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Mooeys Horsham turns ten, refits the salon and signs on for five more years
Mooeys Horsham has new flooring, wallpaper and seating after 75,000 appointments in ten years. The salon has also signed a new five-year lease.
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Horsham has lost four in five of its B&Bs since 2016, while 633 Airbnb-style lets have filled the gap
Horsham district's B&Bs and guest houses fell from 40 to 8 in ten years, a new council study finds. Short-term lets now make up 82% of places to stay.
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Food and drink
A Horsham pizza is the UK's second most trending Deliveroo order of 2026
Monte Forte's Diavola pizza from East Street, Horsham, is second in Deliveroo's UK top 10 for 2026, behind only a bag of ice, and seventh in the world.
Jobs
Horsham claimant count jumps 80 to 1,790 in September
1,790 people claimed in September, up 80 in a month and the highest since February 2025. At 2.0% Horsham is still the lowest rate in West Sussex.
Business
King's Award 2026: Horsham firms take all 3 West Sussex wins
Metricell has been handed its King's Award at its Horsham office. All three West Sussex winners this year are Horsham district firms: Metricell, Dog-G8 and ERG.
Jobs
Horsham Employment Hub back for year 3: 31 jobs so far
Horsham's free Employment Hub and Think Futures youth service run for another year. In two years the Hub got 31 people into work. How to book and who to call.
Planning
Mowbray Employment Park: County Flood Team Objects to Plan
West Sussex's flood team objects to Mowbray Employment Park's drainage. Council officers want wider hedgerow buffers and a plot for an 80-unit start-up hub.
Business
Horsham new companies: 72 firms registered in September
72 new companies at Horsham district addresses in September, from a meat retailer on Bishopric to a pub firm at Rusper's Plough. Six went into liquidation.
Food hygiene
Horsham food hygiene ratings: 32 fives and 4 lower scores
Horsham district's 36 hygiene ratings for August and September: 32 fives, three 4s and a 3 for the Royal Oak at Wineham. No business in the district is rated 0.
Business
COOK Horsham reopens on the Carfax with a kitchen island
COOK's Carfax shop reopened on 2 October, the first in the chain with its new kitchen look. Open 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday, 10.30am to 4pm Sunday.
Business
Joanna's Tearoom: Chichester Arm Wound Up, Storrington Open
The company behind Joanna's Chichester tearoom went into liquidation on 21 September. Storrington is still taking bookings, with its own firm in administration.
Business
Slinfold firm ERG to receive King's Award on 12 October
The Lord-Lieutenant hands ERG its King's Award for international trade at Slinfold on 12 October. The air pollution firm employs 159 and dates from 1978.
Horsham
Horsham's New Curry Centre Named Best Restaurant 2026
The London Road restaurant won Best Restaurant of the Year 2026 at the Global Power Awards in London on 21 September. What we checked, and what we did not.
Jobs
Horsham Claimant Count Up 60, Lowest Rate in West Sussex
1,750 claimed in August, the sharpest monthly rise since February 2025. At 2.0 per cent Horsham is still the lowest rate in West Sussex; Crawley is 4.6.
Swan Walk
Swan Walk Horsham: Carfax Mall open, rest still shut
The Carfax Mall is open again, as far as Next and TG Jones. The Post Office inside is listed open 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday. No date for the rest.
Jobs
Horsham Jobs and Skills Fair 2026: over 450 jobseekers came
Over 450 jobseekers and more than 30 employers filled the Drill Hall on 30 September, the first year the Horsham fair ran into the evening. Who was there.
Business
Storrington tearoom firm in administration, still open
Administrators were appointed to Joanna's Boutique Tearoom on 24 August, and to its Cranleigh company the same day. All three tearooms are still taking bookings.
Planning
Mowbray Employment Park: 977 jobs, comments by 15 Sept
Legal & General's outline plan for Mowbray, north Horsham: up to 59,416 sqm of workspace, 977 jobs forecast, buildings to 16m. Comments close 15 September.
Jobs
Horsham claimant count: under-25 claims up 19% in a year
1,725 people in Horsham district claimed unemployment benefits in July, up 30 on the year. Every bit of that rise came from under-25s: 260 to 310.
Business
Three Horsham market traders in UK final this Friday
Garden to Jar, Silver Hollow Jewellery and Brownie Alchemy reach the NMTF national final in Stratford-upon-Avon on 28 and 29 August. All three trade in Horsham.
Swan Walk
Swan Walk Horsham Fully Reopens After 11 Weeks Closed
Swan Walk in Horsham fully reopened on 1 October, 11 weeks after closing, and the Wellbeing Hub followed on 5 October. Prize lockers run on four dates to 18 October.
Jobs
Horsham district's jobless claimant count holds at 1,730 in June, half the national rate
1,730 people in Horsham district were claiming unemployment-related benefits in June 2026, the ONS claimant count shows. At 2.0% of working-age residents, the district's rate is far below the South East's 3.1% and the UK's 3.9%.
Food hygiene
Horsham district food hygiene ratings, July 2026: a perfect month as all 24 inspected businesses score 5
Every Horsham district food business rated in July 2026 got the top hygiene score of 5, from Cote Brasserie and Monte Forte on East Street to village pubs in Partridge Green and Two Mile Ash. 24 ratings, not one below the top mark.