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Pet Services


MAIDSTONE SPRINGERS & CO


All Breeds Dog Boarding – Not Kennels Pet Sitting and Walking Services Fully Insured,


NARP Member No. 1618


Dog Walking, Daycare, Boarding & Pet Sitting Services. Fully insured. T: 07798 788656


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01622 679052 07720264678


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• Small friendly family concern • 24 hours supervision • Professional one-to-one care • Cats have extra large runs with heated chalets • Dogs have a secure exercise area (50mx25m) where they can run lead free safe & secure. All ages accepted, fully insured. Pick up and drop off service available when possible.


01622 745438 07944 070355


www.petsholidayhomekent.co.uk EAST FARLEIGH, MAIDSTONE


Recruitment


3 Experienced Cleaners REQUIRED


with good references


5.30am - 7.15am £8.25 per hour Behind the station TN120QW


Recruitment


Come and join our friendly sales team and share in our success.


We are currently recruiting a


Field Sales/Key Account Executive


to sell advertising across our publications and online products.


You will be working on the best publications serving the local community and enjoy a working environment that provides you with the freedom and flexibility to use your initiative while working within a supportive team.


The ideal candidate will have: • Experience of working to sales targets • Have a confident and outgoing personality


• Be self-motivated and able to show initiative


• Have excellent customer service skills


You will require the use of your own car and full driving licence. The role will involve:


• Handling inbound and making outbound calls


• Developing business from existing and new clients and working on new projects


• Working to achievable revenue targets.


Friendly, flexible, family owned business OTE (based on 40 hour week) £22,500 pa Mileage allowance 32 days annual leave Email applications, including your CV to the sales manager, Bill Brett. bill.brett@downsmail.co.uk


Recruitment Ad


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Call Teresa or Becky 01622 630330 Connecting with local people


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The Potted Garden Nursery Require staff for their retail nursery


Seasonal workers from now until September Jobs will entail plant care, sales duties and till work. Some heavy lifting and weekend work is expected. An interest in plants would be beneficial.


Full details and an application form can be found on their website.


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Four editions delivered to over 88,000 homes every month Malling Edition alling dition


downsmail.co.uk


Maidstone & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper


FREE Maidstone Town | Maidstone East | Maidstone South | Malling


THE Kent County Show en- joyed fine weather and bumper crowds atthe show- grounds in Detling. More than 80,000


visitors, over 3,000 up on last year, attended one of the county’s biggestevents. Competitors, stallholders


and businesses came from acrossthe country but had the usual big local presence. Among thosewere Jo


Shan,ofStaplehurst, and Ken Shelton, ofAylesford, both pictured,who representedtheMid Kent FuchsiaGroup.Kensaid:“It has beenawonderful show.”  More pictures, see page 16


Bridging the gap to business prosperity


TRADERS and home owners in Snodland are heading for a bonanzawith a newroad bridge across the RiverMedway set to openwithinweeks, bring- ing newprosperity to the town. That is theprediction of local busi-


ness people andcouncillorswho say the route linking the A228 on the outskirts of the town and new homes on the opposite bank will mean an increase in business and house prices. The £19 million road bridge,


which is due to open in September, has been built by developer Tren- port,as the key to Peters Village, a 1,000 home new community on the east bank nearWouldham. With Snodlandalready feeling the


benefit of a high-speed rail link, which started a year ago, business


people are looking forward to a trade boomwhen traffic starts flow- ing across the bridge. Among them is hairdresser Alex Mackintosh (pic- tured left) who opened his salon Alexander’s in the town’s High Street


seven


months ago be- cause of the antic- ipated influx of


shoppers and commuters. He said: “I was managing a bar- ber’s in Tonbridge but I wanted to


start my own business. The bridge was one of themain reasons I chose Snodland to open a barber’s. It’s an expanding and up and coming area. There are lots of new houses going up all around the area, and once they finish the bridge, I think a lot of peoplewill come over fromthat side of the river because it will be very convenient for them. It will really put Snodland on themap.” After recently moving toWould-


ham with wife, Katie, Alex is also looking forward to the bridge open- ing to shorten his dailywork commute.


8 Police to pulpit


01622 690290 YOUR LOCAL PROPERTY EXPERT


maidstone@martinco.com 23 Pudding Lane • Maidstone • Kent


AFORMERMetropolitan Police of- ficer is the new vicar at East Malling, Teston andWateringbury. RevNickWilliams,who ismarried with two sons,will start in his new post in October and live in the vicarage in EastMalling.


