Pevensey Bay has a business blueprint that stretches back nearly 150 years.

The Bay Hotel, for example, was welcoming holidaymakers as far back as 1890. The place also has a long association with the art world, the radio and the film industries. Both Constable and Rossetti were visitors. It was a favourite haunt of Peter Sellers. Oscar award nominated Art Director, Michael Stringer, whose films include the famous Genevieve, lived for many years in the Bay, until his death in 2004.

Couples, families, grandparents, children and grandchildren have long associated the Bay with fond memories of sun, warmth, friendship, family time and romance. The romance of the place itself in its own particular way, has been capturing the hearts of people since before the arrival of the railways.

Today, long-founded, traditional businesses in the hospitality industries mix with a small cluster of shops, restaurants and specialist service based enterprise. The Bay is marked out as being a well established close nexus of interlinked people, organisations and companies.

By mixing a unique legacy with the best of what is new, the Bay does business in its own individual way. It really is a place that can rightly be called a hidden jewel in the crown of Sussex. One of its best kept secrets is the variety and range of business activity within the area.