Firms face legal minefield over jabs for jobs controversy
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Updated: 11:36, 04 March 2021
Companies considering insisting new employees must have had the Covid-19 vaccine are being warned of falling victim to discrimination claims.
A number of leading firms in the UK, including the likes of London-based Pimlico Plumbers and care home providers Barchester Healthcare, which has homes in Sevenoaks, Ashford, Sittingbourne, Maidstone and Rochester, have recently said they will reject staff who refuse the jab on non-medical grounds.
They have been joined by care home provider Care UK which runs sites in Whitstable, Ashford, Maidstone and Sevenoaks.
This despite Downing Street declaring such a move as discriminatory in a row which has split opinion in Boris Johnson s cabinet.
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Updated: 09:15, 01 March 2021
The Federation of Small Businesses has welcomed news the Chancellor is to issue £5billion of new grants to firms across England in a bid to help them survive - but warned more help is needed.
Rishi Sunak is set to officially unveil the new package of support for those hit hardest by the lockdowns when he delivers his Budget on Wednesday.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver his Budget in the Commons on Wednesday
She explained: It is an extremely challenging time for small businesses who have fought tooth and nail to stay afloat in the last year, so we are pleased that our calls for further cash grant support will be heeded.
Iceland to open third Canterbury supermarket inside The Range next month
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An opening date has been revealed for Canterbury s third Iceland store.
The supermarket chain is taking up residence inside The Range, on the City Retail Park off Vauxhall Road.
How the Iceland store is set to look inside The Range
Iceland, which has an existing store just a hundred yards away over the opposite side of Sturry Road as well as a branch in Wincheap, is scheduled to open next month.
It will launch on Friday, March 19.
While the aisles welcome customers next month, a new family cafe and outdoor garden centre are both in the pipeline as part of a proposed extension to the store.
Shop owners in Tunbridge Wells give their verdict of BBC Two s Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr
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Updated: 14:00, 24 February 2021
Three shops in The Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells were featured on BBC2 s popular Interior Design Masters, presented by comedian Alan Carr this week.
Collared pet shop, Pantiles Cameras and the Trevor Mottram kitchenware store all saw their interiors revamped by pairs of designers who were given two days to come up with a new look for the businesses.
Alan Carr is in Tunbridge Wells for Interior Design Masters. Picture credit: BBC/DSP part of Banijay UK
The programme aired yesterday, although it was filmed between lockdowns in September.
Work starts on new Lidl in Ditton
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Work has started to build a new Lidl store.
Planning permission was granted for the supermarket in London Road, Ditton, last August.
A CGI showing what the completed store will look like. Picture:One Design Architectural Services Ltd
The build is expected to take 10 months, with a view to opening the store in autumn 2021.
It will create around 40 new jobs and will have 1,068sqm of sales area.
The new branch will include a bakery, toilets and two electric vehicle charging spaces, as well as solar panels.
Lidl s regional head of property, Adam Forsdick, said: âThereâs been much anticipation for this new Lidl store and itâs great that we are now in a position to start construction.