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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Kitchen Retailer Tackles Global Pandemic To Open New Store In Rainham
Kitchen retailer Kutchenhaus is harnessing the latest technology to help open its first ever store in Rainham, Kent. The store on the High Street opened its doors in April serving customers across Medway and Swale. Face-to-face consultations are available with…
Transition at Furley Page as Senior Partner Peter Hawkes Retires
A dispute resolution specialist, Peter retired after more than four decades with the firm. Joining Furley Page as a trainee in 1979, he became a Partner in 1983. He went on to be appointed Head of the Dispute Resolution Team, and was also elected Senior Partner in 2001. …
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…
Increased Footfall As Shoppers Return To Maidstone With Confidence
Maidstone town centre has seen the number of shoppers increase since it ‘reopened its doors’ on 12 April which is great news for local businesses – says MBC. Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) has been working closely with The Mall, Fremlin…
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Construction Work Gathers Pace At Harrietsham Housing Development
A new housing development in Harrietsham is edging closer to completion. Bellway is set to finish construction work at Bluebell Walk, a collection of 58 new homes off Ashford Road, this summer. When completed, the development will consist of 38…
Bellway Secures New Land To Extend 556-Home Development in Dartford
Bellway London has acquired a new parcel of land to extend its 556-home Copperhouse Green development in Dartford. The site, off Vauxhall Place, will be used to build an additional 88 apartments to the south of the existing development, which…
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…
