

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAKES MAIDSTONE SPARKLE
The Maidstone Business Improvement District (BID) has launched a specialist street cleaning service in Maidstone town centre. The service, which is the second initiative to be funded by Maidstone BID, will provide additional cleaning to the BID area to ensure an…

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…

MID KENT COLLEGE TO HOST OPEN EVENT
University-style education in the heart of Maidstone MidKent College to host Open Event for adult students, apprentices and businesses MidKent College, one of the largest further education and training providers in the South East, will be opening its doors later this month to give visitors the opportunity to…

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…

LASTING POWER OF ATTORNEY REFUND
Local residents who have made a recent Lasting Power of Attorney urged to check eligibility for a refund, as £77 million is still unclaimed Kent law firm Furley Page is urging local people to check their eligibility for a lasting power of attorney (LPA) fee refund, after almost two million…