Celebrate your success in 2022 at the Times Business Awards
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Entries have begun flooding in by hopeful companies, hoping to win one of the ten coveted award categories. Entering the Times Business Awards 2022 offers you a unique opportunity to showcase yourself and your company alongside some of the most outstanding businesses and business people in West Kent. Winning a prestigious business award will not […]
Resolutions to take control of your money
1. Assess your spending habits A solid budgeting plan can help you avoid splashing out on things you don’t really need and, in turn, save more money. If you don’t already have a pot of accessible cash savings, now is the time to start building one up. It’s generally considered wise to have around six […]
Low & No for a more palatable ‘dry’ January!
REINFORCING earlier trends, the pandemic has made us rethink our relationships with many things, including booze. Assisted by improved technology, the embryonic alcohol-free beverage category is on the up. Dominated by beer, cider and (increasingly) spirits, sales of no and low-alcohol (NoLo) drinks have increased substantially of late and are estimated, according to a recent report by […]
Political’ town planners could block latest hope for Cinema site
Retirement Villages Group (RVG) has signed an agreement to acquire the 1.5-acre site on Mount Pleasant Road. The company is owned by AXA IM Real Assets, part of the health insurer group. RVG intends to develop the former ABC Cinema site into a new retirement community. Later this year they will hold a public consultation […]
Former mayor celebrates her centenary on New Year’s Day
Audrey Sturley was a member of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council from 1983 until 1996 and represented Speldhurst & Bidborough. During her time, she served as Chair of the Planning Committee and was Mayor of Tunbridge Wells for the year 1993-94. A retirement housing complex in Rusthall – Audrey Sturley Court – was named after the […]
Record house price rise in 2021 added £33,000 to average home
Nationwide say that the average UK house price rose by nearly £24,000 during 2021, the biggest increase ever recorded in a single year in cash terms. The typical price of a home in Britain reached a record high of £254,822 in December, marking a £23,902 increase over the past year. But in the South East, […]
Comparethemarket owners sell insurance arm to Markerstudy
Markerstudy, the founder of Elite Leisure Collection (ELC), owner of Times publisher, One Media, has agreed to buy BGL Insurance [BGLi]. It comes just two years after Markerstudy became the UK’s sixth-largest motor insurer with the acquisition of Co-op Insurance’s underwriting business in a deal worth £185million. The BGLi deal, which is expected to be […]
Read the Times of Tunbridge Wells 5th January 2022
Don’t miss Snow White at a great price before ‘wicked’ dancing queen Shirley Ballas makes her final twirl…
And now you have a chance to book your seats at bargain prices, too, by using the code OH-YES-IT-IS to get tickets from £15-£20 and save £5 on child seats. There are two shows a day, so take advantage of your last chance to catch this gem before it finishes its festive run on Monday […]
Local secondary school art student wins regional heat of prestigious Royal Mail stamp competition
The competition, which was open to children aged between 4 and 14, was launched earlier this year with the aim of asking schoolchildren to think about who their heroes are. They were then asked to design a stamp in their honour. Children from over 7,500 UK schools entered the competition and a shortlist of 120 […]
