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The council’s Employ Crawley team has been helping about 30 staff affected by the imminent closure of the town’s Wilko store.It will stop trading in one of the early waves of closures this Sunday (17 September), so the job-hunting and employment preparation specialists have visited staff in The Broadway again this…

Two CCTV cameras have been installed in the Memorial Gardens in Crawley town centre following concerns about crime and anti-social behaviour from residents and businesses.The cameras, which went live on 8 August, have been purchased by the Safer Crawley Partnership, which has secured funding via the Safer Streets 4…

Crawley Borough Council has launched the Crawley Greentech Business Growth Fund to grow local businesses in the green technology and zero/low carbon construction sectors.The Fund provides three tiers of grant support:Start-up grants of up to £10,000 to support new businesses in the greentech sector;Business…

Crawley Borough Council is improving energy efficiency in its housing stock through a ‘fabric first’ approach thanks to £4m from the Towns Fund.Work is currently proposed to flats with cavity walls that have no insulation or existing insulation that is in poor condition.This method of insulation is not possible for…

The Create Building has its first commercial tenant. A company has signed a lease for half of the sixth floor and will move into the building, on The Boulevard in Crawley town centre, in October 2023. The Create Building is a nine-storey building with 5.5 floors of Grade A commercial office space. It’s owned by…

A new Changing Places toilet – the second in Crawley – has opened at The Hawth. Crawley Borough Council was awarded a grant of £97,000 from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to install Changing Places toilets at The Hawth theatre and K2 Crawley leisure centre. Changing Places…

Nine park tennis courts in Crawley have been officially reopened after a £270,000 renovation, funded by the UK Government, LTA Tennis Foundation and Crawley Borough Council.  Tennis courts in West Green Park, which are among those to have benefited from this investment, hosted a ceremony attended by 200…

STEM in the Park returned to a sunny Memorial Gardens in Crawley on Saturday 20 May attracting around 4,300 children, parents and grandparents for a a spectacular day of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). The aim of STEM in the Park is to engage all ages in STEM activities by utilising teamwork,…

STEM in the Park is returning to the Memorial Gardens on Saturday 20 May for more free fun. This popular event will showcase a festival of STEM-related activities for young people and their families to enjoy. Just turn up for this free event and participate in numerous entertaining and engaging STEM (science,…

Mayo Wynne Baxter has won the Professional Services Firm of the Year category, sponsored by Crawley Borough Council, at the 15th Gatwick Diamond Business Awards last week (Thursday 23 March). The specialist law firm has a number of offices in the south east including Crawley and was selected as winners by Gatwick…