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Making Kent Quicker: Superfast Broadband for Maidstone, 15/02/12

Maidstone’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Cllr Malcolm Greer, has welcomed Kent County Council’s Make Kent Quicker initiative and wants Maidstone residents to register their demand for broadband on the county’s www.makekentquicker.com website...

Maidstone in the top 10 most desirable places to live in the UK, 12/01/12

Maidstone Borough has the best quality of life in Kent. The annual Halifax Quality of Life Survey tracks where living standards are highest in the United Kingdom by ranking ...

Olympic Torch Relay to pass through Maidstone, 07/11/11

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today confirmed all the communities in the South East through which the Olympic Flame will be carried by Torchbearers during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay which is presented by Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung...

Work Hubs and Home Working event, 26/10/11

Maidstone Borough Council's Economic Development team and Kent County Council jointly hosted a knowledge-sharing event on home working, live work and work hubs . ...

BT to upgrade Maidstone exhanges for Superfast Broadband, 12/10/11

BT has announced that Maidstone will benefit from the upgrade of 3 more local exchanges, as part of the latest phase of the company's £2.5 billion super-fast fibre broadband programme. ...