Join The MBB Networking Event at Love Food @ Lockmeadow, Maidstone
In-person networking is returning to Maidstone with a not-to-be-missed Maidstone Business Boost (MBB) Networker event at Love Food @ Lockmeadow this June. Organised by The Business Terrace, MBC’s flexible workspace, the event invites Maidstone businesses of all ages and sizes…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
Triple Funding Award To Boost Sustainable Innovation In Kent and Medway
Growing Kent & Medway partners have won funding for three new landmark projects, enabling the regional development enterprise to grow its innovation programme for the food and drink sector. The three initiatives are funded by the UK Government through the…
MBC To Give Businesses A Boost
Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is asking businesses affected by Covid-19 to come forward to check what help, advice and potential financial support is available to them as part of its new scheme, Maidstone Business Boost (MBB). By offering diagnostic meetings…
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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…
, 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…){kind=link}
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.…
 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.…){kind=link}
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…
 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…){kind=link}
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…
