Maidstone's Business News Archive
After 6 months our news and events items are transferred to the news archive.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today confirmed all the communities in the South East through which the Olympic Flame will be carried by Torchbearers during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay which is presented by Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung...
Maidstone Borough Council's Economic Development team and Kent County Council jointly hosted a knowledge-sharing event on home working, live work and work hubs . ...
BT has announced that Maidstone will benefit from the upgrade of 3 more local exchanges, as part of the latest phase of the company's £2.5 billion super-fast fibre broadband programme. ...
The former Veglios Motel site will become a new Audi showroom, replacing the current site at nearby Quarry Wood Industrial Park. ...
Work on Maidstone Borough Council's £2.2 million High Street regeneration scheme started today...
2011 has been a bumper year for Maidstone firms, at Kent’s Excellence in Business Awards. ...
Kent Reliance Banking Services is opening a new branch in Maidstone and seeking outlets across the county as it shuts its new West Country operation. The former building society ...
Maidstone is proving an excellent place for new businesses and for existing business to expand. A series of new retail projects are underway. Sports Soccer is due to move from its current .....
A new High Speed service from Maidstone West to St Pancras International via Strood is due to commence on 23 May 2011 , with journey times from just 47 minutes...
Steps to Environmental Management (STEM) Level 1 STEM is a step-by-step guide to putting an environmental management system in place within your business. It is a free, self-certifying scheme. ...
A £78 million investment is being made for a new Hospital at Newnham Court, near Grove Green. The hospital will be open for both private and NHS patients .....
The multi-million pound regeneration scheme has been given the go-ahead by Maidstone Borough Council. The first phase will commence in 2011, incorporating the area from the Mall Chequers shopping centre to the end of Bank Street and the second phase from Mill Street to the dual carriage way junction will follow at a later date...
More than 70 businesses, charities and voluntary organisations took part in Maidstone Borough Council’s debate about the issues of localism and what it means for Maidstone...
The EU has recently launched a new website with the purpose of helping to boost small businesses in Europe. The portal gathers together all the information provided by the EU on SME's (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises),...
A free funding event is taking place next month offering businesses guidance on how to access grants from a €50 billion EU pot. ...
"The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) and Mid Kent College are exploring a range of collaborations at their Oakwood Park campuses in Maidstone...
December unemployment figures for Maidstone recorded another small fall, a further sign that the local economy is beginning to regain momentum...
Maidstone Bids for Purple Flag! Purple Flag status is the new "gold standard" that recognises great entertainment and hospitality areas at night. ...
The Stanley Cornwallis Building on the Kent Showground at Detling is being transformed to meet the needs of a modern conferencing and meeting centre ...
Building work is well under way on a state of the art Library and History Centre in Maidstone. The £10m project by Kent County Council...
Maidstone is to become the hub of Santander’s corporate operation in Kent ...
Results from the 2010 Perception Study, commissioned by investment promotion agency Locate in Kent, reveal that the preferred business town in Kent was Maidstone...
The BBC yesterday released the findings of an Experian report which has rated all local authority areas according to their expected resilience to forthcoming public sector spending cuts,...
The new owner of Springfield Square in Maidstone has revealed plans to begin the construction of two new ‘grade A’ office buildings in the Spring of 2011. The development will form the next phase of a major mixed use office campus situated between the town centre and junction 6 of the M20. Jeremy Philp, managing director of Dunsfold Developments, comments:...
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery’s new East Wing is beginning to take shape; the latest investment in Maidstone’s cultural and visitor economy. The foundations and groundwork have been completed and the steel shell is now clearly visible...
Meet your next new clients at the popular and highly successful 'casual' networking event at a venue near you. This is an ideal atmosphere to relax and chat to fellow business people. Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce staff will be on hand to make introductions if you are new at the event. The next date and location for the Maidstone area is 26th October from 6-7.30pm at The Russell Hotel, Boxley Road, Maidstone, ME14 2AE. No booking required. Just bring along your business card...
Presented by Furley Page Solicitors at the Marriott Tudor Park Hotel, Maidstone ME14 7HQ. Thursday 18th November 8.3oam to 11.45am. Members £21.28 + VAT (£25.00) Non Members £25.53 +VAT (£30.00) ...
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