Good find in Tunbridge Wells – Pigwidgeon and Pye

If you happen to find yourself thirsty or hungry in Tunbridge Wells then I recommend you check out Pigwidgeon and Pye just up the high street from the famous Pantiles area. The vibe is great, the layout is quirky and works well and the coffee and cakes are delicious. It is a cafe bar, so…



If it’s good enough for Barbara Windsor, it’s good enough for me!

By Guest Blogger – Jill Woolf Patisserie Valerie, 86-87 Western Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 1JB Tel: 01273 326271 As a savvy PR and marketing guru (someone else’s words, not mine), I’m always on the look-out for new and exciting places to hold informal meetings. And if cake is involved, so much the better. Although…

A haven of quiet at Mr Wolfe Cafe – 15 Montpelier Place, Brighton, BN1 3BH

By Guest Blogger – Kate Bacon Mr Wolfe Café on Montpelier Place (the confusing road that morphs from Upper North Street to Montpelier Place in Brighton, before turning into Lansdowne Road as it reaches Hove) is a new addition to a tiny row of shops consisting of lmnop (artist made and self published books and…

Relax and eat cake at Slice Sussex – 6 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2FL

By Guest Blogger – Carol Lewis When Pete asked me to volunteer to eat cake and all I had to do afterwards was to write a blog for his website, I was well up for it! I decided to go try out Slice on Church Road as it’s only just opened and I love trying…

Can’t shoot laser beams from my eyes

I felt sure that, like Peter Parker being bitten by a radioactive spider and gaining uncanny abilities, I would gain at least the ability to shoot laser beams from my eyes by submitting myself to laser eye surgery. Alas, not. On the plus side, after my recent LASIK eye surgery at Optimax Hove I can…

Chambers Bistro – Shoreham by Sea: Good for lunch meetings

Disclaimer: I didn’t have any cake this time. A very nice place to meet a business colleague for lunch. Peaceful ambience, discrete service and reasonable prices. I enjoyed a tasty minute steak with hand cut chips and a red wine sauce for £8.50, while my colleague selected 3 tapas dishes (he rated the meatballs most highly,…

WP-Touch plugin future proofing my blog

I’m extremely impressed with the WP-Touch plugin I’ve just installed on my blog. This plugin picks up whether you are viewing the blog from a mobile device like an iPhone or Android phone and displays the blog in a more user friendly way for that size of device. As more and more website visitors are…

Moved my personal blog for better branding

With the help of my apprentice Ross, I’ve finally got around to moving my personal blog from its previous home on Blogger. It had the rather un-useful website address of peteblog.com – just how many Pete’s are there with blogs, how would you know it was me? Handily, petejenkins.com came up for purchase a short…

Debate: Should Brighton have a Business District?

As Chair of the Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce Local Issues working group I was pleased to be part of our recent debate on whether Brighton & Hove should have a business district. A business district is an area of high density offices, shops & some residential, which generally means very tall buildings. As…

Do businesses need Word documents anymore?

Microsoft recently launched Office 2010 & they’re marketing the ability to use your Word documents anywhere (whether through Office or Sharepoint). I thought that sounds handy, but then I thought what do I actually use Word for? I normally review the use of every other piece of software in my business before deciding to upgrade…

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