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The Green Skills Revolution is set to take a step closer to fruition after Ashford Borough Council commissioned East Kent Colleges Group to deliver specialist training in these skills as part of its UK Shared Prosperity Funding.

A partnership designed to help overcome training and employment barriers and create a skills legacy linked to the Lower Thames Crossing has launched a training initiative.

Changes to the planning regime, notably the drive for development on brownfield and greyfield, have already led to an increase in enquiries for one major Kent company, Countrystyle Recycling.

As planning consultants who have supported many clients over the years who operate in the retail and leisure sectors and on the ‘High Street’, Planning Potential have keenly paid attention to the ebb and flow of occupier trends and economic and planning policy designed to ‘stimulate’ footfall and ensure the ‘vitality’ of centres.

The Leader of Maidstone Brough Council Cllr Stuart Jeffery has visited the LOC8 business park just off junction 8 of the M20 to see progress on the latest phase of development.

Locate in Kent has launched a new campaign to attract more hotel operators and investors to meet rising visitor demand for mid-range and luxury accommodation county-wide.