Recruitment, Employment Advice and Job Matching

Jobcentre Plus

Address: Bexhill Jobcentre, Amherst Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1QH
Phone: 0345 6043719
Email: Bexhill Job Centre Plus

Opening Times:

• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 09:00-12:30 and 13:30-17:00
• Wednesday: 10:00-12:30 and 13:30-17:00

Jobcentre Plus (For Rye and Battle Areas)

Address: Hastings Job Centre Plus, Heron House, 149/159 London Road, St Leonards on Sea, TN37 6LJ
Phone: 01424 452000

Social and Community Enterprise

Rother Voluntary Action

Address: 47 London Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3JX
Phone: 01424 217259
Email: Rother Voluntary Action Email
Website: Rother Voluntary Action Website

RVA is a community led organisation supporting Rother’s voluntary and community sector in Rother District, East Sussex and directly providing facilities and services to the community and assisting in social enterprise businesses.

Crime Prevention for Business

Safer Rother Partnership

Email: Community Safety
Phone:  01424 787 385
Website: Safer Rother Partnership Page

The Safer Rother Partnership brings different agencies together to keep Rother a safe place to live, work and visit. Our statutory partners are:

• Sussex Police who have a significant amount of information and support on keeping your business safe from crime.
• Rother District Council
• East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
• NHS Hastings and Rother CCG
• East Sussex County Council
• Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service

Energy Efficiency

Email: Carbon Smart
Phone: 01323 790030

If you run a business in East Sussex, you can get support to reduce its environmental impact and increase profits.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available to small and medium sized businesses and social enterprises in East Sussex to invest in projects that will reduce your energy bills and cut your carbon footprint.

Eligible projects may include:

• Energy efficient lighting
• Heating Controls
• Insulation and Draught Proofing
• Renewable Energy Technologies

Both the grants and Energy Audits are available on a first-come-first served basis.

Exports

Sussex Chamber of Commerce

Phone: 0844 3759550
Email: Sussex Chamber of Commerce Email
Website: Sussex Chamber of Commerce Website

Sussex Chamber of commerce is the accredited International Chamber of Commerce for the region and support chamber members to develop their international trade.  They provide a range of international trade services including training courses and export documentation and organise events including the Sussex International Trade Forum.

Whether you are getting started in export, building an overseas presence or importing, they are there to help you.  Sussex Chamber of Commerce can help you to locate suppliers (for example translators, language training, an freight forwarders) from within our membership.