Mike Shorer Fine Jewellery is proof that heritage businesses can adapt to modern challenges. With support from the Let’s Do Business Group and the Newhaven Enterprise Zone, Mike transformed his Newhaven workshop with solar power, energy-efficient upgrades, and new tools — cutting costs, reducing carbon, and future-proofing his craft.

The Let’s Do Business Group team are proud to announce they have been successful in securing funding to deliver business support in Hastings, East Sussex through the RISE programme funded by Hastings Borough Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Leads Direct Ltd, a Newhaven-based supplier of tailored power leads and cable solutions, expanded its warehouse capacity and improved operations through the Newhaven Enterprise Zone’s Refurbishment of Employment Space Fund.

Concluding in March 2025, for 2 years Let’s Do Business Group have been proud to deliver business support and training to businesses across the North Essex districts of Braintree, Colchester, Chelmsford, Maldon and Tendring – helping to spark economic growth in the region, and support businesses to start up, grow and thrive.