5 Kent’s Most Awarded Optician


Book Now 01732 617557 www.optometrists.co.uk


Inside this edition: NEW building proposals


for


Malling are being drawn up as Ton- bridge and Malling Council works on its emerging Local Plan. See the four-page supplement by Malling Action Partnership, which supports people, businesses and events in the 11 parishes in the Malling area.


July 2016 No. 231 News


Better buses call


PARENTS are urging action to get better school bus services from Kings Hill and West Malling.


Phone boxes saved


VILLAGERS have come up with ways of retaining their red phone boxes. 4


An early Christmas


CHILD choristors in Mereworth are recording a CD of fes- tive songs in October.


Playground anger


KINGS Hill residents say they were misled about a planned new play area. 6


Petition against gym


AN outdoor gym in Leybourne has been dismissed as a waste of money. 12


Joe’s dash for cash


THE last pub in Ditton looks set for a new lease of life as an office block.


Obituaries Comment


28 32


34 Crime Reports 43


ROOF lead and copper were stolen from a house in Aylesford.


5 3


Autumn 2015 FREE


On the pumpkin trail at


Emmetts Garden


Ashley Jackson


Kent’s hockey superstar


A time for sharing this


CHRISTMAS Days out • Theatre • Homes & Gardens • Walks


WIN A Christmas


turkey & all the trimmings


Four editions delivered to over 88,000 homes every month Malllling Edition in it


downsmail.co.uk


Maidstone & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper


FREE Maidstone Town | Maidstone East | Maidstone South | Malling


THE Kent County Show en- joyed fine weather and bumper crowds at the show- grounds in Detling. More than 80,000


visitors,over 3,000 up on last year,attended one of the county’s biggest events. Competitors,stallholders


and businesses came from across the country but had the usual big localpresence. Among thosewere Jo


Shan,of Staplehurst,and Ken Shelton,of Aylesford, both pictured,who represented theMid Kent Fuchsia Group. Ken said:“It has been awonderful show.”  More pictures,see page 16


Bridging the gap to businessprosperity


TRADERSand home owners in Snodland are heading fora bonanzawith a new road bridge across the RiverMedway setto openwithinweeks, bring- ingnewprosperity to the town. That is the prediction of local busi-


ness people andcouncillorswho say the route linking the A228 on the outskirts of the town and new homes on the opposite bank will mean an increase in business and house prices. The £19 million road bridge,


which is due to open in September, has been built by developer Tren- port, as the key to Peters Village, a 1,000 home new community on the east bank nearWouldham. With Snodlandalready feeling the


benefit of a high-speed rail link, which started a year ago, business


people are looking forward to a trade boomwhen traffic starts flow- ing across the bridge. Among them is hairdresser Alex Mackintosh (pic- tured left) who opened his salon Alexander’s in the town’s High Street


seven


months ago be- cause of the antic- ipated influx of


shoppers and commuters. He said: “I was managing a bar- ber’s in Tonbridge but I wanted to


start my own business. The bridge was one of themain reasons I chose Snodland to open a barber’s. It’s an expanding and up and coming area. There are lots of new houses going up all around the area, and once they finish the bridge, I think a lot of peoplewill come over fromthat side of the river because it will be very convenient for them. It will really put Snodland on themap.” After recently moving toWould-


ham with wife, Katie, Alex is also looking forward to the bridge open- ing to shorten his dailywork commute.


8 Police to pulpit


01622 690290 YOUR LOCAL PROPERTY EXPERT


maidstone@martinco.com 23 Pudding Lane • Maidstone • Kent


AFORMERMetropolitan Police of- ficer is the new vicar at East Malling, Teston andWateringbury. RevNickWilliams,who ismarried with two sons,will start in his new post in October and live in the vicarage in EastMalling.


5 Kent’s Most Awarded Optician


Book Now 01732 617557 www.optometrists.co.uk


Inside this edition:


NEW building proposals for Malling are being drawn up as Ton- bridge and Malling Council works on its emerging Local Plan. See the four-page supplement by Malling Action Partnership, which supports people, businesses and events in the 11 parishes in the Malling area.


July 2016 No. 231 News


Better buses call


PARENTS are urging action to get better school bus services from Kings Hill and West Malling.


Phone boxes saved


VILLAGERS have come up with ways of retaining their red phone boxes. 4


An early Christmas


CHILD choristors in Mereworth are recording a CD of fes- tive songs in October.


Playground anger


KINGS Hill residents say they were misled about a planned new play area. 6


Petition against gym


AN outdoor gym in Leybourne has been dismissed as a waste of money. 12


Joe’s dash for cash


THE last pub in Ditton looks set for a new lease of life as an office block.


Obituaries Comment


28 32


34 Crime Reports 43


ROOF lead and copper were stolen from a house in Aylesford.


5 3


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