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 liaison with the Dover District Chamber of Commerce, 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, 3rd July 2010

1. Chidren In Care, Children In Need

In last week’s Thanet & East Kent Insider, we asked readers for comments on the economic impact of foster care in Thanet. We have received a lively correspondence which emphasizes the benefits to local families and businesses of the increased income coming to the district. There has also been much criticism of some of the negative publicity that has recently been appearing in the local press. One correspondent referring to a local head teacher’s use of the word ‘dumped’ went so far as to write, “I really take exception to the use of the word ‘dumped’ and wonder what it might feel like, firstly to be a child who needs to be in foster care, secondly to be referred to as ‘dumped’ and thirdly to realise that you are unwelcome in the community that has been chosen to be your home.” Thanet and East Kent in general has a long history of offering a warm welcome to tourists, to visitors and to immigrant workers who are prepared to arrive on time and do a good job for their employer. The East Kent coastal business community will surely want to encourage inward investors with a more positive outloook. Readers may be assured that the Thanet & East Kent Insider will never refer to vulnerable children as being ‘dumped’.

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