Archive for the ‘Kent Business News’ category
Sittingbourne Invicta Rotary Clubs’ Caterham Car Schools Project is a big hit
Kent Business TV recently visited the Swale Skills Centre to report on the Sittingbourne Invicta Rotary Club’s Caterham Car Project. Its proving to be a massive success so far. Click above to watch our film which has been sponsored by Wire Belt Limited. Dudley Cramp, member of the Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta and local [...]
Small business legislation 2012 – a look ahead
Small businesses are being advised to prepare for the impact of new and upcoming legislation in 2012. Experts at Clydesdale Bank have identified three key pieces of legislation that they strongly recommend small businesses pay attention to this year. Among the most pressing pieces of legislation for the sector in the coming year are: The [...]
Kent 2020 Vision Live Exhibitor Briefing At Kent Event Centre
Kent 2020 Vision Live is the largest business-to-business exhibition in the South East, bringing together over 300 exhibitors and around 4,000 visitors each year. The event has become a key date in the Kent business calendar, building thousands of mutually profitable relationships and generating millions of pounds of business for the local economy. This year [...]
Export-led recovery stimulates acquisitions
Confidence of an export-led recovery has seen the Corporate Finance team in Crowe Clark Whitehill’s Tunbridge Wells office experience an increase in acquisition activity within the manufacturing sector. As well as seeing a rise in enquiries from prospective vendors and purchasers, the team has just completed advising on the purchase of Milton Keynes-based manufacturer Europtica [...]
IBP Launches Service to Improve Health of South East Employees
A service to help employees of small and medium sized organisations in the South East to become healthier and therefore more productive, has been launched this month by Inspiring Business Performance (IBP), in partnership with vielife. The online, interactive service enables employees to measure and monitor their sleep, nutrition, stress and physical activity levels. As [...]
IoD reaction to GDP figures
Commenting on the latest GDP figures, which showed a decline of 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011, Graeme Leach, Chief Economist at the Institute of Directors, said: “The tightrope walk between recession and recovery continues. We’ve taken one step towards a double-dip recession, and it’s now probably 50-50 as to whether we’ll take the [...]
Join in the action as a Games Time Kent Greeter
Kent County Council in partnership with Visit Kent is offering 300 volunteers the opportunity to become official Games Time Kent Greeters and play an active part in the 2012 Games. Games Time Kent Greeters will be on hand to provide support and advice to residents and visitors from July 17 to September 9. They will [...]
A Monster Of A Challenge For RBLI
In a monster challenge a team of people with disabilities and health conditions from Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) have assembled a life-size Monster Truck entirely out of K’NEX parts. RBLI, a not-for-profit charity and social enterprise based in Kent, teamed up with American based touring property, Monster Jam and American construction toy company K’NEX [...]
Charles Buchanan responds to the Government’s announcement of public consultation on a new airport in the Thames Estuary
Charles Buchanan, Chief Executive of Manston Airport, said: “We welcome the announcement of a formal consultation on a new airport. “It is vital that any decision on such a major development is evidence based and considers all the opportunities and challenges of the various solutions proposed. For the country as a whole and the economy [...]
Lend Lease Appoints The New Bluewater Gereral Manager
Lend Lease has appointed Robert Goodman as the new General Manager of Bluewater, Europe’s leading retail, leisure and events destination. Robert joins Bluewater from Land Securities, where he was Centre Director for One New Change. Commenting on the appointment of Robert, Mark Boor, Head of Retail Asset Management at Lend Lease, said: “As the number [...]
