Bookmark

Search

Kent Business Award Winners

Award: Kent large company of the year
 Sponsored by: Deloitte

Winner : Hadlow College, Hadlow

Finalists:
Armourcoat, Sevenoaks and Southern Salads Ltd, Tonbridge

----------------------------------------------

Award: Kent business person of the year
 Sponsored by: Invicta Fm

Winner:
Robert O’Connor, Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Park

Finalists: Ray Boakes, Southern Salads Ltd, Tonbridge; Peter Boreham, National Grid Grain LNG; Guy Lucas, Bactec International Ltd, Rochester

----------------------------------------------

Award: Corporate social responsibility award
Sponsored by: The Royal Bank of Scotland

Winner: Shepherd Neame, Faversham

Finalists: ADM Computing, Canterbury; Hadlow College, Hadlow

----------------------------------------------

Award: Kent small and medium-sized company of the year
 Sponsored by: Business Link

Winner: Regent Development Ltd, Dartford

Finalists: 5 Star Computing Systems, St Nicholas at Wade; SIMS Claims Services, Tunbridge Wells

----------------------------------------------

Award: Creative Industries Award
Sponsored by: Kent Film Office

Winner: Bussroot, Beltring, Paddock Wood

Finalists: Courtyard Studios, Maidstone; Surin Restaurant, Ramsgate; Year One Consulting, Folkstone

----------------------------------------------

Award: Innovation in business
Sponsored by: Land Securities

Winner: PageSuite, Aldington, near Ashford

Finalists: Bedfont Scientific, Rochester; Oil Drum, Canterbury, SWEEEP, Sittingbourne

----------------------------------------------

Award: Customer service award
 Sponsored by: Brachers Solicitors

Winners: Computer Tel, Gravesend

Finalists: Active Digital Communications, Paddock Wood; MoCo Business, Rochester; The Chapel Hair & Day Spa Ltd, Tunbridge Wells

----------------------------------------------

Award: Social care award
 Sponsored by: Kent County Council

Winner: Royal British Legion Industries, Aylesford

Finalists: All Seasons [Kent], Whitstable; Safe Hands Community Carers, Folkstone

----------------------------------------------

Award: Best new business Award
Sponsored by: IoD Kent & Kent Business

Winner: Sweeep Ltd, Sittingbourne

Finalists: Education Sense, Maidstone; Kent Trainers, Paddock Wood; SIMS Claims Services, Tunbridge Wells

----------------------------------------------

Award: Technology Award
Sponsored by: Southeastern

Winner: Sota Solutions, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne

Finalists: Aurora Kendrick James, Chatham; Due Diligence Ltd, Sittingbourne

----------------------------------------------

Award: Judges’ Award for Excellence
 Sponsored by: Kent County Council

Winner: Royal British Legion Industries, Aylesford

----------------------------------------------

Award: Judges’ Special Award for Entrepreneurial Merit Supported  by: Business Link

Winner: Charlie Artingstoll, Timbertags


Click image to enlarge

The Kent Business Awards Winners (Kent Life Magazine)






Originally a country market town, Ashford’s continuous development and ability to change with the times has seen it evolve into a modern transport hub with historic links
READ MORE »




The RSPB is asking the public to help restore a major wildlife site in Kent. Fifty years ago, the Lydden Valley, just south of Sandwich, was a wildlife-rich wetland, but prolonged drainage has seen the area dry out and wildlife leave as a result.
READ MORE »




George Jessel talks to Kent Life about farming, family, diversification and his dream cheese
READ MORE »