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Breakfast Club - Every Wednesday
When and where: Woody's Bar & Grill
Every Wednesday 7.00am - 8.30am
Woody's Bar & Grill / Peacehaven Golf Club
Brighton Road
Newhaven
BN9 9UH
Telephone: 01273 515566
(Paul Boswell)
Cost:
Guests are very welcome and can pay for the breakfast on the day, £8.50 per breakfast. Full or continental breakfast is available. Regular members can pay by standing order at £36.85 per month.
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Chambers Hear About Offshore Wind Farm
26th September 2011
A wind farm off the Sussex coast could provide enough energy to power 430,000 Sussex homes a year.
If the Rampion farm gets the go-ahead, Chamber members were told, between 95 and 195 turbines will be positioned in the Channel about 13 kilometres from the shore.
It will be "a power station in the sea", Chris Tomlinson, Rampion development manager for energy company E.on, told a joint meeting of Peacehaven, Newhaven and Seaford Chambers at Peacehaven Golf Club on Monday 26 September .
He welcomed the shift to renewable energy but cautioned there was "no one silver bullet." There is ten times more energy in the sea than from the wind but commercial wave and tidal power may be 15 years in the future. E.on owns 21 wind farms in Britain - 18 on land, three offshore. To meet the country's renewable energy targets two turbines would have to be built every day until 2020.
The Rampion farm, named after the county flower of Sussex, could be lighting homes by 2017, said Mr Tomlinson. Electricity would be fed through a 30-kilometre underground cable to a substation at Bolney in Mid Sussex. E.on plans to use local companies and workers where possible and an operational base at either Newhaven or Shoreham will bring jobs.
A widespread consultation and environmental impact process has begun and a final decision on whether Rampion can be built will be made by the Secretary of State in 2013. If the minister gives the go-ahead, construction will begin in 2014.
The meeting finished with a question and answer session.
Fraud Advisor Talk
Dick Bollard, The Fraud Advisor, who (for the purpose of this talk) describes himself as 'Probably the Best Detective in the World' will be telling stories about fraud, false statistics, identity theft, scams and anything else that comes to mind. If that's not enough, there will be a free quiz with a prize! Can you afford not to come?
Date: Thursday 17th November 2011
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: The Newhaven Enterprise Centre, Denton Island, Newhaven, East Sussex,
Cost: Free to Newhaven Chamber members £5.00 per non- member (payable on admission) including light but excellent refreshments!
To reserve your place please call Kathy on 0780 919 8233 or email office@newhavenchamber.co.uk
Chamber Xmas Dinner
Join us for our annual dinner full of festive fun at Woodys Bar & Grill. Everyone is welcome, members can bring partners and guests. A full menu from the excellent chefs at Woodys will be published shortly for you to choose from and there will be a raffle on the night for the Chamber's choosen charity Searchlight. Booking is essential.
Date: Friday 2nd December 2011
Venue: Woodys Bar & Grill
Time: 7pm onwards
Cost: £25.00 per head
To reserve your place please call Kathy on 0780 919 8233 or email office@newhavenchamber.co.uk
Events
Wed 18th January 2012
VISITOR DAY - ALL WELCOME
Wed 25th January 2012
Paul Yates Smith - Sussex Business Bureau
Wed 1st February 2012
David Poynter - Accountant
Breakfast Club
The Newhaven Chamber of Commerce Networking Breakfast Club meets weekly and is an excellent way to meet new customers and suppliers for your business.
Forthcoming speakers:
TBC