Month: April 2024
Brighton Fringe 2024 launches
Brighton Fringe is back for 2024 from 3 May to 2 June, with a massive 750 events being staged in over 120 venues across Brighton, Hove and beyond.
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A spring update
Here at Surrey Chambers, we are delighted to be launching, in partnership with Surrey Heath Borough Council, the Surrey Manufacturing and Engineering Network – a dynamic initiative aimed at fostering collaboration and growth within the manufacturing and engineering sector in Surrey. Our mission is to facilitate shared learning, create supply chain opportunities and offer business […]
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No 9 Restaurant at Chapel House Estate named Made in Kent’s 2024 ‘Best Restaurant’
No 9 Restaurant at Chapel House Estate in Minster has been awarded Gold for ‘Best Restaurant’ in Kent at the prestigious Made in Kent Food and Drink Awards 2024.
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Boosting growth and promoting sustainability
Sussex Chambers has recently partnered with Reveela.com, a cutting-edge digital marketing platform. This strategic collaboration aims to help Chamber members gain a competitive advantage in both local and international markets by leveraging advanced digital marketing capabilities powered by new energy-reducing artificial intelligence, developed by Reveela Technologies and part funded by Innovate UK. Understanding the crucial […]
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Kingsmead Leisure Centre seeks operators to run café, childcare and therapies
Active Life, the charity behind the multi-million-pound transformation of Kingsmead Leisure Centre in Canterbury, Kent, is inviting expressions of interest from providers who would like the opportunity to run the cutting-edge café, childcare provision and therapies ahead of the flagship centre’s grand reopening later in 2024.
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Cantium Business Solutions supports KCC’s large-scale device rollout for hybrid working
Kent County Council (KCC) has partnered with Cantium Business Solutions, a public sector IT services specialist, to deliver 9,000 Microsoft Surface Devices to its hybrid-working workforce.
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Mitchell & Cooper achieves ISO 14001 certification
Uckfield, Sussex-based catering supplier Mitchell & Cooper has announced its recent achievement of ISO 14001 certification, marking a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to environmental sustainability.
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CT Travel Group celebrates 35 years in business
This month marks a milestone for Tunbridge Wells-based CT Travel Group, which is celebrating 35 years in business within the travel industry.
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Surrey producer competes for spot on Adli’s shelves in Channel 4 series
Entrepreneur Roni Bandong-McSorley from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey will appear on Channel 4’s ‘Aldi’s Next Big Thing’ on 30 April alongside husband Steve McSorley.
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What does Labour’s ‘mission-based government’ mean for business?
With a General Election edging ever closer and the polls suggesting a change of government is on the cards, many businesses are starting to think more seriously about what a Labour administration means for them. Central to the Labour Party’s pitch at the election is the idea of its five missions – centred around economic […]
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We need a different conversation about development
Nearly everyone criticises the planning system, but isn’t one of the biggest problems, literally, much closer to home? Are we looking at development, and specifically housebuilding, through the wrong end of the telescope and overlooking the positives? The reality is we all need a place to live, and it changes throughout the stages of our […]
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Half of Brits fear a fall in standard of living
Nearly half (46%) of UK adults are worried that their standard of living will fall over the next 12 months, reveals research conducted on behalf of Handelsbanken Wealth & Asset Management.
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Friends who turned £5k into £4m expand loft boarding business to Kent
Three friends who started a loft boarding and insulation business with a rented van, storage unit and £5,000 of their own money have expanded their operation, Amazing Lofts, into Kent.
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More than 41,900 new homes needed in Brighton and Hove by 2040
Brighton and Hove needs to build more than 41,900 new homes in less than two decades to meet the needs of the city’s 2040 population, research by socio-economic experts at Marrons has revealed.
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Capital Compactors and Balers bolsters field service network
Bognor Regis-based Capital Compactors and Balers (CCL), part of the Impact Environmental Group (IEG), has considerably expanded its field service engineer network with the addition of two new mobile service vehicles in the South East.
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Folkestone Harbour opens first-ever standalone retail outlet
Folkestone Harbour, a popular seaside destination and hub for independent food and drink brands in Kent, has entered the world of retail with its first-ever, permanent, standalone retail space.
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Kings Hill welcomes public art project celebrating Kent’s agricultural heritage
A five-metre high, multi-coloured artwork celebrating Kent’s agricultural heritage has been unveiled in Kings Hill, near West Malling.
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Business activity growth sustained across the South East, but at softer pace
There was a further improvement in the business environment across the South East region in March, with the latest NatWest South East PMI® data continuing to signal demand and activity growth.
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Elham’s The King’s Arms crowned best pub in Kent
For the third year in a row, Contemporary Pubs has seen one of its gastropubs and freehouses crowned the ‘Kent pub of the year’ in a major national awards scheme.
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Produced in Kent’s Future Food Forum is back for 2024
Following a hugely successful event last year, Produced in Kent will once again be hosting its Future Food Forum at the University of Kent in Canterbury on 3 May 2024.
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Family team launches SureCare home care service in Sittingbourne
Husband and wife team Lisa and Rejue Khalique, as well as Lisa’s cousin Stephanie Kew, who will be the registered manager, have launched their SureCare franchise in Sittingbourne to provide a broad range of regulated and non-regulated care services.
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Martin Tolhurst Solicitors partners with Kent Wildlife Trust
Kent law firm Martin Tolhurst Solicitors has announced a new partnership with Kent Wildlife Trust, a respected wildlife charity dedicated to preserving the county’s natural heritage.
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‘Music-driven’ restaurant launches in Brighton
This April, Rob Shenton and Charlie Bunn – the respective owners of Riddle and Finn’s and Hickstead Estate – are launching Drifter, a new music-driven restaurant concept for Brighton.
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Moore Barlow advises New Path Fire and Security on latest acquisition
Moore Barlow has advised regional fire safety and security firm New Path Fire and Security on the acquisition of Kent-based Electrifire Limited for an undisclosed sum.
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Smaller payroll firms risk being left behind by automation
New research from people management and payroll platform Employment Hero suggests that smaller payroll providers in the UK risk being left behind thanks to a distrust of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation.
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IoD Surrey welcomes new student and future director ambassadors
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has appointed two new ambassadors to its Surrey branch committee to represent the student community and future directors.
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Moat secures £100m funding to accelerate sustainability ambitions
Moat, one of the South East’s largest housing associations, has secured a £100 million sustainability-linked loan facility from Lloyds Bank to retrofit its existing stock and boost housebuilding across the region.
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What is the new Flexible Working Bill?
New flexible working regulations will come into effect on 6 April 2024. Antonio Fletcher, head of employment at Canterbury-based law firm Whitehead Monckton, outlines what the new bill is and what it will mean for businesses and employees.
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Azets acquires RSM UK’s specialist medical accounting team
Azets, the international advisory, outsourcing and compliance group with 21 regional offices across the South East of England, has announced the acquisition of RSM UK’s specialist medical accounting team.
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Are we really running out of people?
In the last edition’s article, I made the case for how our economy would benefit from having more medium-sized businesses. One such benefit was the opportunity to provide work placements, internships or even higher-level apprenticeships as a means of growing and expanding the workforce. This, in itself, was as good a reason as any to […]
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