This week saw the official launch of the ‘Grow for it’ campaign to promote business investment across East Kent. The campaign will include events, bus tours and an advertising and marketing campaign all designed to boost awareness of the business investment opportunities in our area. The ‘Grow for it’ campaign features many local business people, […]
The meeting at The Grand on Monday night of town centre traders from Folkestone showed the strength of feeling and concern over the parking strategy. Shepway Council has recently taken steps to promote the town to shoppers and visitors by making parking free in the weekends leading up to Christmas. The price to park for […]
Strong concerns have been raised by businesses in the centre of Folkestone about declining sales in the two months since the new parking restrictions came into place. I share these concerns and any reports that suggest local businesses are struggling have to be treated as very serious. Some businesses in the Bouverie Place shopping centre […]
The future of K College is important not just for Folkestone, but for the many students from across our district who benefit from the higher and further education courses they run. Colleges like these offer choice to students and often the chance to specialise in a subject area which is not otherwise provided by a […]
I believe that foreign owned heavy goods vehicles, which often pay no tax in our country, should be required to make a contribution towards the upkeep of our roads network. British haulage firms will be paying road tax, fuel duty and business taxes, whereas many foreign owned and registered lorries will not even pay fuel […]