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• Planning permission needed for housing on Manor Royal

  01 August 2016

  Crawley Borough Council’s attempt to stop offices and storage and distribution warehouses in the Manor Royal Business District being converted to housing without planning permission has been successful.

• Gatwick Diamond Initiative Provides Vital Link in Local Supply Chain

  18 July 2016

  This year’s Gatwick Diamond Meet the Buyers event, held on 14 July at the Arora Hotel in Crawley, once again demonstrated the power of face-to-face negotiations in building strong local supply chains.

• London Mayor Sadiq Khan hails Gatwick’s decision to boost £1.2bn capital investment plan

  18 July 2016

  The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, visited Gatwick to hail the airport’s decision to boost its investment in the airport by an additional £200 million.

• Business Growth Grants - don't miss out!

  11 July 2016

  Are you a small or medium business, planning to grow and to create new jobs but not finding it easy to raise the finance required? Would a capital grant of up to 40% of the total project cost make the difference between going ahead with your growth plans and not being able to? If so, apply for a Coast to Capital Business Growth Grant (closing date: 30 September 2016)

• Gatwick breaks global records and stands ready to deliver airport expansion for Britain

  07 July 2016

  Gatwick Airport today published its annual results which again reinforce why the airport is the best and only deliverable option for the UK’s next runway.

• Green Light for Transformative Redevelopment of Crawley Town Centre

  05 July 2016

  The Arora Group in coordination with Crawley Borough Council is pleased to announce that outline planning permission for the high-quality development on the site of the Overline House office building and Crawley railway station has been granted.

• Business Leaders show support for Gatwick Second Runway

  21 June 2016

  Jeff Alexander, Executive Director of the Gatwick Diamond Initiative, has joined other business organisations in co-signing a letter to the Prime Minister urging for expansion at Gatwick Airport.

• Gatwick Diamond Initiative Sponsors Challenging Growth Forum

  15 June 2016

  Over 150 leaders from the public and private sector gathered to discuss opportunities for the Gatwick Diamond economy at the Gatwick Diamond Economic Growth Forum on 9 June 2016.

• Manor Royal BID Leads the Way with £270,000 Project

  07 June 2016

  Getting lost when navigating around Manor Royal Business District should be a thing of the past thanks to the completion of an iconic £270,000 wayfinding project delivered by the Manor Royal BID and its partners.

• Launching the infocus Awards for Women In Innovation

  06 June 2016

  Women with potential to be successful entrepreneurs and leaders in innovation can apply for support and funding to help them to succeed.

• Apply now for Coast to Capital Region Business Growth Grants

  06 June 2016

  Are you a small or medium business, planning to growth and to create new jobs but not finding it easy to raise the finance required? Would a capital grant of up to 40% of the total project cost make the difference between going ahead with your growth plans and not being able to?

• World’s largest self-service bag drop zone opens

  24 May 2016

  Gatwick Airport has today opened the world’s largest self-service bag drop zone following an 18 month construction programme as part of the transformation of the North Terminal.

• New lanyard launched to assist passengers with hidden disabilities

  24 May 2016

  Gatwick Airport has today launched a first-of-its-kind lanyard for passengers with hidden disabilities who may require additional support when travelling through the airport.

• Norwegian announces UK’s cheapest direct flight to Las Vegas

  24 May 2016

  Norwegian’s award-winning low-cost transatlantic flights continue as Las Vegas becomes eighth US destination

• Manor Royal ‘Know your Neighbour’ brings businesses together

  19 May 2016

  Hundreds of delegates from a wide range of businesses across Manor Royal packed Crawley’s Crowne Plaza Hotel conference centre yesterday for the business district’s networking event of the year.

• Business broadband review: call for evidence

  19 May 2016

  Government is seeking your views on how the UK can improve superfast broadband access for businesses.

• West Sussex Weekends visitor marketing campaign for 2016 has been launched

  19 May 2016

  The West Sussex Weekends visitor campaign is part of the County Council’s Beautiful Outdoors Bold Idea to help address economic challenges and support businesses and economic growth.

• Gatwick celebrates 80th anniversary of first flight and serves 41 million passengers annually for the first time ever

  17 May 2016

  May 17th marks the 80th anniversary of the very first commercial flight from Gatwick, to Paris. Since then the airport has grown to become the world’s most efficient single runway airport, with a flight taking off or landing nearly every minute, and this week has served 41 million passengers for the first time ever.

• NOW LAUNCHED Coast to Capital Region Business Growth Grants Programme

  11 May 2016

  The Coast to Capital Region Business Growth Grants Programme has launched and we are inviting Expressions of Interest from Small and Medium (SME) sized businesses that are looking to grow and to create new jobs.

• Gatwick Airport responds to Transport Committee report on airport expansion

  05 May 2016

  Only Gatwick can deliver the economic benefits airport expansion would bring without the dramatic and unacceptable impacts on noise and air quality. Gatwick expansion would deliver an equal number of short haul and long haul routes and bring about greater net economic benefits