

How Can Businesses Navigate Through the Skills Shortage Crisis in the UK?
After experiencing health and economic crises, UK businesses are facing another problem: a shortage of talent. A survey reviewed by the Bank of England states that entrepreneurs are dealing with the most severe shortage of job candidates on record because of Brexit…

Kent Growers Get £1m In Grants To Tackle Impact Of Climate Change
Over £1m in funding has been awarded by Growing Kent & Medway to six innovative projects in Kent that will make horticultural and plant-based food and drink production more sustainable. The projects will not only help the industry reduce its…

McBrides Elevates Bexleyheath’s Apex Lifts Sale To Swedish Lift Group
McBrides Corporate Finance has advised Bexleyheath business Apex Lifts in its sale to Swedish-based Cibes Lift Group. Apex Lifts is well-known across London and has specialised in lift modernisation, installation and maintenance since 1970 growing to provide 3,500 maintenance contracts…

Cantium And The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre Partner To Help Schools
Today, Cantium Business Solutions, a specialist provider of HR, IT and finance solutions, announces that it has partnered with the Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre (ECRC) to launch a cyber security education programme to help schools address threats and improve their…

Totally Natural Solutions Wins Prestigious Business Award
Totally Natural Solutions (TNS), supplier of natural and sustainable hop oils to the global brewing industry, has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise – International Trade, following a period of significant international sales growth. The honour is recognition…

Key Features Of New ‘no fault’ Divorce Law Explained
The introduction of new divorce laws in England and Wales marks a fundamental shift to a ‘no fault’ system, but what will this mean in practice for couples looking to separate? Megan Bennie, a Solicitor with Furley Page’s Family Law…

Black Ox Ltd Acquire Branded Video Company Sightline
Black Ox Ltd, publishers of The Business Magazine, has bolstered its creative content wing with the acquisition of branded video production firm Sightline. The acquisition of the Guildford-based company, which specialises in producing corporate videos, was completed at the start…

Managed IT Services Provider InfoTech Solutions rebrands as Air IT following acquisition
The two award-winning MSPs have completed their integration. Kent-based IT support provider InfoTech Solutions (UK) Limited has completed the final stages of its integration with Air IT, following its acquisition which was announced in March 2021. This sees the retirement…

Further Growth For Local Accountancy Firm Beresfords
Beresfords Chartered Certified Accountants have signed the deal to merge with Hillgroves accountants. Established in 1958, Beresfords, one of the longest standing accountants in the area continues to grow and is now one of the largest in the area. As…

Vistry Group Secures Five-Star Rating For Third Year In A Row
National housebuilder Vistry Group has received a five-star rating from the Home Builders Federation for the third year in a row. The housebuilder, which is building homes across Kent and East Sussex, has now achieved this accolade, the highest rating…

Custodian Data Centres Supports Sustainable Digital Transformation at Crossways Business Park
Custodian Data Centres, the UK’s leading colocation provider for MSPs, cloud, enterprise and digital entertainment organisations, has become the lead technology partner for Crossways Business Park, in Dartford, Kent. As the business park’s only data centre operator, Custodian’s 10MW, DA2…

Donation will help to bridge the digital divide
As part of its longstanding commitment to giving back to the communities in which it operates, leading UK place maker, United Living, has donated over £17,000 to Clarion Futures – in a bid to drive digital inclusion. The pandemic shone…

Employers Must Be Aware Of Disabilities When Requiring Staff To Return To The Workplace
With increasing numbers of employees now being asked to return to the workplace, a leading employment lawyer has warned employers to consider the impact on staff with disabilities, or risk falling foul of the Equality Act. Tessa Robinson, an Associate…

Is The Office Suit Dead? Redefining Workwear In The Post-Pandemic Era
For decades, office dress codes were led by an accepted belief that said: smart equals success. The tailored suit and tie, the 1980s power suit and the fitted dress and blazer all aimed to make the wearer appear more productive,…

Maidstone Innovation Centre – Open For Business
Kent’s latest high-specification business destination the Maidstone Innovation Centre (MIC), is now officially open for business. Cutting the ribbon to open the doors to new tenants today (Thursday 10 March), was the Mayor of Maidstone – Cllr Fay Gooch, who…

Zizzi Tops Off Record Year For Nim’s Fruit Crisps
The UK’s only air-dried fruit crisp manufacturer is celebrating a record year in style after diversification plans landed a major deal with a leading Italian restaurant chain. Nim’s Fruit Crisps, which received a Queen’s Award for Innovation in 2020, has…

Kent Based – SearchFlow’s Head of Customer Service Celebrates CX Stars Victory
Katriona O’Hare ranked 12th in the CX Stars, as voted by Customer Experience Magazine readers Katriona O’Hare, Head of Customer Service at SearchFlow, one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions,…

Register For The MBC Business Portal
Anyone interested in opportunities to do business with Maidstone Borough Council is being encouraged to register for alerts on the Kent Business Portal. The Council would like any local businesses, big and small, to bid for their contracts. By registering…

Helping Plant-Based Food Businesses Hit Net-Zero In Kent
A new training programme, Growing Green, will help horticultural, food and drink businesses in Kent meet net-zero targets by giving them the skills, knowledge and funding to become more sustainable. Led by NIAB as part of the Growing Kent and…

Chelsfield Lakes Launch Trackman
Chelsfield Lakes Golf Centre has taken a huge step forward in the world of golf technology with the grand opening of its TrackMan range system following a £500,000 investment into the Kent-based facility. The state-of-the-art system is now open to…