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LEWES'S PREMIER BUSINESS LUNCH
Our Business lunches are held on the 2nd Friday of every month at our regular home of (Chamber Member) Cote Brasserie, Lewes and is open to all businesses in Lewes and the surrounding area (and you don’t have to be a Chamber member to attend).
HELP FOR BUSINESSES
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Latest News
Phoenix Project Update
Many of you will be aware of the purchase of the North St/Phoenix site by Human Nature (Places). The news was announced in December and below are links to their most recent update. It lets you know how you can follow, and become involved in the work they’re...
New lockdown grants and support
The Chamber is Here for You! This is obviously a very difficult time for firms of all sizes as the nation goes back into lock-down, meaning all non-essential businesses have to close again. Businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors are to receive a...
Best Dressed Window Display – The Winners
Throughout December, in conjunction with the "Shop Independent at Christmas" campaign, was the popular Best Dressed Window competition organised by Lewes Chamber of Commerce On Friday 18th December, the judges announced the winners as follows: 1st Place: Riverside...
The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate based on the cost of living. It is voluntarily paid by over 14,000 UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a wage which meets everyday needs – like the weekly shop, or a surprise trip to the dentist. The current rate for the Living Wage for over 18s (2023/24) is £12.00 per hour outside London, and the rate in the capital is now £13.15.
Imagine a community where people with dementia feel confident, understood and supported to live well. It is the vision of the Lewes & District Dementia Action Alliance (LDDAA) to help make the whole of the Lewes District ‘dementia friendly’.
Lewes Chamber of Commerce actively supports LDDAA. If you would like to like to, like us, help them achieve their vision please visit their website for more information.
Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme is the biggest ever initiative to change people’s perceptions of dementia. It aims to transform the way the nation thinks, acts and talks about the condition.
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The Phoenix is a proposed development of a 7.9 hectare brownfield site in Lewes, within the South Downs National Park, brought forward by Human Nature.
A ‘hybrid’ planning application was submitted to the South Downs National Park in March 2023, with an outcome expected in early 2024.