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Maidstone Borough Council is working to fight the effects of the recession and bring prosperity to the borough. We help residents with housing and council tax benefits, heating and insulation grants, home improvement grants, free bus travel and by support for organisations which offer money advice.


Tourism app launched in Maidstone


Maidstone has become more app-ealling to visitors after the town’s first tourism app was launched.


Maidstone is the first destination in the south east to have its own visitor guide app.


The Maidstone app, which is the official visitor guide to the town, is available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The app provides an interactive guide to the town and its surrounding areas.


The free app is suitable for visitors and residents and provides lots of information on what’s on, where to eat and drink, what to see and do, where to stay, and where to shop.


The app is frequently updated with only quality assured accommodation. It is available from iTunes or the App Store by searching for ‘Maidstone’.


Work Hubs


Maidstone Borough Council has worked with Kent County Council to host a knowledge sharing event on homeworking, live/work and work hubs.


The seminar, which was led by Tim Dwelly, director of Live/Work Network and leading work hub specialist, was assisted by a team of experts.


The event enabled people to understand how to:


 Find out what home-based businesses in Maidstone Borough are doing, their value to present/future economy and what they need.


 Set up low cost work hubs within existing organisations’ buildings.


 Get the right planning policies to promote effective homeworking and genuine live/work property.


 Link work hubs with public sector staff working from home.


 Link to a lower carbon economy and fast broadband.


 Support tenants starting businesses from home.


 Create sustainable live/work business clusters.


For more information visit www.locateinmaidstone.com


Useful numbers


Citizens Advice Bureau – 01622 752420 or 01622 757882 Council tax – 01622 602003


Housing benefit and general housing advice – 01622 602557


National debtline – freephone 0808 808 4000


Heating and insulation grants - 01622 602470


First time buyers’ grants - 01622 602470


Energy Saving Trust - 0800 512 012


Concessionary Travel - 08458 247802 Jobcentre Plus – 01622 702700


The council as


To find out more, or to get your business an enhanced profile on the app and the website, contact the Visitor Economy Business Unit on 01622 602748 or email tourism@maidstone.gov.uk


a business Turning the town hall into a wedding venue, hot air balloon rides in Mote Park, generating electricity to sell to the grid or having a text service to pay for parking tickets – these are just some of the ideas being looked at by one of the council’s scrutiny committees.


The Corporate Services committee is asking the people of Maidstone to think out of the box and send in money-saving and income- generating ideas.


It is part of its latest review ‘the council as a business?’ The committee is looking for ideas that will help the council make money, which will reduce the need for savings and it will help keep money in taxpayers’ pockets. The committee will look at every idea to see if it is possible to make them a reality.


More than 50 responses have already come in. Please send your ideas to - www.maidstone.gov.uk/scrutiny, email osc@maidstone.gov.uk or Orla Sweeney on 01622 602524.


01622 602000 customercare@maidstone.gov.uk www.maidstone.gov.uk Maidstone Council, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone ME15 6JQ


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