

KSP FIRM PARTNERS WITH LEADING INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION
Kent Science Park based NorthWise Services (NWS) is partnering with Merge Healthcare to collect, manage and report on clinical trials data across all studies it handles. NWS already offers data management, statistics and medical writing, and these will be complemented…

A NEW CAFE OPENS AT PENSHURST PLACE TONBRIDGE
On Good Friday Penshurst Place opens a new café – The Porcupine Pantry* – to the public. Open daily all year The Pantry is located outside the main house and grounds ticketed area and also accessible via the Gift Shop.…

PRAISE FOR KENT LAWYERS CHARITABLE WORK
A commitment to helping seriously ill children and their families has won a Kent law firm national recognition. Whitehead Monckton, which has offices in Maidstone and Tenterden, has been shortlisted in the Business Charity Awards for its close work with…

£100 MILLION CASH FLOW SUPPORT FOR SOUTH EAST BUSINESSES
SMEs in the South East face an average seven-week wait for invoices to be paid, according to new statistics from Clydesdale Bank. Not only does this put pressure on cash flow it can also threaten the survival of thousands of…

MANSTON AIRPORT IDENTIFIED AS AN EAST KENT PRIORITY
The announcement that Manston Airport has been identified as one of 12 economic priorities for the futuregrowth of East Kent has been welcomed by the airport’s management team. The East Kent Growth Plan is jointly produced and agreed by the…

NEW APPOINTMENT AT WARNERS SOLICITORS
Warners solicitors continue to build on their success by hiring new staff. In response to an increase in the current level of work the firm has hired two new solicitors for their large private client team in Tonbridge and one…

VERTEX LAWS JO OWEN WINS FUTURE LEADER AWARD
Vertex Law’s Jo Owen has been labelled a leader of the future after picking up a trophy at a legal sector awards ceremony. The Kings Hill firm’s Chief Information Officer took home the title of Future Leader at TheKnowList’s 2013…

KENT CAMPAIGN WINS PRESTIGIOUS TRAVEL AWARD
A striking campaign featuring images of Kent run across London in 2012 to raise awareness of the county as a great place to visit won a coveted Silver Award in the Travel Marketing Awards announced on Thursday (March 21). Visit…

INTRODUCING THE TOR – ONE OF EUROPES LARGEST TRAINING TOWERS
HART, Checkmate’s dedicated height safety and rescue training division, has recently opened ‘The Tor’, a giant training tower facility, at its site in Sheerness, Kent. One of the tallest training towers in Europe this brand new and high tech Working…

FIRST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR NEWBUY SCHEME AT KINGS HILL
Kings Hill homebuilders have wished many happy returns to NewBuy, the government’s scheme to help homebuyers as it celebrates its ‘first birthday’. Kings Hill New Homes, the forum which brings together masterplanning developer Liberty Property Trust UK, Kent County Council…

KSP FIRM LANDS ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT
Kent Science Park-based land remediation experts Ecologia have been selected to undertake soil-heating trials in Belgium. This new contract comes hot on the heels of the firm successfully securing a contract in January to supply state-of-the-art equipment to a petrochemicals…

REMINDER TO BUSINESSES – KFRS POLICY CHANGES COMING SOON
By John Robertson, Area Manager Technical Fire Safety, Kent Fire and Rescue Service. There is only a couple of weeks to go until Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) completes the full implementation of changes to its policy for attending…

CROWE CLARK WHTEHALL EXPANDS TAX EXPERTISE
National audit, tax and advisory firm Crowe Clark Whitehall has added a new tax director to its ranks. Simon Crookston, who has more than 15 years’ corporate tax, compliance and reporting experience, has joined the firm’s Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells…

MANSTON AIRPORT ADDS NEW LOUNGE AHEAD OF KLM SERVICE
Work is underway to create a dedicated Executive Lounge for passengers at Manston Airport in time for the inaugural KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight to Schiphol on 2 April. The lounge, which will create a relaxing business environment for passengers…

TONBRIDGE BASED NEVLL FIX IT MOVES TO VOSTELS IP PLATFORM
VosTel is an IP telephony company specialising in business telecoms, many companies would have heard of or used VoIP but some will not have heard of IP telephony, VoIP or internet telephones. Many businesses already use the cost-saving and feature-rich…

DAY SMITH & HUNTER MAKES NEW APPOINTMENT
DSH Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors has appointed experienced tax adviser Stephen Metcalf to its Private Client Tax Team. Stephen, who has taken up the role of Private Client Tax Manager, has amassed a wealth of tax experience, gained from…

LED LIGHTING DEVELOPMENTS ON DISPLAY AT ERITH COMPANY
An Erith company is shedding fresh light on its business after installing LED lighting systems manufactured and supplied by Dartford-based 8point3 Ltd. Display Developments was founded in 1956 and was one of the first fabricators of sheet plastics in the…

COULD 2013 BE THE YEAR FOR PUBS IN KENT AND SUSSEX
With an estimated 18 pubs closing every week in the UK, it would be all too easy to presume that the days of the ‘British Boozer’ are numbered. But how is this reflected in the South East’s public house market?…

LAST CHANCE TO SNAP UP FREE MY KENT BIG WEEKEND TICKETS
My Kent Big Weekend ticket seekers who were not successful in this year’s ballots are still in with a chance of picking up free tickets for a great day out. The event website, www.mykentbigweekend.co.uk, is staying open for business until…

HAVAS MOVES TO HERMITAGE COURT MAIDSTONE
A global communications group has moved into its new offices at Hermitage Court, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone. From its new Kent offices, Havas Shared Services Ltd will continue to provide management services to the subsidiaries of Havas, one of the world’s…