SITE VISIT: Maidstone and Dover
Co-Convenors of the UK Trade and Business Commission Hilary Benn MP and Peter Norris led a delegation to Kent on Monday 16th May.
This was the Commission’s second ‘seeing is believing’ style visit, following on from their previous trip to Northern Ireland.
During the morning, the delegation visited Winterwood Farms, a soft fruit farm in Maidstone who grow, export and import a range of fruits such as blueberries, raspberries and strawberries.
Then in the afternoon, the delegation visited the Port of Dover which involved a walk up the cliffs to see an aerial view of the facility before then getting an up-close look at the Port.
As a result of the site visits to Winterwood Farms and the Port of Dover, the Co-Convenors of the Commission sent two letters to the UK Government setting out their findings and recommendations.
