News

Applications are now being welcomed to a new £3million fund to support social enterprises as they improve the economic, social and environmental life of Kent and its residents.

By FITA Secretary Sue Sheppard
A successful inaugural meeting of Folkestone Independent Traders (FITA) has been held at a packed Beano cafe in Folkestone on January 23rd 2012

 

A seasoned pub manager and chef is returning to the place he first made his name over twenty-five years ago.

By Jenny Barraclough
Welcome to our first Newsletter – as a great start to 2012.
 

Researchers at the University of Greenwich at Medway are leading a €4.6 million project helping to regenerate coastal fishing communities on both sides of the English Channel and the southern North Sea.

More than 1,000 jobs are going after the cross Channel ferry operator SeaFrance was told to close by a French court (9 January)

Dear Editor,

Re: Newly formed Folkestone Traders Association looks for even more members
 

By Sue Sheppard
The Folkestone Independent Traders Association F.I.T.A. was founded just before Christmas 2011, but it now needs even more members and a recruitment drive is underway.

The Hythe Conservative Club in Portland Road will close its doors on Boxing Day, after nearly 70 years in the town.

Local ladies will be hosting a Pop-Up shop at the Old High Street in Folkestone's Creative Quarter in the week running up to Christmas.