An intervention by Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Jason Sugarman has helped to save a Newhaven café from closure.
The star café in the High Street was under threat of closure pending a court hearing in April.
The owner Mr Ibo Akyuz was unable to pay the rates to Lib Dem controlled Lewes District Council because of the effects of the recession and they had instigated court proceedings.
Jason Sugarman heard about Mr Akyuz plight and asked local Councillors Robbie Robertson and his father Cyril Sugarman to persuade the District Council to drop the case and accept delayed payment.
Jason said “ It is businesses like these that a new Conservative Government would help. We believe in small businesses and shops and will do all we can to support them especially as we rise slowely out of the recession. For the Lib Dem controlled District Council to instigate court proceedings shows a complete lack of understanding of the plight of many small businesses”
Mr Akyuz said “I received a court demand for payment of rates from the Libdem controlled District council. Because of the recession and the fact that Newhaven has been so badly let down by the Libdems I would have been forced to close my business. All other bills for rent, gas and electricity had agreed a payment timetable to help me through the recession. The Libdems who run Newhaven would not help me with this so I turned to Jason Sugarman and his council colleagues who immediately assisted me with this problem. He has saved my business by getting the District Council to delay the demand giving me time to pay.
If Jason Sugarman had not helped I would have been forced to close
my business and we would have had another empty shop on the High Street. We need change in Newhaven and this is why I want to support Jason Sugarman as my next MP for Newhaven as I believe he has the best policies to start recovery in Newhaven”
