Owners of indoor play centre Adventure Kidz in Aylesford hope Chancellor Rishi Sunak s budget will provide financial support to help their business survive
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Updated: 15:51, 23 February 2021
The owners of an indoor play centre have appealed to the Chancellor to come up with a rescue package in next week s budget to help their business survive.
Elizabeth and Andrew Moody, who own Adventure Kidz in Aylesford, have had zero income during the pandemic having been shut for almost a year due to three lockdowns.
While they welcomed Boris Johnson s roadmap towards easing restrictions as a positive step - with a potential reopening date of May 17, at the earliest - they remain concerned about how they are going to financially survive until May.
Published: 06:00, 17 February 2021
An ambitious transformation of an 18th century pub from a âtired drinkerâs localâ to a âmodern and quirkyâ inn will take place after lockdown.
The £650,000 project at The Cross Keys in Canterbury has been stalled by the pandemic, having previously hit a stumbling block when a 20ft-deep shaft collapsed in the menâs toilets.
The derelict Cross Keys pub in Canterbury
But its owners, Star Pubs and Bars, says it is excited about starting the works and is already searching for a new tenant to take on the Oaten Hill boozer.
Eye-catching CGIs on its website show how the Grade II-listed building could look after the makeover, for which planning permission has already been secured.
Petition to stop closure of Stembrook Lane Shopping Arcade at Co-Innovation, Dover, during pandemic
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A petition has been raised to stop the closure of a start-up businesses centre.
The Stembrook Lane Shopping Arcade, at the Co-Innovation Centre in Dover, was meant to close this August but petition organiser Charlotte Cornell says that should be delayed while there is a pandemic.
Co-Innovation at Stembrook. Picture: Alan Langley
By this morning it had attracted 520 names out of a targeted 1,000 after being set up on Monday night.
Mrs Cornell told KentOnline: I think it is totally the wrong time. This is now causing emotional turmoil for the traders on top of the financial turmoil they have had from the pandemic.