Stuart Baillie has worked in the newspaper industry for almost 40 years and in that time he has seen the willingness of our public servants to speak publicly evaporate. Here he recalls the ‘halcyon days’ when the local MP was just a phone call away and compares that with his efforts to get Hastings Borough […]
The August the Eat Out to Help Out scheme delivered nearly 100,000 discounted meals across Hastings and Rye. The Government backed scheme was designed to encourage people back out to our restaurants, pubs and bars to get those businesses back on their feet after they had been forced to close as a result of the […]
On Friday leaders of Hastings Borough Council trumpeted its success in distributing £1m of discretionary cash to local businesses hit by the Covid-19 crisis. In her weekly video address to local people the council’s leader Kim Forward said: “I am glad that we’ve distributed this fund quickly to those eligible who need support.” HBC says […]
Reopening bowling greens and installing new outdoor exercise equipment is the recipe to improve people’s fitness and mental health Conservative member of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) Councillor Sorrell Marlow-Eastwood says it’s time to improve the town’s green spaces and sports facilities and is calling for up to £1m to be spent improving the towns green […]
Already under fire for a perceived lack of openness Hastings Borough Council (HBC) looks to have scored a massive own-goal this weekend by not telling anyone it had given permission for a Covid-19 testing station to set up on The Stade. “…people who think they have Covid are strolling through the busy narrow streets of […]
Criticism is mounting over what is being described as a lack of transparency and willingness to communicate at Hastings Borough Council (HBC). The criticism is not just coming from politicians but from campaigners, former councillors and members of the public too. Liberal Democrat Nick Perry says: “I am increasingly aware from various different local sources […]
The fragile nature of the commercial property market was laid bare yesterday when a number of high-profile, high street names called in administrators. Among those was the Harveys furniture group. While there is no Harveys store in Hastings its subsidiary Bensons for Beds is a tenant of Hastings Borough Council in Bexhill Road. The chain, […]
Why the collapse of one of the UK’s biggest property companies should ring warning bells in Muriel Matters House… Two years ago Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) rush to invest in commercial property was described as a ‘ticking time bomb of over extended borrowing’. In the two years since, many voices both local and national have […]
Resurfacing work on some of the worst areas of Battle Road gets underway next month. East Sussex County Council will be carrying out carriageway resurfacing works on B2159 Battle Road from Monday July 13th with the work expected to continue until Wednesday August 26th. Battle Road will be closed to through traffic between 9am and […]
