The Old Market: Financial History
Thu, 10/12/09 – 15:09 | 6 Comments

After having their planning application for the Old Market rejected Trustees have launched a petition to request money from the local council. Tony Davenport discovers that things are not quite as they seem.

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Your Letters

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Sussex’s Local Authorities Spend £50 Million on Managers
Fri, 13/02/09 – 16:50 | One Comment

Authorities across Sussex have come under fire for spending large amounts on management. A total of 170 managers, each earning more than £50,000, were employed by Brighton and Hove City Council in 2006/7, costing the …

Developer Fined £30,000
Fri, 13/02/09 – 16:48 | No Comment

A development company who felled five 50-year-old trees in a bid to increase the value of the land on which the trees stood has been fined £30,000. Action was taken by Brighton and Hove City …

Arthouse Cinema Expansion Plans
Fri, 13/02/09 – 16:44 | No Comment

The Duke of York’s cinema at Preston Circus is eyeing up the neighbouring fire station marked for potential closure as a possibility to expand with more screens. If such a thing comes to pass, then …

Sussex Police Bosses Enjoy Night at the Grand – at the Taxpayers’ Expense
Fri, 13/02/09 – 16:41 | No Comment

When it is time for a police conference what better to do than take ten top officers to the £250-a-head Grand Hotel, all at the taxpayers’ expense of course, rather than the police conference centre …

Squatters Leave Fife House
Fri, 13/02/09 – 16:38 | No Comment

The group of squatters who had taken over historic Fife House in Lewes Crescent have departed, leaving only a few beer cans to show that they were ever there.

Council Chief ‘Retires’
Fri, 13/02/09 – 16:34 | No Comment

Now this is an interesting one. Council chief executive Alan McCarthy is set to take early retirement, but that’s not quite how the story went originally. Initial reports on the Argus website stated that Mr. …

International Graduate Students Help Out In The Lanes
Fri, 13/02/09 – 15:31 | No Comment

Unique international collaboration for Brighton’s Lanes A unique international collaboration between a team of development researchers and the Lanes Business Network is exploring the future of the business community in the Lanes this month. 
“The Lanes …

Letters: Make Our Streets Safer
Fri, 13/02/09 – 13:04 | No Comment

I am writing to bring Regency readers attention to the dangers of the crossroads of Clifton Hill, Windlesham Avenue, Denmark Terrace and Vernon Terrace. From the 4th September to 17th November 2008 there were 4 accidents. The first one had a …

Letters: More On Communal Bins
Fri, 13/02/09 – 3:09 | No Comment

We are the unfortunate family outside whose listed home resides the communal bin to which Mrs Leeds refers.
We received a consultation questionnaire and vented our opposition vigorously, along with most of the other local NON …

Letters: Communal Bins
Fri, 13/02/09 – 3:07 | No Comment

When we were first consulted about the communal bins, the residents of Clifton Road sent in a petition against them. All but 2 residents were firmly against having these bins in our Road.
Clifton Road is …