Following a consultation earlier in the year on the future of the South Eastern rail network, the Department for Transport has published the improvements which will be expected from the new franchise holder.
Greg visited the Freight Transport Association on Friday, planting a tree to mark the national trade association's forty years in the town before meeting with staff to discuss transport matters.
Greg and the Mayor of Tunbridge Wells, Julia Soyke, joined volunteers of Operation Christmas Child as they sort thousands of wrapped shoeboxes containing presents. The 30,000 shoeboxes are sent to children living in Eastern Europe, central Asia and Africa.
Greg met with the Chief Executive of the Alzheimer's Society, Jeremy Hughes, during a visit to their local day support service at Hazeldene House in Pembury.
During the visit, Greg also chatted to people with dementia and their carers.
Following two serious road traffic accidents in Hawkhurst, Greg has expressed his frustration at the lack of progress on changing the policy on the location of new fixed speed cameras so that it takes Speedwatch data into account.
In August, Greg contacted the Chief Executive of UK Power Networks, Basil Scarsella, to ask for urgent action after local residents and representatives from Lamberhurst Parish Council came to see him at one of his advice surgeries to raise concerns about ongoing and frequent power cuts in Lamberh
Greg enjoyed visiting one of the oldest manufacturing companies in Kent which has been producing tinwhistles since 1843 – around the time Charles Dickens wrote 'A Christmas Carol'.
Greg met with local members of the National Farmers Union to discuss current issues affecting their businesses.
The meeting took place on a free range egg farm near Bedgebury, Fridays Ltd, which is one of the three biggest egg producers and packers in the country.
