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Wednesday March 1 | 2023
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New business hubs will help revive town and benefit whole community By Lilly Croucher
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PRETENDERS’ CHRISSIE HYNDE
THE town centre is on the path to a ‘noticeable recovery’ from the days of the pandemic and is to receive a further boost with the creation of work hubs for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A planning application from Town Square proposes the company leases two-thirds of the Town Hall in Tunbridge Wells to create office space for 40 SMEs and more than 80 sole traders, plus event spaces and a café. The Director of Finance, Policy, and Development at TWBC, Lee Colyer told the Times this week: “The town centre is
undergoing a noticeable recovery, with previously empty premises being repurposed, new facilities opening and
‘When you support people to start their own enterprises and help them grow, you start to build something special’ with more people around through changing work habits.” Mr Colyer explained: “The Town Hall
occupies a prominent site and through this co-working announcement it will make a far greater economic contribution to the town centre through longer hours of operation and a diverse range of businesses using the civic site. “This exciting development for the Council provides an opportunity for cost savings and increased income. Additionally, there are benefits for the wider town community with the increased footfall that will come from businesses locating in this important site in the centre of the town.”
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