Category: Weekly Blog

Supporting others at Christmas

I hope you've had an excellent Christmas and the chance to enjoy one of the many local events on Boxing Day. From sporting occasions like the Hythe Town versus Folkestone Invicta football match, the Saltwood Boxing Day run and the East Kent hunt meeting in Elham; to events that raise money for good causes like […]

Banks mis-selling to smaller businesses

We are all aware that there are still issues to be resolved following the international banking crisis. Bank customers have approached me with problems they have had, both with business and personal accounts, and on a number of occasions we have been able to successfully resolve them. I have also met regularly with some of […]

Increase in fuel duty scrapped by Chancellor

I was in the House of Commons last Wednesday to cheer the news that the 3p increase in petrol duty proposed for January has been scrapped. Petrol is now 10p a litre cheaper than it would have been under the plans set out before the last general election; this is important for the many families […]

Investment boost for Dungeness

The nuclear decommissioning programme at Dungeness A station received a boost last week, in a move which will bring in millions of pounds of investment and create new jobs. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has granted over £12million to bring forward the clearance of the land to the south of the reactor buildings. This phase of […]

New 'Grow for it' campaign promotes investment in East Kent

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, […]

Folkestone parking strategy must be changed now

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 […]

Folkestone businesses feel impact of parking strategy

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 and local further education

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 […]

Foreign lorries will be charged to use our roads

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 […]

Youth unemployment

It was reported this week that I had claimed that young people looking for work should busk to pay for the transport costs to get them to interviews, and that they should also leave school at 16 and work below the minimum wage. This is completely untrue and I have set this out in the […]

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