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11 Dec 2018

Businesses gather for Maidstone Borough Council’s first Business Forum event

More than 100 businesses from across Maidstone attended the Borough’s first Business Forum event on Wednesday 5 December.
16 Nov 2018

Mayor of Maidstone officially opens third expansion of The Business Terrace

The Mayor of Maidstone, Cllr David Naghi, has officially opened the third expansion of The Business Terrace, Maidstone Borough Council’s innovative communal working hub, which is home to some of Kent's most impressive and exciting entrepreneurs and start-up businesses.
16 Oct 2018

MBC secures £156,000 to fund design of Innovation Centre

Maidstone Borough Council has secured £156,000 from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (‘SELEP’) to fund the design of the new Innovation Centre at Kent Medical Campus.
11 Oct 2018

Lower Thames Crossing to boost road capacity by 90 per cent

A major new road linking Kent, Thurrock and Essex would nearly double road capacity across the river Thames and almost halve northbound journey times at Dartford Crossing, under updated plans released by Highways England today.
27 Sep 2018

The Man from Arriva says ‘YES’ to Maidstone

When Oliver Monahan, 43, was appointed into his new role as Area Managing Director for Arriva he knew he would have to relocate but had no idea where to base himself.
28 Aug 2018

Additional funding for the Catapult Centres of £780m just announced

HM Treasury has just announced an additional £780m funding for the Catapult Centres which have already helped over 3,000 companies develop and exploit new technologies. Now is a great time to find out what the Catapult Centres can do for your business.
15 Aug 2018

The Kent and Medway Business Fund (KMBF) will be opening to new pre-applications from the 1 September 2018.

KMBF is financed by recycled loan repayments from the former Regional Growth Fund schemes (Expansion East Kent, Tiger and Escalate) and aims to offer funding to businesses across Kent and Medway.
15 Aug 2018

Three in three! Third expansion announced as Maidstone's Business Terrace celebrates three-year anniversary.

Maidstone Borough Council has announced the third expansion of The Business Terrace, in a project that will create much-needed affordable office space for growing businesses in the town centre.