Date: Wed 28th November 2012 This week Dartford has been placed on flood alert by the Environment Agency. This follows the severe flooding we are seeing in some parts of the West Country. Our River Darent has swollen and the Dartford Marshes can only take so much water. The good…
Date: Fri 23rd November 2012 Amongst the most important issues were Fuel Tax, pensions and the increasing retirement age, apprenticeships and young trainee schemes, and business financing. The meeting, including a tour of Westminster and a question and answer session with Gareth and Neville Gaunt (Chair of the FSB North…
Date: Tue 20th November 2012 This week, I hosted a conference in Westminster of Kent business owners with the Federation of Small Business. The theme of the meeting was ‘Keep Trade Local’, and was designed to give small business owners in Dartford and North Kent a chance to give their…
Date: Tue 6th November 2012 The most recent unemployment figures showed that unemployment in the UK fell by some 50,000 claimants with a record 30 million people now in employment. Clearly this is good news for the country and has been welcomed on all sides of the House of Commons.…