World Heritage Status for Dover?
Ambitious plans to boost tourism in Dover by bringing together businesses in the sector were unveiled at a meeting at Betteshanger Park near Deal. More than 40 local businesses, from…
Ashford Port Health gets go ahead for border checks at Sevington
Ashford Borough Council has welcomed a Government announcement confirming that checks will still be required on EU goods and that the facility at the Sevington Inland Border Facility is likely…
MP pressing for urgent repairs on Deal’s Art Deco Regent building
The Regent shortly before it closed 14-years-ago Dover & Deal MP, Natalie Elphicke, this week visited the Regent building on Deal’s seafront amid residents’ concerns about the familiar Art Deco…
Sparshatt’s celebrates apprenticeship programmes in Kent
Sparshatt Truck & Van Ltd, a Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealership, has marked National Apprenticeship week by celebrating the success of its Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician apprenticeship schemes. Based…
Water company improves futures for young people in Kent
As part of Southern Water’s ongoing activities to support communities it has awarded five £10,000 grants to regional charities working to support improved futures for young people. Under Level 1…
Port of Dover keeps supermarket fruit shelves well stocked in run up to Christmas
Unloading fruit at Dover Image: Port of Dover… December has seen the Port of Dover’s cargo business handle a huge supply of perishable fruit with five Seatrade and GreenSea vessels…
‘Government’s feet held to fire’ after challenges faced by Kent farming and rural businesses
With the summer months topping 40C and field fires breaking out with alarming regularity, the heat was certainly on farming and rural businesses in 2022. But it was not the…
How Rebel taught Tonbridge Kerry everything university didn’t
Kerry Barton… When Kerry Barton developed a late love of learning, she went on to achieve academic distinction, leaving West Kent College, part of the University of Kent, with a…
Kent Tornadoes Korfball Club score sponsorship deal with Mercedes Truck & Van dealership
Tornadoes Korfball Second Team in their Sparshatt Truck & Van branded kits… Sparshatt Truck & Van Ltd, a Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealership, has confirmed its sponsorship of a korfball team…
Scores of children who sleep on sofas or on the floor helped by ‘bed-building’ volunteers in Thanet
More than 140 volunteers took part in the Big Bed Build project at Discovery Park More than 140 volunteers recruited from businesses at Discovery Park recently took part in the…