AiMS Targets Financial Wellbeing With New Suite Of Advice And Support Services
AiMS Financial has launched a suite of new financial advice and support services to help clients consider their financial wellbeing and live happier lives, free from financial stress. Based in Ashford, AiMS Financial has been providing independent financial advice since 1996. The Directors took the decision to re-focus the firm’s offer to reflect fundamental changes in the type of advice and support clients…
Sigma Launches New £2.5m Retail Assets Framework
Contractors are on alert after Sigma, a true end-to-end solutions provider, and a leading expert at transforming commercial spaces, launched an exciting new regional retail assets framework potentially worth up to £2.5m. The framework is now open for tender and…
How To Network When You Don’t Like People
Not a people person? Prefer animals to folks? Does the prospect of networking leave you cold? You’re not alone. A study by Harvard academics found that networking made some people feel dirty with an aching desire to brush their teeth!…
Cyber Resilience Centre Launches Across The East To Help Kent Businesses
An innovative partnership between the police, private sector and academia has launched today (13 May), across the East of England to help businesses across Kent protect themselves against cybercrime. The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre (ECRC) is part of a network of centres being established across the country to provide businesses and…
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MBC’s Business Terrace Celebrates Workplace Wellbeing Award
Maidstone Borough Council’s (MBC’s) flexible workspace, The Business Terrace, has achieved the Kent & Medway Healthy Workplace programme bronze award and is urging other Maidstone business to join a virtual event to find out how they can do the same.…
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Chamber Keeps Virtual Networking Events
Virtual networking events run by Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce have proved so popular with attendees that the organisation has agreed to continue hosting the monthly sessions, even as lockdown restrictions ease and increased contact becomes possible. The new series of free monthly networking sessions will again be sponsored by law firm Furley Page. Each session offers a mix of virtual networking, digital…
£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…
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…
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…
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…
Supreme Court Ruling Offers Lifeline For Thousands Of Kent Businesses
A landmark ruling by the Supreme Court was handed down which will present a lifeline to thousands of businesses affected by Covid-19 who will now be able to claim under their business interruption insurance policies for losses caused by the pandemic. Business interruption insurance covers policyholders for loss of income during periods when activity cannot be…
Households Urged To Plan Ahead For Dramatic Rise In Boiler Breakdowns
With over 50% of domestic boiler breakdowns occurring between November and February*, consumers need to plan ahead to ensure that their heating systems are ready for the cold weather, according to heating experts at consumer advice specialists, The Heating Hub. After months of inactivity over the summer, the advent…
Business Leaders Urged To Be Open, Genuine And Fair When Considering Redundancies
An employment specialist from law firm Furley Page has urged business leaders and HR teams to consider the welfare of the individual if they are forced into making redundancies. Amanda Okill, a Senior Associate at Furley Page, said: “As Kent’s businesses continue to face up to the challenges posed by the…
Woman-Owned Cloud Accounting Practice Commits To Become Climate Neutral Certified
Kent-based cloud accounting firm will measure and offset its 2020 carbon footprint and reduce emissions moving forward KENT, UK – CLIC ACCOUNTING is proud to announce it has committed to become Climate Neutral Certified. The company will be working with…
New Lockdown Rules And Help Available
As England enters a second Lockdown Maidstone Borough Council is reminding residents of the new restrictions which are currently scheduled to finish on 2 December and where to get help. We need to act together to protect lives and livelihoods.…
Kent Gifting And Souvenir Business Secures HSBC UK Support During COVID-19
A family-owned importation business has secured a seven-figure loan from HSBC UK through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) to support trading during Covid-19. Broadstairs-based Elgate Products supplies giftware, souvenirs, garden, homeware and bespoke products to businesses across the…
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