SOUTH EAST HAS UK’S HIGHEST POTENTIAL SME’S OUTSIDE OF LONDON
BGF research finds 2,000 South East businesses experience 16% combined turnover growth and responsible for 27,000 new jobs since 2015 A group of 2,063 SMEs headquartered in the South East represents the UK’s largest concentration of high potential businesses outside…
FROM APPRENTICE TO BOARDROOM, McBRIDES APPOINTS NEW PARTNER
McBrides Chartered Accountants has announced the appointment this month of a new tax partner who previously trained with the firm, in Sidcup, 18 years ago. Masum Ahmed is a Chartered Tax Adviser and Trust and Estate Practitioner who qualified as…
PLANS REVEALED FOR NEW 14-UNIT INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE COUNTER SCHEME
Developers have announced plans to build a new 14-unit industrial and trade counter scheme on Vale Road in Tonbridge, which could see the site occupied as early as 2020. The 4.11-acre site was purchased by a joint venture between the…
HOBBS PARKER EXPANDS PROPERTY CONSULTANCY TEAM
Hobbs Parker Property Consultants is pleased to welcome a new Director to its team. Vicky Phillips, whose career started as a graduate at Hobbs Parker, has more than ten years of experience in valuation, estate strategy and tax planning, compulsory…
BRITANNIA MATERIALS HANDLING CELEBRATES TRIUMPHANT TURNAROUND
Mitsubishi dealership Britannia Materials Handling celebrates triumphant turnaround year. Britannia — the official dealer of Mitsubishi forklifts in the Kent and South East London area — has transformed its operations over the past year after recent investment. In late 2017,…
THE DELIVERY GROUP OPENS NEW £2 MILLION HUB IN KENT
Leading eCommerce and specialist mail services firm The Delivery Group will open a new £2 million mail processing hub in Aylesford, Kent in March. The new premises will enable The Delivery Group to support the rapidly growing delivery demand from…
2019 SWALE BUSINESS AWARDS LAUNCH
The 2019 Swale Business Awards Launch At Shepherd Neame On 26th March Following on from the historic amount of entries into last year’s awards; the 2019 Swale Business Awards will begin accepting entries from 26th March. This will be the…
MCS GROUP HITS TOP GEAR WITH LAMBORGHINI DEALERSHIP
A Midlands-based building contractor is really motoring after creating a major new supercar dealership in Kent. MCS Group has transformed a former Mazda site to create the Grange Lamborghini dealership in Tunbridge Wells, after being appointed by motor retail group…
LOOKING SHIP-SHAPE AND LEADING THE WAY
Viking Maritime unveils its new aligned brand identity created by brand agency, Think Studio Viking Maritime, one of the world’s leading maritime services companies, unveils the new brand identity for its portfolio of businesses including Viking Crew, Chiltern Maritime and…
CRIPPS LAWYER ANNOUNCED AS WOMEN IN PROPERTY CHAIRMAN
CA property dispute specialist from leading law firm Cripps, incorporating Pemberton Greenish, has been announced as chairman of the Women in Property’s South East Branch. Freddie Jackson, who has been a member of Women in Property for eight years, will…
LEADING FAMILY LAWYER JOINS FURLEY PAGE
Kent law firm Furley Page has appointed a new Partner to head its Family Law team. Rayma Collins, the highly regarded family law specialist, has joined Furley Page from West Kent lawyers Warners, where she had held the position of Head of Family Law. Rayma is recognised by legal…
THANET BUSINESS OWNERS BRING AWARD WINNING CARE TO DOVER
Garry Costain and Jayne Costain have owned and operated Caremark Thanet since October 2012. The married couple will soon be bringing their impeccable standard of care to clients throughout Sandwich, Deal and the surrounding areas, as they launch Caremark Dover.…
NEW APPOINTMENTS AT GROWING LAW FIRM
Warners Solicitors, with offices in Sevenoaks and Tonbridge, has appointed eight new members of staff. Leading expert Martin Terrell has joined, along with Heather West, Niki Tarrant and Tara Millen, to head up a new Court of Protection team. Eleanor…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
