Latest Stories, Information and Resources All Business Advice Guest Blogger Kent Foundation News Star Business of the Month Success Stories The Blog Uncategorized Young Entrepreneurs Default sorting Sort by date (newest) Sort by date (oldest) Sort by title (A-Z) Sort by title (Z-A) Star Business of the Month – Podplus – June 2015 Star Business of the Month June 4, 2015 We caught up with Kate Austen joint owner of Podplus with her brother Tom to find out just why they started a business: What is Podplus? Podplus is a Sports Shop & Injury Clinic based in Ashford. The business offers a shoe fitting service to all customers so that they can get appropriate advice on what will suit their foot position & activity to prevent injury keeping you comfortable whilst being active. The business also offers clinics via appointment for Podiatry (lower limb and foot problems), Physiotherapy and Deep Tissue Massage to treat any injuries, or provide maintenance for sports… Read More Onesie Warehouse- Star Business of the Month – May 2015 Star Business of the Month April 28, 2015 The Story Hi 🙂 I'm Georgina and Onesie Warehouse started after selling hundreds of the all in one piece suits from my dining room table via Facebay (Groups on facebook selling locally to one another). Whilst this was happening my Sister, Lucy Hall who runs Kent Social Media was building the Onesie Warehouse website. This was all happening when onesies just emerged as a super comfy fashion item worn by many celebrities including One Direction and Brad Pitt. Once the website was launched and passed on to me the competition was rife – however sales were still pouring in. Therefore I… Read More Kent Social Media – Star Business of the Month – April 2015 Star Business of the Month March 30, 2015 Kent Social Media – What's it all about? Kent Social Media is the small and local business set up to help to grow other small and local businesses. Kent Social Media is a full service strategic marketing agency with one clear aim: "To deliver targeted results across several key areas; web design, app creation, social media marketing, SEO, email marketing, content marketing, digital marketing and publishing niche content." This combination has helped many of our clients to interact and engage with their customers on a much higher level. We offer a personal, passionate & tailored service to each and every one… Read More This Art of Mine – Star Business of the Month – February 2015 Star Business of the Month February 3, 2015 At This Art of Mine we help people to enjoy their leisure time through our program of art workshops and short courses. We deliver high quality courses that encourage people to try things they may never have tried before such as glass fusing, ceramic painting, jewellery making and painting. We also run art workshops as corporate team building events and host several birthday or hen parties each weekend at our creative studio near Maidstone. Our studio is based in a converted barn on a flower farm and seats up to 60 people. Meet Gemma: I started This Art of Mines in… Read More Ten & Bourne – Star Business of the Month – January 2015 Star Business of the Month December 31, 2014 “We’re a small digital creative agency who use creative and strategic thinking to help our clients create engaging experiences throughout their online marketing and web platforms." Ten & Bourne was founded in 2013 with a vision of a highly flexible agency that creates teams around clients in order to deliver the best possible web solutions. Chris Mead & Anthony Bliss, both from Sittingbourne have been working together on various projects together for the last 5 years after meeting whilst working at a fast growing web agency in Maidstone and were both educated at the former Maidstone, Kent Institute of Art & Design or UCA… Read More Corralex Media – Star Business of the Month – December 2014 Star Business of the Month November 26, 2014  Introducing… Our awesome and energetic film making office films real people and their stories – we produce community and human centred documentaries. Corralex Media launched in 2012 as an agency producing small corporate videos. Although corporate videos are still an important aspect of our work we have a tremendous interest in people. To reflect this we specialise in building relationships with both individuals and communities. Corralex Media has really enjoyed working with one individual with Asperger’s (a form of Autism) who agreed to take part in a documentary series titled ‘See What I See’. On the community side we produced… Read More Load more Loading more… You’ve reached the end of the list
Star Business of the Month – Podplus – June 2015 Star Business of the Month June 4, 2015 We caught up with Kate Austen joint owner of Podplus with her brother Tom to find out just why they started a business: What is Podplus? Podplus is a Sports Shop & Injury Clinic based in Ashford. The business offers a shoe fitting service to all customers so that they can get appropriate advice on what will suit their foot position & activity to prevent injury keeping you comfortable whilst being active. The business also offers clinics via appointment for Podiatry (lower limb and foot problems), Physiotherapy and Deep Tissue Massage to treat any injuries, or provide maintenance for sports… Read More
Onesie Warehouse- Star Business of the Month – May 2015 Star Business of the Month April 28, 2015 The Story Hi 🙂 I'm Georgina and Onesie Warehouse started after selling hundreds of the all in one piece suits from my dining room table via Facebay (Groups on facebook selling locally to one another). Whilst this was happening my Sister, Lucy Hall who runs Kent Social Media was building the Onesie Warehouse website. This was all happening when onesies just emerged as a super comfy fashion item worn by many celebrities including One Direction and Brad Pitt. Once the website was launched and passed on to me the competition was rife – however sales were still pouring in. Therefore I… Read More
Kent Social Media – Star Business of the Month – April 2015 Star Business of the Month March 30, 2015 Kent Social Media – What's it all about? Kent Social Media is the small and local business set up to help to grow other small and local businesses. Kent Social Media is a full service strategic marketing agency with one clear aim: "To deliver targeted results across several key areas; web design, app creation, social media marketing, SEO, email marketing, content marketing, digital marketing and publishing niche content." This combination has helped many of our clients to interact and engage with their customers on a much higher level. We offer a personal, passionate & tailored service to each and every one… Read More
This Art of Mine – Star Business of the Month – February 2015 Star Business of the Month February 3, 2015 At This Art of Mine we help people to enjoy their leisure time through our program of art workshops and short courses. We deliver high quality courses that encourage people to try things they may never have tried before such as glass fusing, ceramic painting, jewellery making and painting. We also run art workshops as corporate team building events and host several birthday or hen parties each weekend at our creative studio near Maidstone. Our studio is based in a converted barn on a flower farm and seats up to 60 people. Meet Gemma: I started This Art of Mines in… Read More
Ten & Bourne – Star Business of the Month – January 2015 Star Business of the Month December 31, 2014 “We’re a small digital creative agency who use creative and strategic thinking to help our clients create engaging experiences throughout their online marketing and web platforms." Ten & Bourne was founded in 2013 with a vision of a highly flexible agency that creates teams around clients in order to deliver the best possible web solutions. Chris Mead & Anthony Bliss, both from Sittingbourne have been working together on various projects together for the last 5 years after meeting whilst working at a fast growing web agency in Maidstone and were both educated at the former Maidstone, Kent Institute of Art & Design or UCA… Read More
Corralex Media – Star Business of the Month – December 2014 Star Business of the Month November 26, 2014  Introducing… Our awesome and energetic film making office films real people and their stories – we produce community and human centred documentaries. Corralex Media launched in 2012 as an agency producing small corporate videos. Although corporate videos are still an important aspect of our work we have a tremendous interest in people. To reflect this we specialise in building relationships with both individuals and communities. Corralex Media has really enjoyed working with one individual with Asperger’s (a form of Autism) who agreed to take part in a documentary series titled ‘See What I See’. On the community side we produced… Read More