Kent County Council’s Trading Standards Officers are offering free specialist advice to local firms needing help to do business with the EU. The move to provide no-cost regulatory guidance to businesses via a dedicated advice line on 03333 602300 has been made possible thanks to a Kent and Medway Growth Hub grant. Open Monday-Friday (9am-6pm),…
Health leaders in Kent have welcomed the Government announcement on today’s World Obesity Day for £100million national funding in healthier weight support services. Across the country, over £70 million will be invested into weight management services – made available through the NHS and councils – while the remaining £30 million will fund initiatives to help…
Kent County Council and Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce have secured £90,000 funding from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) to lead a new project to help small businesses to get into overseas markets. The SEED Project kicks off this month and will run for a year. While visits to major international trade shows…
KCC says it is working to a full service restoration of its Libraries, Registration and Archives service across the county over the next few months. However, the rate of progress will depend on a number of factors, including government guidelines on Covid restrictions, ensuring those libraries that have remained closed for many months are ready…
Another £10 million blitz on the county’s potholes has started this month (March). Over the last year, KCC patched 358,840 square metres of Kent’s roads, equivalent of 50 full size football pitches. In addition, 600, one metre square individual potholes have been repaired, bringing the total number of individual pothole repairs across the county to…
As schools prepare to reopen to all pupils following the latest COVID-19 lockdown, thousands of children have found out which secondary school they’ve been offered a place at for September. More than 95% of pupils will receive an offer from one of their preferred schools this National Secondary Offer Day. The number of schools families…
The first phase of Kent’s latest resurfacing programme started in January and is progressing well. This £5 million work includes 26 locations around the county and will continue through to the end of March. This vital investment will help to reduce potholes caused by the weather conditions we have experienced in Kent this winter. A…
An innovative new scheme to install five ‘parklets’ in Dover begins this weekend. A parklet is intended to provide space for people to sit, relax and enjoy the environment, and can include planters and cycle parking. KCC will be installing two double parklets, one between 38 and 42 Castle Street and the other between 68…
An exciting new digital crowdfunding drive is being launched in Kent to enable community-led ideas to become more vibrant, resilient and connected post-COVID19. Crowdfund Kent is a Kent County Council initiative, working in partnership with Spacehive, that will help community and voluntary organisations to raise money for projects that help their local area. Kent County…
West Kingsdown Windmill is one of eight historic windmills in the care of Kent County Council. It is an octagonal ‘smock’ mill, the most popular design of windmill to be built in the county. A timber-framed building with four floors standing on a square brick base, the mill has several unusual features including a unique…
Kent residents are being reminded the 2021 Census is coming and that it is important to take part because the information it collects helps plan the services, like new hospitals, schools and GP surgeries, we need. The unique survey happens once a decade, providing a snapshot of every person and household in England and Wales.…
The Prime Minister’s ‘Roadmap out of lockdown’ announcement has been welcomed in Kent as residents are thanked for their efforts in bringing Covid-19 rates across the county down during the last lockdown. Boris Johnson has unveiled plans for allowing schools, socialising and some sports to return next month under Government plans to relax lockdown restrictions.…
KCC is backing proposals from the campaign group Action on Empty Homes for a new nationwide strategy to deliver additional housing for those in most need, utilising properties currently left vacant or in need of renovation. Among suggestions, launched as part of Empty Homes Week, are a national fund to support councils in bringing tens…
So far over £165 million of Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) funding has been awarded to date. The most recent recipient is Kent County Council securing £2,478,000 to support the development of a low carbon heat network in Maidstone. Local authorities across the UK have announced ambitious targets in an effort to not only encourage…
Kent businesses can now trial an electric van for up to two months to see how the switch to electric could benefit their business and Kent’s environment. The scheme aims to demonstrate that a switch to electric makes good business sense as well as reducing air pollution on Kent’s roads. Cleaner air benefits all Kent’s…
A trial using state of the art traffic sensors is being carried out by Kent County Council and its partners at Amey to monitor traffic patterns to help make future transport decisions for the county. Across the county, 32 sensors have been placed which are able to classify what is using the highway, for instance…
A further £6million of emergency COVID funding will be used to help Kent’s struggling households pay their Council Tax. The move proposed by Kent County Council at last week’s annual Budget meeting, and now approved, means all existing Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS) working-age households will automatically have their 2021-22 Council Tax reduced by £50…
