

AVANTE APPOINT INTERIM MANAGER
Following the recent departure of their former Chief Executive, Cedric Frederick, Avante Partnership have appointed Mark Lloyd, as the interim Managing Director of Avante Partnership. Peter Smallridge, Chairman of the Board of Avante, commented; “We are delighted Mark has accepted…

DSH MERGES WITH TENBURY
DSH is pleased to announce the completion of a merger between DSH Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors of Maidstone and the Charing-based firm of Tenbury Chartered Accountants. For Philip Bramall, Tenbury’s Managing Partner, the move was a natural one to…

SKILLS OF THE THE FUTURE COME TO EAST KENT COLLEGE
East Kent College’s Centre for Environmental Technologies has been officially opened by the Rt Hon Gregory Barker, Minister of State at the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC). The £6.5m Future Building, which is located at the College’s Broadstairs campus, is the…

CROSS CHANNEL PARTNERS SHARE TOURISM INSIGHTS
More than 280 delegates from tourism businesses and organisations from both sides of the Channel gathered for a Why Travel Further? conference at the Ashford International Hotel. Mark Dance, tourism cabinet member for Kent County Council, and Amanda Cottrell, chairman…

KIMS OPENS ITS DOORS
Kent Institute of Medicine & Surgery (KIMS), the £95m state-of-the-art hospital which will transform acute and specialist health provision in the county, has been officially opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester, during a visit to Maidstone. The royal visit…

STRONG YEAR FOR LOCATE IN KENT
Locate in Kent, the county’s investment promotion agency, helped create or retain almost 3,000 jobs in they county last year, latest figures reveal. Set a target of 2,750 jobs either directly created, retained or indirectly created, for the year to…