Business In Maidstone

FUND Business Growth 💰 📈 Join us at The Business Terrace for our next event, looking at all things Funding & Finance. A panel of experts come together to discuss what funding options are right for you and your business 📅 Thursday 7th November | 10am-12pm 📍 The Business Terrace, Maidstone FREE to attend 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8Bf4-Xu

Businesses...Shape the future of Maidstone As local businesses and organisations, we are particularly interested in your views on the Economic Development offering by the Council as well understanding your views on: - Council priorities - Challenges that your business/organisation is facing - How we can support your business/organisation to grow We endeavour to support all businesses and organisations in our borough, whether micro or multinational, so your opinions are important for us to help shape our offering in the future. Survey closes 6th November Take the survey here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e7UhVpqU

Sustainability in Farming and Business 🚜 🧑🌾 💸 Join us at the Skills Factory at MidKent College Maidstone Campus for an evening dedicated to exploring sustainable practices in farming and business. Learn from industry experts, network with like-minded individuals, and discover innovative solutions to promote sustainability in your own endeavours. 📅 Thursday 7th November | 6pm-8pm 📍 MidKent College, Maidstone MidKent College 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTKpT8tQ

Green Tip of the Month ✍️ 🟢 One in six (16%) SMEs have or are planning to adopt a green supply chain policy Did you know? As a result of ESG initiatives, supply chain directors report seeing a 31% increase in efficiency and productivity, a 32% increase in customer loyalty, and a 37% increase in employee quality of life. 🔺Make contact with your suppliers on sustainability; benefits of doing so can include reducing reputational risk through greater transparency, and cost and emissions savings through increased collaboration in areas like packaging and transport. 🔺Ways to encourage engagement between you and your suppliers could include regular meetings – virtual or face-to-face. 🔺You could also introduce supplier score cards which can be completed annually to help identify which suppliers are meeting your sustainability requirements and, particularly with critical suppliers, can also be used as a starting point for discussions.

Fraud Awareness Tip of the Month🔍 Would you like your business to have an active cyber defence plan in the case that cyber-crime takes place within your business? The National Cyber Security Centre have Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programmes in place to help small & medium organisations protect themselves from the threat of cyber-crime. These services include: 🔺Exercise in a box – Which aims to help businesses find out how resilient they are to cyber attacks and give a safe environment to respond. 🔺Mail check – Helps to assess email security by identifying, understanding, and preventing the abuse of email domains within an organisation. 🔺Web check – Helps organisations identify and fix security issues with websites such as expired website certificates and protecting the website users by using HTTPS. To learn more about these defences, visit the NCSC website Small & medium sized organisations - NCSC.GOV.UK

Starting a business this summer and need some help? Free business advice is available at the Business Terrace Our on-site business advisor Chris Lyle is on hand to help support and guide businesses. Get in touch to find out more! 👉 https://lnkd.in/eSd9fXGk ☎️ 01622 602392

Innovation Tip of the Week: 💡 Did you know that successful startups often thrive on community support and collaboration? At Maidstone Innovation Centre, we foster an environment where entrepreneurs & businesses can connect, share ideas, and learn from one another. Whether it's through networking events, meetings, or casual conversations in our shared spaces, collaboration can spark the next big idea. Don't underestimate the power of your community—connect, collaborate, and innovate! 🚀 Find out more about Maidstone Innovation Centre: https://bit.ly/3NyNKmr #InnovationTip #Entrepreneurship #MaidstoneInnovationCentre

Marketing Tip of the Month ‘Marketing is often about making connections, and that can often involve attending events and getting those trusty business cards out - but did you know that physical business cards have a negative impact on the environment, and result in the destruction of up to 7.2 million trees a year? By switching to a digital business card (or brushing up your LinkedIn profile!) you can have a positive impact on the environment, and still make great connections for your business! Courtesy of https://lnkd.in/epyECQSQ

Has your business got a great idea to save water but not the funds to make it happen? 🚰 💸 Find out about the Southern Water Business Partnership Fund - Up to £40,000 is available! Southern Water If you have an idea for a project – whether it’s harvesting rain or shower water, fitting flow restrictors on taps, harnessing new technology to save water, education or behavioural change programmes, or anything else you can think of Find out all the details 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJR_VCyU

Are you a local business looking to expand and win new contracts? Maidstone Borough Council wants to work with you! Sign up today to Kent Business Portal. By registering, you’ll be in the know about upcoming opportunities and projects across the whole of the public sector in Kent, and across a variety of different service areas. We’re committed to supporting businesses in our area which is why we are also building our own local supplier database. Please also register your details here. We will be using this database to focus and direct work within the local area when we don’t have to take a project to full public tender (for example, supply of goods of total value less than £100k) Don’t miss out on the chance to grow your business while supporting your community. Register now and start bidding on exciting opportunities with the council! https://lnkd.in/d5CDN5NC