This week has seen a raft of benefit cuts strike fear into most non-gated communities across the UK. £18.5bn has mercilessly been shaved off everything, from a freeze on job seekers to a spare limb tax for orphans and the elderly.

So, now that the most vulnerable among us are shaking the shackles of a burdensome and cumbersome safety net, let's take a look at the radical steps the Government has put in place during this budget to resurrect working Britain and have us small employers swing our doors wide open to the now shivering, hungry job seeking masses:

• Fuel tax has been frozen. From September there was a planned rise in tax but this has been abandoned. It's a genuine relief to everyone that the continued petrol price rises are due to a weak pound (against the dollar) and the mercy of supermarket profit margins. Phew!

• £2,000 annual employment allowance - This means that the Government will cover your first £2000 of NI contributions annually. All joking aside this is a great offer and I used a similar 'holiday' when starting to expand WMC Training. Quite a nice surprise for me to see and very welcome. Thank you.

Hobko Fasterners Ltd can provide your business with all the fasteners you might need, from bolts, nuts, screws, hose clips, and even have a bespoke service so if there's nothing on the market that can do what you need, or you simply can't find it, they will endeavour to provide it either by sourcing it for you or designing what you need.

Also providing cutting blades, tools and workwear at prices you'll be very pleased with.

Thoroughly nice people to work with too.

www.kent-fasteners.co.uk

Area Sales Partners – Venue/Business Listings

Job Description

KentVenues.co.uk is a leading venue finding website dedicated to Kent and an exciting and forward thinking media business. We’re currently approaching our 2^nd anniversary and on the back of generic success we’re looking to recruit experienced Area Sales Partners. Our website is growing in popularity and content with a 550% increase in traffic over the last 12 months bringing in thousands of visitors monthly generating tens of thousands of page impressions. We are looking for hard-working sales professionals wanting to supplement their existing sales ventures and we offer an opportunity to sell a variety of our products to venues and businesses in Kent. The successful candidates will be tenacious, full of initiative and have the skills to manage and grow existing accounts as well as deliver a solid pipeline of new prospects. This is a challenging, varied but very exciting role for the right individuals.

Your key responsibilities will be:

- Identifying new business

- Making outbound sales enquiries both over the telephone, via email and face to face

- Closing sales in accordance with our Corporate Sales Policy

- Building relationships with new clients and maintaining and growing relationships with existing clients to foster annual renewals.

Key attributes:

- Must be organized

- A good knowledge of your chosen area of Kent

- Have B2B sales/telesales experience (or equivalent)

- Passionate, motivated and willing to succeed

- Great customer service skills

- Provable written and verbal communication skills

- Be able to work under pressure, respond to supervision and to meet targets set

- Understanding of Google & the internet would be an advantage

- Understanding of online advertising would be an advantage

The bits you’re really interested in…

- Self-employed agency engagement

- Rolling 6 month contract subject to performance

- Commission range of 20-40%*  paid monthly in arrears. OTE £31,000 pa.

(*subject to achievement of objectives)

- You will be offered a local area of Kent to operate

DEADLINE – 21st March 2013

Please apply by sending a covering letter and your CV to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Kent Web Awards 2013

The Kent Web Awards (KWA) are brought to you by KentVenues.co.uk supported by JobsinKent.com and will showcase the best websites, website designers & media agencies in the county.

We believe there are so many talented individuals & businesses out there that are producing some outstanding, ground-breaking work. We believe such talent isn’t being given the recognition it deserves – so that’s exactly what we plan to do.

It's 100% free to enter the awards and if you're chosen as a finalist, is a fantastic way to gain extra exposure for your business.