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@CanterburyIndex BUSINESS NEWS Sir Richard Kleinwort NEW PRESIDENT FOR 2019
The South of England Agricultural Society has appointed Sir Richard Kleinwort (pictured far right) as its President for 2019. Sir Richard isn’t the fi rst member of the Kleinwort family to be president of the Society, which funds and supports agricultural education and countryside learning – his grandmother, Joan
Carole Hayward
1988, the same year that the family helped fund the new Norfolk Pavilion at the showground near Ardingly (pictured above). Joining Sir Richard as Deputy President is
Kleinwort, held the position in
Carole Hayward JP DL (pictured left). “We’re absolutely delighted that Sir
Richard and Carole have accepted the roles of President and Deputy President
for 2019,” said Iain Nicol, CEO of the Society, adding: “Educating and building understanding of agriculture and the countryside in our region is central to our overall objective. I couldn’t think of two individuals more suited to help us achieve this than Sir Richard and Carole, whose boundless enthusiasm and passion for the land and our cause is second to no one’s.”
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The best dressed in town celebrate
2018 saw the fi rst time the Best Dressed Christmas Window in Sevenoaks being run for both retail and non-retail windows. Mayor of
Sevenoaks Councillor Roderick Hogarth (pictured) and the
Chairman of the Sevenoaks Chamber of Commerce, Mr Nick Brooker, awarded: • Winner and runner-up in the retail section to Joie De Vivre and Chinaman respectively. In the non-retail category, Dulce’s Patisserie took the winner’s spot with
Jo & Co as runner-up.
“I am very pleased to see four successful independent businesses giving shoppers extra enjoyment by their imaginative festive window designs. It was a very diffi cult task to choose from all the town’s delightful displays,” said the Mayor.
Improve your skills or job prospects
There are opportunities to improve your IT and computer skills across Wealden between now and March, as well as being able to pursue a wide range of other activities, including cookery, arts and crafts, wellbeing and basic maths and English, with Street Learning. IT for You, a weekly half-day course to help improve computer skills, will be taking place at Hailsham, Heathfi eld, Uckfi eld, Eastbourne and Crowborough from January to March in the town libraries.
“Say goodbye to confusion and frustration online in 2019,” said Councillor Roy Galley, Wealden’s Cabinet Member for Economic Development. “These free courses will help boost your confi dence when it comes to computer skills and open up a wealth of new opportunities for you online.” All the courses are free, open to anyone aged 19 or over and
provide a great opportunity to improve job-seeking skills. You can also make use of Computer Buddies who are based at Wadhurst, Hailsham, Heathfi eld and Uckfi eld libraries at certain times during the week. These volunteers can help you out if you get stuck on your computer or are trying to do something you don’t understand on the internet.
• Download the spring 2019 Street Learning prospectus at
wealden.gov.uk or email
streetlearning@wealden.gov.uk
© Beth Mercer Photography
© Beth Mercer Photography
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