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 >
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 >
BBET Response to Labour’s Rail and Urban Transport Review
Bring Back Euro Trains has submitted a response to the Labour Party’s call for evidence for their Rail and Urban Transport Review. In this election year, we are calling on Labour to help clarify UK-EU border crossing requirements, which are… Read More >
Petition reaches 40,000 signatures
The “Bring back Eurostar train services to Kent” petition which launched our campaign has reached 40,000 signatures. What a fantastic result! Approached for comment, BBET said: “It’s great to see the number of people who have got behind this petition,… Read More >
Damian Green MP brings Eurostar debate to the House of Commons
Ashford MP Damian Green headed a debate in Parliament on 25th October in which he brought the loss of cross-channel services at Kent stations Ashford and Ebbsfleet to the attention of the Minister for Transport, Huw Merriman. The debate is… Read More >
BBC announces KCC survey
The KCC survey, and a link to our petition, have made into BBC News for Kent. Read Rosie Blunt’s article . The petition is making waves and gaining more traction all the time. We hope that more media interest will… Read More >