Archive for the ‘Kent Business News’ category
British manufacturing icon reborn thanks to CCW Recovery Solutions
Kent-based CCW Recovery Solutions has injected new life into a British manufacturing icon after it secured the sale of Lola Composites which went into administration nearly a year ago. Lola Composites, a composite components manufacturer supplying the aerospace, defence, communications and automotive industries, has been reborn as Forward Composites Limited, following the deal negotiated by [...]
Solley’s Gives Away Ice Cream For Charity
Award-winning dairy producers Solley’s Farms will give away ice cream at Whitefriars shopping centre in Canterbury on Thursday, May 30 from noon to raise money for the Pilgrim Hospices. The Kentish dairy experts will be handing out their delicious ice cream to shoppers in return for a donation to the charity. Stephen Solley, managing director [...]
Kent Science Park Is Forging Strong Links In CHAIN
Kent Science Park (KSP) continues to represent Kent and the South East on an international stage as a key part of the Channel Innovation Network’s second phase (CHAIN2). Representatives from KSP last week took 18 delegates from French Technology Businesses to Tech City in London, Level 39 at Canada Tower and Farnborough to network with [...]
You’re hired! Apprentice Annie joins 8point3
Dartford-based 8point3 has strengthened its team by awarding an apprenticeship to 19-year-old Annie Jones. Annie, who lives in Belvedere, also home to 8point3’s own sheet metal plant where its range of bespoke LED lighting for commercial and industrial clients is manufactured, joins the team as Business Administrator. “I started my engineering life as an apprentice [...]
HMRC Homes in on Second Property Sales
HM Revenue & Customs has set its sights on undeclared profits made from the sale of second homes, warns DSH Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors. The property sales clampdown is aimed at anyone who has sold second or additional residential properties in the UK or abroad where capital gains tax should be paid on any [...]
Jobs drive for international automotive specialist in Marden
A Kent-based international automotive business is on a major recruitment drive to find up to 50 new employees this year. And the firm believes it needs to recruit a further 100 members of staff over the next three years, to meet current and future growth. Automotive Distributors Ltd (ADL), based at Marden near Maidstone, is [...]
Watch Kent 2020 Vision Live Video Highlights Now!
Last week’s, Kent 2020 Vision Live was a great success and it’s one of the hightlights of the business calender in the South East. Click above to watch a review film produced by Lavender Blue Media.
Raise A Glass To Vertex Law’s Newest Recruit
Vertex Law has further strengthened its legal team with the appointment of Tilly Clarke. The 31-year-old solicitor, who lives in Boughton Monchelsea, has joined the Commercial Team, which provides practical and pragmatic support on a range of commercial issues. The Wine Society member, who specialised in commercial law in her previous role with a London [...]
Locate in Kent counting on new board member
Investment promotion agency Locate in Kent has added experienced chartered accountant Clive Stevens to its board of directors. Clive, Managing Partner at Reeves, was appointed to the board at a meeting earlier this month. The 56-year-old, who has been responsible for securing the firm’s growth and strategic direction since 1995, has become the first accountant [...]
HMRC Launches Defaulters Drive
Persistent tax defaulters are being targeted by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and may face criminal sanctions if they fail to mend their ways, warns DSH Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors. Under the Managing Serious Defaulters initiative, HMRC will closely monitor the tax affairs of individuals who have deliberately evaded tax in the preceding [...]
