Business

STUDENTS aged 16+ from the Sevenoaks area are being given an opportunity to get work experience from several companies this week (1 - 5 July) thanks to an initiative being run by the Sevenoaks and District Chamber of Commerce.

A NEW cemetery has just opened in the Sevenoaks area which will bring some relief to people looking for burial grounds either for themselves in the future, or for loved ones who have passed away.

SOME 'changeable' weather did not deter the army of golfers who competed in the Sevenoaks Chamber of Commerce Golf Day at Nizels Golf & Country Club recently.

HANDELSBANKEN, the local relationship bank, has just celebrated its fifth anniversary serving personal and business banking customers in Sevenoaks. Since opening its doors on Bligh’s Meadow in 2014, the branch has grown rapidly through recommendation.

NFU Mutual Sevenoaks will be sponsoring the Art Tent at the Sevenoaks Summer Festival which begins this weekend.

BUSINESSES in the Sevenoaks area, particularly those connected with sport, are being invited to promote their brands and services by supporting a Skate Park event at Greatness on Saturday 3 August between noon and 5pm.

MORE than £1,500 has been raised on behalf of the Kent, Sussex and Surrey Air Ambulance thanks to a charity football tournament, organised by Savills Sevenoaks, which was supported by over 200 people.

THE historic Wildernesse House in Sevenoaks is the venue for the Sevenoaks and District Chamber of Commerce annual summer reception on Thursday 27 June from 6 – 8pm.

Noel and Trudy Payne have now been running the Hollybush Launderette in Sevenoaks together for a quarter of a century.

THE future of the High Street was the main topic of discussion at a Sevenoaks Retailers Forum held at the Stag Community Arts Centre on Tuesday.