Business News Independent finance firm gives helping hand to children’s disability charity Shoreham-based Pembroke Financial Services donates £3,500 to support Brighton children’s disability charity Whoopsadaisy. By Besi • 1 min read
Business News Who’s the boss behind the bar? @The Crown This month Morgan Fabulous popped into Kemptown to chat with Arly and Bego, owners of the newly refurbished pub, The Crown. The Crown, a freehold venue, offers a variety of spirits and lagers, however Arly and Bego welcome coffee and speciality tea lovers, as they feel that during the day not everyb By Morgan Fabulous • 2 min read
Business News Change of name and major refurb for Charles Street bar After 17 years being a main stay of the Brighton LGBT+ scene, Charles Street bar will be holding a closing down party from 7.30 on Sunday, November 12 called “Sally says – Drink Us Dry!” with special guest cabaret from Cinebra. The venue will be closed to the public for the following four weeks to u By Besi • 2 min read
Business News BUSINESS PROFILE: Brighton’s gay man with a van is back! If you have not moved home in the Brighton area over the last few years, then you probably won’t have noticed that he’s been away. The combination of the panic that comes from turning 40, along with an opportunity presenting itself to explore a different way of life, meant bye-bye England and hello By Besi • 2 min read
Business News Roebuck Inn named best freehouse in the country The Roebuck Inn celebrates after being named the best freehouse in the country in the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards. The awards, which celebrate the best pubs throughout the UK, took place at the Park Lane Hilton, London, on September 7 and saw The Roebuck beat off strong competition from r By Besi • 3 min read
Business News Roebuck Inn scores shortlist hat trick in Great British Pub Awards The Roebuck Inn in Laughton has been shortlisted in three categories of the prestigious John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards and chef/proprietor Dominic McCartan is an individual finalist for a separate award to be given at the ceremony. The rural pub has enjoyed a dramatic transformation after bei By Besi • 2 min read
Business News Who’s the boss behind the bar @Subline This month Morgan Fabulous takes a step out of the usual commercial pop and sequins and heads off to Subline, managed by Steven David Lee, to find out what makes the bar so unique. Subline will have been open for seven years come October and beyond the obvious, which so many think is the big thrust By Morgan Fabulous • 2 min read
Business News Brighton Gin celebrates Brighton Pride with limited edition bottle Brighton Gin to donated percentage of sales to The Rainbow Fund. Small batch, super premium Brighton Gin has created just over 400 limited edition bottles of the UK’s favourite gin (as voted for by the public in the 2017 People’s Drinks Awards) – with specially-created rainbow labels and pink wax se By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Business News George Street barbers to raise money for Sussex Beacon OS Barbers in George Street will once again be raising money for the Sussex Beacon on Friday, August 4. For the third successive year, barbers, George and Joe will be donating all the takings from the haircuts they both do, all day. By Besi • 1 min read
Business News BAR PERSON PROFILE: Deamán O’Firghil O’Corraidhin @Bar Broadway The first person many LGBT+people meet when they arrive in the city is the bar person at their local LGBT+ venue. These gatekeepers to the community provide an important role both befriending and signposting new arrivals. Gscene finds out a bit more about them and what makes them special. By Besi • 2 min read
Michael ‘Mouse’ Burton memorial bench Business News Memorial benches to ‘Mouse and Gloria’ dedicated Friends and colleagues of Michael ‘Mouse’ Burton and Gary ‘Gloria’ Swan gathered under cloudy skies in New Steine Gardens, on Sunday (July 23) to dedicate two memorial benches in both their names. Both Michael and Gary who died unexpectedly towards the end of 2016 were very popular on the commercial By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Absolut explores equality in 2017 with a short film titled ‘Equal Love’ With Pride season underway in Britain, Absolut is celebrating everything the Pride season represents with the launch of a new film, Equal Love, a new limited-edition Rainbow bottle and a partnership with Stonewall, the LGBT Equality Charity. By Besi • 3 min read
