For a wider range of support available to all businesses. Business Link can give you independent advice to help you find the best support for your business.
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are grateful for the support of our partners and sponsor who assist us
in a variety of ways to help our clients. As well as providing access
to useful information as quickly as possible, they also help us to make
the right contacts and connections for our members.
The Innovation and Growth Team also benefits from the help of several experienced independent business professionals who provide vital links to industry, corporations and financial contacts.
Business Support Kent (BSK) is a community Interest Company (CIC) and our sole purpose is to do just that: support businesses and entrepreneurs in Kent & Medway. As a CIC we are not for profit and any surplus we generate is re-invested to develop more support for business
The Kent Partnership is made up of representatives from the public, private, voluntary and community sector. The Enterprise and Innovation Task Group provides strategic guidance to the Kent & Medway Innovation and Growth Team
Kent County Council is the strategic local authority for Kent and has a wide range of responsibilities, including economic development and regeneration. It is supportive of Kent Businesses through its Backing Kent Business initiative and has developed strong working relationships with the business community. It seeks to ensure that Kent businesses operate in an environment which is conducive to sustainable business growth, making the most of its location between London and the Europe.
Medway Council is committed to ensuring that Medway benefits from the right economic conditions to support inward investment, new business formation and business growth. Medway Council and its partners provide businesses with support and services to ensure stable growth.
Kent Science Park campus, one of the largest in the South East of England, offers over 500,000 sq ft (46,450 sq m) of high specification, purpose built accommodation to let, flexible enough to nurture the ambitious start-up, as well as to serve the expanding or mature technology company.
Locate in Kent is passionate about sharing the benefits of Kent with businesses. The company's free, confidential corporate relocation service includes information about office and industrial sites and properties in Kent and Medway, location-specific research, local knowledge and specialist contacts.
Solace CEO Eliot Forster is the Chairman of KMIGT. He has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 15 years and was most recently Head of European Development for Pfizer. Eliot is an advisor to the UKTI Biotech & Pharmaceuticals group and also works with universities in support of their Enterprise activities. He is passionate about supporting growth businesses in Kent & Medway
Formed in 2001, the Thames Gateway Kent Partnership (TGKP) is a partnership of private, public and community sectors in North Kent and Medway. It is one of three similar partnerships in the Gateway – the other two covering the London Gateway area and South Essex – with overall co-ordination coming through a ministerially-led Strategic Partnership for the whole of the Gateway.
Through our business services, the skills and resources developed at the University are open to the wider community in a range of ways. We provide dedicated facilities, study programmes and services that benefit businesses and the public sector, encouraging enterprise and enhancing workforce skills. Our close links with local business also mean that we can provide placements for business and projects for our students to prepare them for employment.
The University for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone & Rochester provides inspiring courses in art, design, architecture, media and communication. Formed through the union of The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College and the Kent Institute of Art & Design, we have an outstanding heritage spanning 150 years.
The University of Greenwich is home to a thriving community of over 23,000 students of all ages. Students from over 140 countries choose to study at Greenwich, which is also a popular option for people from our local communities in south-east London and Kent.
Whether looking for consultancy, research, studying or courses, the University’s world class expertise is at your fingertips. We are perfectly positioned to cater for a wide range of business requirements.
Business Link can help. The Business Link service is available locally and provides the information, advice and support you need to start, maintain and grow a business. Rather than providing all the advice and help themselves, Business Link can put you in touch with a range of expertise from across the private, public and voluntary business sectors.