SMOOTH SAILING FOR MECHANICA MARINE
Dover-based Mechanica Utilities Ltd has formed a new company to specialise in supporting the maritime sector in the UK and overseas. Its new company Mechanica Marine has also acquired and redeveloped a 25,500 sq ft marine engineering workshop just outside…
SIX STEPS TO PICKING THE RIGHT ACCOUNTANT
As a small business it’s important to keep a close eye on money – at the most basic level you need to know what’s coming in, what you’re paying out to suppliers and staff, and what’s left over as profit.…
UNIPET INTERNATIONAL WIN 2018 SWALE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
After a record number of entries and finalists, Sittingbourne’s Unipet International was awarded the title of Swale Business of the Year for 2018. Now in it’s 25th year of trading, the wild bird food manufacturer also picked up a cheque…
CRIPPS LAUNCHES LEGAL APPRENTICESHIPS SCHEME
Law firm Cripps has announced the launch of an apprenticeship scheme for paralegals at its Tunbridge Wells office. In partnership with BPP University Law School, Cripps has recruited four paralegal apprentices for its two year pilot programme. The successful candidates…
ARE BUSINESS CARDS STILL RELEVANT?
Business cards aren’t going anywhere just because we’re in 2018. Business cards form an important part of the interaction you have with other companies, passing on a little bit of your business’ identity to others. Whilst we’re very much living…
HIGH TECH INVESTMENT FOR KENT PRODUCTION COMPANY
A Kent-based video production company has been awarded a capital grant to support an investment of £15,000, enabling the agency to deliver cinematic quality films using the latest technology. Digitom, based in Tunbridge Wells received the 50% match funded capital…
SHORTLIST UNVEILED FOR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
More than 30 projects have been shortlisted for this year’s Kent Design and Development Awards. The judges will visit 34 projects from across the county, which have been selected from the 80 who entered. The awards are jointly organised and…
SILVER CELEBRATION FOR STAGECOACH
Two of Stagecoach South East’s buses have been decorated in a silver livery to celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary. Stagecoach took over the East Kent Road Car Company in 1993 and since then, has almost doubled the fleet to 459…
KENTS BEST DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS GO HEAD TO HEAD
Eighty projects across Kent will battle it out to see which is crowned Project of the Year in the Kent Design & Development Awards 2018. Entries for the awards – which are jointly organised and sponsored by Kent County Council,…
KENT BUSINESS BACKS GOVERNMENT’S NEW EXPORT STRATEGY
Following yesterday’s launch of the UK’s new export strategy by Secretary of State for International Trade, Dr Liam Fox MP, Tunbridge Wells based business, Pathfinder Trade and Invest, have confirmed the benefits of exporting into overseas markets and viewing ‘Brexit’…
RECORD ENTRIES LEADS TO RECORD FINALISTS FOR SWALE BUSINESS AWARDS
The 2018 Swale Business Awards are set to be bigger than ever, after judges received a record number of entry forms. 46 businesses from throughout Sheppey, Sittingbourne and Faversham entered the 2018 awards, and after much difficult deliberation, the judging…
CRIPPS ADVISES ON £22M SALE OF INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Law firm Cripps has advised the shareholders of Kent-based Integrated Technologies Ltd on their sale to Gooch & Housego PLC, a specialist manufacturer of optical components and systems, in a deal worth up to £22 million. Based in Ashford, Kent,…
HGV TRACKING SYSTEM COULD HELP EASE M20 QUEUES
Truckstop owners in Kent are calling on Highways England to work with them to introduce a system that would help take HGVs off of the M20 in the event of the implementation of Operation Brock. Concerns are mounting over the…
AGILE BUSINESS CONSORTIUM STRENGTHENS BOARD
Two new directors have been appointed to the board of the Ashford-based Agile Business Consortium, the not-for-profit organisation that pioneered Agile techniques in the workplace and continues to be at the forefront of the field. Peter Coesmans is a programme and…
ACCELERATING DELIVERY OF NEW HOMES BUILT IN THE SOUTH EAST
Newly-published government figures show more than 12,000 new homes were completed in the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) area in the 12 months to March, with work starting on almost 11,000 homes – more than in any other region…
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LOCAL BUSINESS WINS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD FOR THE 2ND TIME
Environmental consultancy Dialogue Matters, based in Brabourne near Ashford, has won a prestigious award for the second time, plus an exclusive ‘best of the best’ award. The CIEEM Best Practice Stakeholder Engagement award was presented to the company’s Project Manager…
HYTHE IMPERIAL OWNERS COMPLETE PURCHASE OF THE MARQUIS AT ALKHAM
GSE Group, owner of the Hythe Imperial, has completed the purchase of the five star Marquis at Alkham, between Dover and Folkestone. The 200-year-old former village inn was converted into a luxury boutique hotel and a fine dining restaurant following…
BELLWAY SUPPORTS HEART OF KENT HOSPICE WITH £4000 DONATION
West Malling based housebuilder Bellway Kent has pledged £4,000 to support local charity Heart of Kent Hospice. The money was donated after the developer discovered more about the work that the charity does to support over 1,300 families in the…
KENT FIRM APPOINTS NEW SALES & DESIGN ENGINEER
Air conditioning specialist Coolair Equipment Ltd has boosted its growing operation in Kent with the appointment of Matthew Gower as Sales & Design Engineer. Based at Coolair’s offices on Ashford Road in Maidstone, the former apprentice has more than 20…
INDIVIDUALS TAKING BACK CONTROL OF PERSONAL DATA TEDX FOLKESTONE EXPERT
Control over how personal data is disseminated and used has been tipped back in to the control of the individual rather than businesses and institutions, according to an expert who will be addressing an event in Kent this summer. Soti…
