Council cash boosts low-carbon laundrette

A NEWLY-launched, low-carbon laundrette is one of five businesses to benefit from council cash earmarked to improve the look of the high street.
By The Newsroom
Published 28th Jun 2014, 10:00 BST
New eco-friendly laundrette opening in South Street, LancingNew eco-friendly laundrette opening in South Street, Lancing
New eco-friendly laundrette opening in South Street, Lancing

Wash & Go, which features ‘intelligent’ machines with eco-friendly features such as weighing laundry to avoid wasting water, is the latest to take advantage of a council scheme to help firms renovate and revamp their shop-fronts.

Shopkeepers can claim up to £1,000 towards improvements from a pot of £20,000, half funded by Adur Council.

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One year since the scheme was launched, and the works are starting to show as five firms have spruced up their shop-fronts.

Dave Brown & Son Butchers has installed a new canopy, The Village Florist has had a new blind and fascia signs, IC Photographics has had new fascia signs, and the Premier Takeaway has had a total revamp including window graphics and fascia boards.

Wash & Go was in need of far more help than just a new sign, and repairs to the damaged brickwork and plaster have now been carried out.

Owner Trevor Craig fully embraced the scheme by sourcing a traditional, hand-painted sign made from marine plywood to keep the original style alive, and said he was delighted with the results.

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Funding has been set aside to transform for three empty units at Queensway Parade into a family-friendly bistro and bar, while a further grant has been approved for one of Lancing’s oldest businesses, the builder’s merchant Gardner & Scardifield.