the The Red Arrows over Hastings!

Hastings RAF 100 To commemorate 100 years of the Royal Air Force, Hastings RAF 100 brought the magnificent spectacle of the Red Arrows and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight to Hastings town centre…with support from the Business Improvement District. The displays both brought large numbers of visitors to the town. Other entertainment and attractions took…
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