Town’s Tories Treats to help cancer research
MAIDSTONE and The Weald Conservative Association looks certain to move its offices out of town. The group is planning to
merge administration with the Conservatives’West Kent Group, currently covering Tonbridge and Malling, Chatham and Aylesford and TunbridgeWells. Membership losses have led to declining income, which, says chairman Cllr John Wilson, means “the association cannot continue in its present form”. The association moved from
Rock House in Terrace Road, Maidstone, several years ago to a house in Albion Place, Maid- stone. This will be sold to re-fi- nance the association, ahead of borough elections next June and the next general election, possi- bly in 2015. The association, with branches throughout the con- stituency, is the political and fi- nancial powerhouse behind its MP (Helen Grant), and its KCC and Maidstone Council mem- bers. A key role is fundraising. The association is talking with Andrew Kennedy, agent for the West Kent Group, and Cllr Wil- son said: “They are happy we should join and share costs while retaining our operational independence.”
face merger A PAMPER day for ladies being held in Bearsted holds an un- derlying message – as well as a good massage! Staff at Software of Excellence,
at Eclipse Park, wanted to raise money for medical research after colleague Becky Hepworth was diagnosed as one of only 70 peo- ple in the world with a rare form of cervical cancer. Becky (26) and her partner
Jason Rose were thinking about starting a family when a routine smear test in January revealed shewas suffering from large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix. Becky was given a trachelectomy at St Thomas’ Hospital, which removed her cervix, but left her womb and fertility intact.
Becky
(right) said: “I had no symptoms whatsoever and this came like a bolt out of the blue. The tumour was too small to show up on a scan and the operation was in- credibly complex. After four rounds of chemotherapy, it looks like things are clear, but Iwill be checked regularly as it is so ag- gressive, it could re-occur.” Becky was full of praise for her employers and her colleagues. She said: “They have been ab-
Workhub for small firms
SOLE traders and small businesses in Maidstone could soon ben- efit from sharing a new “workhub”. The council is considering setting up aworkhub in the town cen-
tre – an “office when needed” workspace – and has been seeking input from the business community about how it might work. A meeting was due to take place at the Town Hall last week to
hear from a team from UKWorkhubs about how such schemes op- erate in other parts of the country. They say the workhub would give residents “access to inspiring shared office facilities designed to appeal to the modernways peo- ple work”. A spokesman for the council said: “The idea is to create a centre
where small (often home-based) businesses can collaborate with one another, use top-quality equipment and meet clients in an im- pressive but friendly environment.”
solutely brilliant. This event was entirely their idea.” The Ladies Pamper Time is at
the WI hall in The Street, Bearsted, from 1-6pm on Satur- day,November 2. There will be a range of discounted treatments, including party lashes, micro- dermabrasion, spray tans and gel nails. Guests can enjoy a glass of fizz or a cream tea while raising funds for MD Anderson Cancer Center’s work supporting womenwith rare forms of cervi- cal cancer. Tickets can be booked via the
link on the Kent Community Events facebook page to we-
gottickets.com. Tickets are £5.50, including a
50p booking fee and a glass of fizz.
Butchers merge AWARD-winning livestock pro- ducerMB Farms at Stockbury is to merge with Faversham’s old- est independent butcher’s shop. Following the merger, all A.J Barkaway’s beef and lamb will come from its new “parent” farm at Parsonage Farm, Stockbury. A.J. Barkaway has been serv-
ing customers across Kent for five generations. Its current shop in West Street, Faver- sham, has been trading contin- uously as a butcher’s since 1656.
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