Kent Fruit Specialist Cultivates Growth Plans With HSBC UK Support
Leading Kent fruit growing and processing specialist, Fourayes, has secured a six-figure HSBC UK Equipment Finance facility to support the purchase of innovative new peeling, coring and seed-celling machinery for processing English Bramley apples. The UK’s number one grower and…
Kent Housebuilder Secures Help To Buy Funding
Kent-based housebuilder Jones Homes Southern has secured Government funding to support first-time buyers onto the property ladder at its developments across the county. The developer, whose regional office is in Swanley, has received approval to sell homes with the new…
Kent’s Rural House Buyers Hit By Unexpected Heating Bills
Buyers of off-grid homes in Kent are being faced with unexpectedly high heating bills, according to Marden based consumer advice specialists The Heating Hub. The company is receiving a high volume of enquiries from householders across the county who have reported moving to rural homes that…
Pink Lady® And The Crisp As Nim’s Land Exclusive Deal
The UK’s only manufacturer of air-dried fruit and vegetable crisps has signed an exclusive agreement with Pink Lady® to turn its apples into a great-tasting snack. Nim’s Fruit Crisps has joined forces with one of the biggest brands in fruit…
£2.9M Further Grant For Business In Maidstone
Maidstone businesses that have suffered a significant reduction in income due to Covid and do not qualify for other financial support will be able to apply for a share of £2.9m discretionary government grant, which is open for applications until…
Kent Holiday Parks Thank NHS Heroes With Discount Stays
Six popular holiday parks in Kent are giving NHS staff a 10 per cent discount off their holidays as a thank-you for all their hard work during the coronavirus crisis. The discount was announced by Park Holidays UK as the…
Top 7 Techniques to save money for your business startup
Starting a business is never like walking on rose petals. Some statistic shows that nine out of ten startups fail for one or many reasons. While the failure of a startup can depend on several factors, the main factor seems…
HSBC UK Launches £200M SME Fund To Support Businesses In Kent
HSBC UK has today launched a £200 million fund for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kent, part of a broader £15 billion lending fund to support SMEs across the UK, as part of its commitment to help British businesses…
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Free Brexit Advice For Kent Businesses
Kent County Council’s Trading Standards Officers are offering free specialist advice to local firms needing help to do business with the EU. The move to provide no-cost regulatory guidance to businesses via a dedicated advice line on 03333 602300 has…
Maidstone Business Working With Women To Promote Digital Skills
A Maidstone business at the forefront of promoting female empowerment and success is asking women to share their digital skills this Women’s History Month. Community and members club, Digital Women, wants ladies of all abilities from beginner to expert to…
Business Innovation Is Helping Shape Kent & East Sussex’s Post-COVID Future
Pioneering businesses in Kent and East Sussex are crucial to help the area and the whole country to recover from the economic impact of COVID-19, and government support is available to help them do it. This is the message from…
Plans Approved For Construction Of New 79-Home Rainham Development
A housebuilder has been given the green light to start work on a new development of 79 homes in Rainham. Medway Council unanimously approved the plans, submitted by Bellway Kent for the new homes off Lower Rainham Road, at a…
New Homes Development In Lenham Celebrates One Year Of Success
A housebuilder in Lenham is celebrating a successful year meeting the growing demand for new homes in the village. Westwood Park, which is set to see 70 new homes brought to Lenham by Jones Homes, has proven popular over the…
Maidstone Businessman Transforms From Solopreneur To Thriving Team Amidst Pandemic
A Maidstone businessman has defied the challenges of lockdown to go from solopreneur to moving into his first office and recruiting his fifth team member in just two months after taking an office on Maidstone Borough Council’s (MBC) Business Terrace.…
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Rochester Apprentice Encourages Others To Pursue Their Career Through An Amazon Apprenticeship
An apprentice from Rochester is calling on local people and his fellow colleagues to pursue the career they have always wanted by applying now for one of over 1,000 new full-time Amazon apprenticeships available. Recruitment has started for 25 different…
Kent-Based Start-Up Reveals Brexit Woes
A UK-based online fashion business has had to invest an unexpected four-figure sum and limit itself to domestic trading so it can open its virtual doors for the first time, because of new trading arrangements within the Brexit Deal. SlowCo,…
FOUR KENT COMPANIES IN FINAL FOR NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARD
The Rural Business Awards, supported by Amazon, is the only UK-wide programme dedicated to showcasing the success of rural businesses. Kent’s businesses prepare for first ever virtual national final in first ever virtual event. Four Kent businesses are preparing to…
Top Ten Tips: Maintaining Company Culture In Remote Team
Back in the day when offices were a thing, ‘company culture’ and staff relationships were often built and solidified around communal breakfasts, Friday afternoon drinks or team days out. Whether events like these will return or are condemned to the…
New Business Network and Support Launched To Boost Green Economy
A new green business mapping and pilot support programme has been launched for the South East. The Clean Growth South East programme is led by Kent County Council, with funding secured from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership’s Sector Support…
Businesses Need To Be Creative With Solutions To Protect Staff Mental Wellbeing
With businesses across the county adjusting to the realities of lockdown, an employment law specialist with Kent legal firm Furley Page has called on employers to focus on the mental wellbeing of their staff. In June 2020, the mental health charity, Mind, released figures showing that 60% of adults found that their mental health declined during the first national lockdown. With…
