The fourth Folkestone Triennial festival opens this weekend, making the town once again a showcase for the arts world. Since 2008, the Folkestone Triennial has established itself as one of the major international contemporary arts shows bringing large numbers of visitors to the town. This year the Triennial’s curator, Lewis Biggs, has selected ‘double edge’ […]
The government department responsible for negotiating Britain’s exit from the European Union produced position papers last week setting out our proposals for managing trade and customs after Brexit. These are very significant issues for our area, as ninety percent of the UK’s trade with Europe carried by road freight runs through Kent, to the Channel […]
The process of awarding the rail franchise for the South East of England is well underway, and the new licence will be operational from the end of next year. I recently met with David Statham the Managing Director of the current operator, Southeastern trains to discuss service improvements we would like to see as part […]
On Tuesday last week I joined Amanda King, the head of the youth provision at the Romney Resource Centre in New Romney, for their study programme awards presentation. Amanda and her team support many young people from the Romney Marsh area, and further afield, by delivering training programmes that help to prepare them for work. […]