Swale Regeneration Conference Hailed A Success

Swale Borough Council held their first Regeneration Conference "Putting Swale On The Map" on Wednesday (4th June) afternoon at the Coniston Hotel.

Addressing more than 200 delegates from local businesses, investors, key stakeholders and top executives from leading property consultancies, the main Guest Speaker, the Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP - Minister of State for Business & Enterprise, said that he was ‘fundamentally happy' to devolve power from central government and directly hand it to local communities through Local Enterprise Partnerships and that Swale offered "a superb location to do business".

Leader of Swale Borough Council, Cllr Andrew Bowles, told SFM News "I am delighted that Swale Borough Council has been able to host this first ever Regeneration Conference. With all the investment opportunities in the borough, this has really helped us to put 'Swale On The Map'. With seminars throughout the afternoon and keynote speeches that included Richard Upton (Spirit of Sittingbourne), and Lord Digby Jones (BBCs ‘Digby Jones: The New Troubleshooter'), the event provided a thoroughly captivating round-up of how businesses are doing, where it is all heading and how the regeneration can happen for Swale."

Also at the Conference, the new updated Sittingbourne town centre regeneration plans were presented by the Spirit of Sittingbourne - the consortium behind the delivery of the project.