Thanet & East Kent Chamber Limited

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Thanet & East Kent Chamber (TEKC) is powered by local business to represent, support and assist companies and organisations in Thanet and East Kent.

Located in the heart of Thanet, we are the largest business support organisation in the area with extensive contacts to promote local, regional, national and international commercial exchanges.

Regular events with local networking opportunities are designed to boost business for our members and raise awareness of their products and services.

We offer our members free legal advice on employment, litigation, personal injury and general commercial issues as well as free accountancy guidance on tax, VAT, payroll and book-keeping. Free IT and computer advice is also available. Member-to-member discounts and TEKC marketing initiatives serve to raise the profile of members throughout the year.

In partnership with Channel Chamber, we offer an extended and exclusive coastal marketplace that includes Birchington, Broadstairs, Dover, Folkestone, Hersden, Hythe, Lydd, Margate, Minster, New Romney, Ramsgate, Sandwich and Westgate-on-Sea. Non-members may attend some events.

Click here for a summary of membership fees and an application for membership form. For more information, contact us at the Kent Innovation Centre.

Thanet & East Kent Insider, 20th February 2010

1. Edinburgh in 80 Minutes

Kent International Airport at Manston has begun its much heralded expansion of passenger services with the announcement of flights to Edinburgh. In writing to the Chamber, the airport informed us that the tickets are now available for travel from 27th May this year at www.flybe.com at a price of £24.99 including taxes and charges. A quick check on the rail fare to Edinburgh from Ramsgate departing on Tuesday morning at 0656 hrs revealed that a single standard seat costs £158.50 and the journey takes 6 hours and 41 minutes - and that is using the new High Speed service to London. The Flybe service promises a mere 80-minute flight on its fuel efficient 78-seat Bombardier Q-400 turboprop aircraft which will depart Manston at 1245 hrs from Sunday to Friday and at 1645 hrs on Saturdays. The launch has already stimulated new business. The Thanet & East Chamber is liaising with one local company about to sign a lucrative contract with its Edinburgh counterpart. This is great news for the East Kent coastal business community we represent. Congratulations to KIA and Flybe and MORE OF THE SAME PLEASE SIR.

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