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Castle’s ‘£39mboost’ to the local economy


LEEDS Castle contributes £39 million to the local economy an- nually, according to its chief exec- utive. Sir David Steel revealed the


treasure house’s worth to the Maidstone community in his regu- lar column in the parishmagazine for Leeds and Broomfield villages. Whilst the charitable trustwhich


runs the attraction has to spend £15m each year to maintain the castle, its grounds, attractions and events, its principal aim to is to benefit the public in accordance with the wishes of former owner LadyOlive Baillie (pictured). SirDavidwrote: “To achieve the


benefitswewish for the public,we have to spend about £15ma year – that is the cost ofmaintaining and improving the facilities at Leeds castle. “We are a charity,whose princi-


pal aimis tomaintain and develop the castle throughmembers of the public who feel pleased to pay for


that her estate now contributes £39m to the local economy each year, she would be apologetic to the disruption that some of our larger events cause to traffic flow around the estate, but she would see the bigger picture and hope that our neighbours would do so also.” Leeds Castle’s management,


staff and volunteers have been staging the 900th anniversary cele- brations with a series of high pro- file events throughout 2019. It was feared that Brexit might


their admission. “In addition, however, our visi-


tors also know that they are con- tributing to LeedsCastle’s support to other charities and, in 2018/19, we estimate that other charities benefited by about £600,000 and through support given by the Leeds Castle Foundation.” Sir David is sure that Lady Bail-


lie “would be proud”. He adds: “And if she were told


have an adverse effect on the cas- tle’s fortunes. The attraction drew bumper


crowds over the warm and sunny Easter break and 11,000 day visi- tors for theMotors by theMoat. Sir David added: “The 300 or


salaried staff and 60 or so volun- teerswhowork atLeedsCastle are passionate about this place and share theirpassionwith all our vis- itors.”


News Boots denies


store closures RETAIL giant Boots the Chemists has refused to rule out the closure of itsMaidstone town centre out- lets as part of a programme of cuts. The owners of the chain are un-


derstood to have placed more than 200 outlets under review, with the potential of the stores being shut over the next two years. A spokesman for Boots UK


said: “We currently do not have a major programme envisaged, but we always reviewunderperform- ing stores and seek out opportu- nities for consolidation. “As is naturalwith a business of


our size, we have stores opening, closing and relocating on a regu- lar basis, butwe have had around 2,500 stores for several years now. “In fact, we’re investing in our


stores – last year,we completed a huge merchandising project to update our self-selection cosmet- ics areas in 2,200 of our stores. “We are being realistic about


the future and we will need to be agile to adapt to the changing landscape.”


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