A THREE-day job fair at the Chequers Shopping Centre, Maidstone, has proved a huge success. More than 70 businesses, public services, training organisations and employment agencies took part in the event.

The Town Centre Job Fair, organised by the Maidstone Town Centre Management Initiative, is an annual event but this year's was the largest ever.

Town centre manager Bill Moss said: "We have had them before but never on this scale. It really was a huge success. There was lots of interest and quite a few people found themselves employment. That is very good in an area where there is relatively little unemployment."

Mr Moss said a similar event would be run next year which would be "even bigger and better".

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