Our latest news — articles for February 2016
Council to help first-time buyers get on the housing ladder

Arun District Council has joined a national scheme that helps first-time buyers purchase their own home.
The Council’s Cabinet approved the introduction the Local Authority Mortgage Scheme (LAMS) when it met on Monday, 8 February, 2016....
Read Council to help first-time buyers get on the housing ladder…New Leisure Centre on the horizon

Plans to build a multi-million pound leisure centre in Littlehampton have officially been given the green light...
Read New Leisure Centre on the horizon…Arun Wellbeing Fuel Poverty Team scoop awards

Arun District Council project to keep vulnerable Arun and Chichester residents warm scoops national award
Arun District Council and project partners are celebrating after their project was named a national Community Action Award winner.
The Community Action Awards, which are run by national fuel poverty charity NEA in partnership with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and British Gas, recognise excellence and innovation in tackling fuel poverty and improving energy efficiency amongst vulnerable households.
Read Arun Wellbeing Fuel Poverty Team scoop awards…Town centre manager recognised for ‘remarkable achievements’

Since taking up the town centre manager post in 2014, Toyubur’s work with the town centre traders has resulted in a reduction in vacant premises from 35 to 23 shops [which equates to 8.8% vacancy rate ...
Read Town centre manager recognised for ‘remarkable achievements’…Course helps tourism businesses give their websites a boost

Tourism businesses benefitted from a technical tune up when they attended a Google Analytics training course hosted by Sussex by the Sea, the tourism and marketing brand for Arun District Council.
The half-day course was run by Tourism South East’s digital expert Jon Sharkey, who has undertaken qualifications in Google’s Analytics Academy and has used them to significantly grow traffic on the Visit South East England tourism website over the past two and a half years....
Read Course helps tourism businesses give their websites a boost…