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A £128,000 fund has been created to support independent and small shops across the borough and to pay for town centre improvement works.Eligible businesses in Crawley town centre and the neighbourhood parades will be able to bid for grants of up to £5,000 toward significant visual improvements to their frontage, or…

More than 250 people visited a jobs fair laid on by Crawley Borough Council last week with 21 potential employers and agencies to approach.Exhibitors included WH Smith, Cova Security Gates, Siemens and People’s Partnership, as well as One Resourcing which is recruiting for various roles at Gatwick airport.The Employ…

British Airways Holidays has signed up to be the next tenant of The Create Building.The company has signed a lease for the top (eighth) floor and will move into the building, on The Boulevard in Crawley town centre, in April.This signing follows the announcement in December that Varian Medical Systems Ltd had agreed a…

The Create Building has its second commercial tenant.A company has signed a lease for the seventh floor and will move into the building, on The Boulevard in Crawley town centre, in April.The Create Building is a nine-storey building with 5.5 floors of Grade A commercial office space. It’s owned by Crawley Borough…

Seventeen maps in the town centre have been updated to include the businesses, services and retailers that have moved into Crawley since 2018.The installation of the new maps and artwork on the existing totem signage represents the ever-changing landscape of the town centre.The updates can be found at:The BroadwayThe…

There is continuing support from Crawley Borough Council for local businesses with grants of up to £4,000 available for firms with fewer than 50 employees.To help create a more prosperous local economy, the council will match-fund successful applicants seeking to either start an enterprise, expand their services or…

The start of the main construction of the state-of-the-art Crawley Innovation Centre has been marked with a golden hammer ceremony.The £13.15 million project – at the former TUI Travel House off Fleming Way in Manor Royal – has begun in earnest and is expected to be open in October.The ceremony was attended by…

Four weeks of initial public consultation began today (Monday 19 February) on draft proposals to deliver major improvements around Crawley bus station and its adjoining streets.Phase one of the Station Gateway regeneration scheme will include transformation of the public spaces on The Martlets, Haslett Avenue West and…

An office block has been bought by Crawley Borough Council with the potential to add 121 new homes to its affordable housing stock.Purchase of Longley House in Southgate was completed last week, and the site already has planning approval for apartments to replace the existing building.With brownfield land in the…

The Create Building has been awarded a rating of Excellent for its design, construction and impact on the environment after going through one of leading globally-recognised appraisal processes.The Building Research Establishment has reviewed the nine-storey building, which hosts the new Town Hall and commercial…