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Licences for sexual entertainment venues up for review

Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council is inviting local people, organisations and businesses to comment on whether it should adopt new powers relating to the licensing of sexual entertainment venues, following recent changes to legislation. Currently, only sex shops and sex cinemas require a licence from the Council. However, the Policing and Crime Act 2009 introduced [...]

High speed services have launched from Sandwich and Deal

Yesterday saw the successful start of high speed services from Sandwich and Deal. Local VIPs including Charlie Elphicke, MP for Dover and Deal, Laura Sandys, MP for South Thanet and Paul Carter leader of Kent County Council were there to see the first train from Sandwich station depart at 05.50 and arrive at St Pancras [...]

The Power of Confidence

Jayne Morris gives Kent Business TV viewers advice on how to build your confidence! Click above to watch her film. About Jayne: Jayne is an expert in helping busy, successful women discover their power, passions and purpose; she is the founder of Power-Up™, the unique coaching system combining life coaching, meditation, visualisation, martial arts, angelic [...]

Project Agency Continues Expanding Its Range Of Project Management E-Learning Materials

Project Agency, the project management training and development specialist, has added modules on benefits management and ‘business case’ to its growing range of e-learning materials devoted to project management. Costing just £20, each module complements Project Agency’s basic e-learning programme on project management – known as ‘Perfect Project’ and launched earlier this year – along [...]

Do you want to be more successful in business?

In his brand new book – The DNA of Success – Chris Norton, owner and director of Mentor Group, shares the incredible secrets of success of some of the highest profile business leaders in the UK today. With contributors including Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth, Graham Taylor, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, Penny Hughes, Greg Dyke, Sir [...]

Funding for local community projects

Community groups in the area are reminded that time is running out to apply to the Dover District Neighbourhood Forums for grant funding of up to £2,500 for help with projects that can show benefit to the local community. Dover District Council and Kent County Council have again allocated funding to the Neighbourhood Forums to [...]

What Would Helen Mirren Do?

What would Helen Mirren Do? In this A, B, C (or indeed any letter of the alphabet) celebrity obsessed society it is not surprising that ordinary folk dare to imagine how different their lives would be if only they could swap roles with their idols for a day, or even ask them ‘what would you [...]

Captcha are making their mark.

Captcha Studios is the brainchild of Thom Burgess, James Creasy and Tom Duffy; Three friends with a background in graphic design, animation, photography and with a shared enthusiasm for all things creative. Captcha was founded with a view to combine these skills and thus be able to supply people with the key skills of design, [...]

Ltd Company vs. Self Employment – Is your business Tax Efficient?

Channel Chamber Networking Breakfast Subject: Ltd Company vs. Self Employment – Is your business Tax Efficient? Join Magee Gammon Chartered Accountants at the networking breakfast and find out the comparison of the entities (sole trader, limited company and limited liability partnership) through which you can trade and the associated tax implications to your business. Location: [...]

Kent allocated £9.87m for Broadband roll-out

Kent is set to get £9.87 million to help take Broadband to everyone and superfast to 90 per cent of homes and businesses in the county, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced. Mr Hunt has set out details of how the English counties can get a share [...]