We provide support and advice on a range of
issues that affect both new and existing businesses.
Find out about our
procurement
process and the
latest public sector contracts (link opens
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applying for
grants.
Read about economic
development in the county and how to
locate
your business in Kent (link opens in a new window).
The Business Support Centre will be available at the end of
January 2009.
A Statement by Kevin Lynes Cabinet Member for Regeneration and
Supporting Independence
Kent business is our business.
Successful businesses create wealth, jobs and opportunities in
the county.
The County Council has a key role in the Kent economy - it is a
major employer and spends £860m annually on goods and services, of
which £320m a year is spent with 5,000 Kent small and medium sized
enterprises.
We want the Kent economy to grow and develop, to be a place for
business to do business - for Kent to be the Garden of
Enterprise.
We want to develop a new relationship with business - an honest
and practical relationship which delivers further support to
increase business opportunities and growth. This, of course, is
particularly important in the current economic climate.
We therefore set out in December 2008
ten
commitments to support business in the county, under the banner
'Backing Kent Business'. These commitments are the County Council's
promise for a step change in how we at KCC support Kent
business.
As the Cabinet Member championing business and economic growth
in the county, and as a business person myself, I am determined to
deliver these commitments to support Kent business. We will work
closely with our partners from the business community to help us
achieve this and to pioneer and develop new opportunities and new
approaches to supporting business - in other words, backing Kent
business.
I encourage the business community to contact me with their
views and experiences of working with KCC and their comments about
the way legislation and regulation affects them so we can lobby the
government in the UK and Europe, so we can make it as easy as
possible to do business with KCC. Contact me by email at
kevin@kent.gov.uk
