Town Talk
Alistair to drive chamber ahead
THE new chairman of Snodland Chamber of Commerce is Alistair Buchanan, who owns Buchanan Optometrists of Malling Road.He re- places Alan Totham, of Home & Hobby, who retired after 13 years. Alistair said: "The chamber has
been a little inactive for the last year or so but there have been some amazing people who I am glad are continuing withmein driving the chamber forwards. "These are exciting
Alistair Buchanan
times for Snodland with the high-speed rail link, the road link to Burham and
Wouldham and the huge increase in house-building." Alistair said the chamber would support members through unique benefits, marketing support and dis- counted advertising rates. He would be interested in hearing from people willing to offer their services as part of the chamber. A membership sec- retary is needed. "We will be contacting businesses
early next year about the re-launch of the chamber of commerce," he added. He thanked Robert Beswarick (secretary), David Horn (treasurer), Alan Totham and Peter Rimmer.
AN up-and-coming pop group visited Holmesdale Technology College to help in its fight against cyber bullying. The members of Ever Young write their own
songs and choreograph their own dance routines. While promoting their new single, Icy Blue, they had a message to share with everyone about stay- ing safe online and how much cyber bullying can affect others around them. The group is an ambassador for the Cybersmile
Foundation, an award-winning non-profit organi- sation committed to tackling online bullying. School principal Julia Campbell said: "It's not
every day a school has a visit from an up-and- coming band so this was met with much excite- ment from the students." Lesley Tivey, who organised the event, said: "It is so easy for students to get involved with cyber
bullying. Ever Young highlighted that there are sites children can contact to report cyber bullying. Our students enjoyed the band's music and took on board the message to 'think before you type'." Ever Young said: "Holmesdale Technology Col- lege, you guys were amazing."
NatWest ‘failed to consider local issues’
CHATHAMand AylesfordMP, Tracey Crouch, joined members of Tonbridge and Malling Council, Snod- land Town Council, the Chamber of Commerce and the Snodland Partnership at a meeting with repre- sentatives of NatWest bank and the Post Office to discuss the closure of the NatWest branch on Jan- uary 6. The MP said at the meeting that local issues had
not been taken into account and the way it had been communicated was “absolutely appalling”. The post office is being transferred to the new Co- op store at the former Bull pub inHolborough Road
when the High Street shop is closed. The Post Of- fice representative said the new office would open in April. Town Talk had previously been told by the Co-op that the shop was due to open next autumn but the company did not confirm the new April date. Chairman of Snodland Town Council, Anne Moloney, said: "It is clear that NatWest will not re- consider the decision to close our
bank.Most of the services will be transferred to the post office. "We still believe Snodland needs a properly com- puterised bank and hope another bank will be more forward thinking than NatWest."
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