Mairead lands Kent health trust top job
Mairead_McCormick Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) is welcoming Mairead McCormick as its chief executive after she moved on from her post at the ‘outstanding’ Kingston NHS Foundation Trust.…
Free laptop when you complete free 4 week digital skills course in Dover
A free digital skills course to help people find long-term employment is being rolled out across the district – and there’s a laptop to keep for all those who complete…
BoE to Balance Unemployment with Inflation: How Will Workers Bounce Back?
Photo: Sarah Agnew – Unsplash Stagflation will be one of the most pressing concerns for the Bank of England (BoE) this year, according to a report on UK job loss…
Dover MP Elphicke slams RMT union over upcoming rail strike
Natalie Elphicke MP With the rail network set to grind to a halt next week in a strike over pay and jobs, the conservative MP for Dover and Deal has…
Pay rate for Ashford Council’s lowest paid staff ‘better’ than National Living Wage
The Government’s current rate for the National Living Wage (NLW) (for those aged 23 and over) and the National Minimum Wage (NWM) is £9.50 whereas the council’s lowest hourly rate…
Jobs Fair in Dover to support former P&O workers
Local employers, training, and education providers, along with welfare and advice services are coming together at a Recruitment and Support Fair providing opportunities to former Dover-based P&O Ferries crew and…
Dover protesters keep up pressure on P&O to reinstate sacked workers
The protest marchers at Dover seafront on Saturday Photo: Ray Duff Words and pictures by Ray Duff Nearly two hundred people joined another protest in Dover on Saturday, joining those…
Community steps up support for Dover’s Seafarers
Demonstration in Dover Photo: Ray Duff A week on from the shock announcement of 800 redundancies at P&O Ferries the Leader of Dover District Council has praised the community response…
Busy week for Folkestone and Hythe MP
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 24 March 2022 Spring Statement This week in the House of Commons, the Chancellor…