MORE THAN £294,000 INVESTED IN MENTORING PROGRAMMES IN SOUTH EAST
More than £294,000 will be invested in mentoring programmes in the South East LEP area (East Sussex, Essex, Kent, Medway, Southend & Thurrock) in a bid to boost social mobility and support young people who are at risk of not…
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£9M EU BOOST TO GET LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED INTO WORK
Work Routes, a scheme to help the long-term unemployed overcome the barriers to work has gone live, after the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) matched £9m it had secured from the EU’s European Structural Fund, with Job Centre Plus.…
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CONCERNS FACING FIRMS EMPLOYING LARGE NO. OF LOW PAID STAFF
Comment on the Autumn Statement 2016 by Nick Paterno, Managing Partner at McBrides Chartered Accountants in Kent “It was interesting to see the new Chancellor Philip Hammond’s confident and humorous style at the dispatch box – business may welcome his…
NEW KENT APARTMENTS MARK DEVELOPER’S 5000 HOME MILESTONE
Eleven new apartments in Kent have helped developer Orbit reach a major milestone, and brought it one step closer to achieving its mission of building 12,000 new homes by 2020. Finalising the build of the 11 shared ownership (part buy,…
METIS WOMEN CELEBRATE 3 YEARS OF CHAMPIONING WOMEN
Local business collaboration group celebrates 3 years of support for Business Women in Kent Leading business women gathered this month to mark the third birthday of local collaboration group Metis Women to highlight the achievements of the group and its…
MAIDSTONE MALL CALLS FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS TO SHOP LOCALLY
The Mall Maidstone has called for customers to get behind smaller and independent businesses in the town by buying their Christmas shopping locally and supporting Small Business Saturday on Saturday 3rd December 2016. Small Business Saturday is a national campaign…
CRIPPS’ EXPERTISE HELPS SEAL CANADIAN GROUP’S DEAL FOR SCOTTISH MARKETING AGENCY
Law firm Cripps acted for an ambitious Canadian group as it completed a deal to buy an award-winning Scottish marketing agency. DAC Group, a multi national digital performance marketing and technology company, has bought Edinburgh-based Ambergreen Internet Marketing Ltd. It…
LAKEVIEW ACCOUNTANCY WIN BIG AT THE SEVENOAKS BUSINESS AWARDS
Local Award Winning Accountancy Firm Promotes Client Manger to Director after Bringing in the Trophies at Sevenoaks Business Awards Sevenoaks accountancy firm, Lakeview, based at St Clere Estate in Kemsing, has promoted Adrian Hull to the position of Director after…
TOP RANKINGS FOR CRIPPS
A full range of legal expertise has won Cripps fresh plaudits in an authoritative annual guide to UK law firms and lawyers. The 17 rankings awarded by Chambers UK across 16 different practice areas further endorse the firm’s proficiency in…
HYTHE PROJECT MANAGER SEALS HIS EXCELLENCE AT MARTLELO LAKES
HYTHE resident, Glenn Day, has won the much sought after National House Building Council (NHBC) Seal of Excellence Award, putting him among the best 100 Site Managers in the UK. This follows Glenn’s previous success, having picked up seven Pride…
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COUNTY WELL PLACED TO SURVIVE BREXIT UNCERTAINTY
Kent’s commercial property market has evolved significantly over recent years reaching a critical mass that leaves it well placed to weather the uncertainty over the UK’s future relationship with Europe, according to the Kent Property Market Report 2016. Produced…
BURGESS MARINE JOINS FORCES WITH GLOBAL SERVICES
Kent-based Burgess Marine – Britain’s largest independent ship repairer and marine engineering services provider – has today completed the acquisition of superyacht procurement specialist Global Services and its sister company Global New Builds. The acquisition of Global is Dover-based Burgess…
