KCC business survey results presentation, by Andrew Osborne
Andrew Osborne is Head of Economic Development at Ashford Borough Council. He presents here the results of the business survey which was carried out between October 2023 and January 2024. This was the second presentation of the Petition Anniversay Webinar… Read More >
Webinar presentation: petition analysis, by Phillip Gay
Phillip is BBET’s IT specialist and in-house geek. Together with Bushra Akhtar, he has analysed the data generated by the petition and presents it here. The analysis was based on 52,694 signatures gathered between the petition’s launch on 9th March… Read More >
A lively and informative webinar yesterday
A big thank you to our guests Andrew Osborne, Mark Welch, Rt. Hon. Damian Green, Jean-Claude Cothias, Michael Solomon Williams and Michael and Edith Robson for their time and expertise yesterday. Some 60 participants heard the presentations and had a… Read More >
Anniversary webinar on March 20
This is an online event at 6pm GMT (earlier than previously advertised). It is free but participants need to book their place: Please consider giving a donation to help defray the costs of the event, which include the purchase of… Read More >
Trains versus planes in Europe
Most players in aviation recognise that the industry needs to decarbonise. So do European policymakers, who are trying to replace short-haul air travel with rail. But as Philip Georgiadis and Alice Hancock report in the Financial Times, the plan is… Read More >
Business survey results are in
Ashford Borough Council (ABC) have presented the results of the survey of local businesses that was to establish the impact on them of the loss of Eurostar services in Kent. 99% of businesses who responded want the return of the… Read More >
Evening webinar on 20th March
Save the date! We are organising a webinar to bring you an update on the situation so far, with the campaign and wider questions concerning Kent train connections to the Continent. It will take place on 20th March probably starting… Read More >
Your Cross-Channel Train Story
If you have been impacted by the loss of cross-Channel train services from Ashford or Ebbsfleet Station, please let us have your story. Write it in the form in the column on the right (below on mobiles) and click the… Read More >
Eurostar voices concerns over EES
Eurostar has expressed concern that the new border checks will add massively to delays at their terminals. The new biometric system, due to come into force in October 2024, is “designed for airports rather than for city-centre and space-constrained terminals”,… Read More >
Air and rail compared over short-haul distances
As part of their commitment to net-zero, many European countries are preparing to ban short-haul flights where rail alternatives exist. This paper examines in depth the climate-change consequences of replacing air travel with rail transport: The picture is more compicated… Read More >