10 Weekend Reads
The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of
Danish blend coffee coffee, grab a seat in the sun, and get ready for our longer form weekend reads:
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How Humanity Gave Itself an Extra Life During the century since the end of the Great Influenza outbreak, the average human life span has doubled. There are few measures of human progress more astonishing than this. If you were to publish a newspaper that came out just once a century, the banner headline surely would or should be the declaration of this incredible feat. But of course, the story of our extra life span almost never appears on the front page of our actual daily newspapers, because the drama and heroism that have given us those additional years are far more evident in hindsight than they are in the moment. That is, the story of our extra life is a story of progress in its usual form: brilliant ideas and collaborations unfolding far from the spotlight of public attention, settin
KCC vow to build on success of Innovative Sector Exchange project as it ends after four years
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Updated: 09:29, 17 December 2020
County council chiefs say they are determined to continue to build on the success of a cross-Channel business support programme which ends this month after four years.
The Innovative Sector Exchange (ISE) project was part-financed by the European Interreg 2 Seas Programme and provided free support to hundreds of businesses in Kent and neighbouring regions across the Channel - Hauts-de-France, East and West Flanders in Belgium and the South West of the Netherlands.
KCC s Cllr Mike Whiting
It helped small firms make connections in other parts of Europe and to better understand how to adapt products and services for international markets. Kent County Council led the project in partnership with the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce, Chambers of Commerce in Belgium and innovation support agencies in the Netherlands and Northern France.