The Kent Fire & Rescue Service is the enforcing authority for the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.  They offer free fire safety advice to commerce and members of the public; including a free Home Fire Safety Check on potential fire risks and how to prevent fire, tailored to the circumstances of the household

Kent Fire & Rescue Service - Fire Safety for your business

The Agency provides help to start-up and established businesses alike. They have built our strong reputation by being professional, impartial and approachable. Customer enquiries are treated in confidence and handled by a member of staff with personal experience in business.

Your first port of call when you need help with your business.

Gravesend Town Centre offers special events, business opportunities and, employment and re-development. As part of the 'Renaissance' of Gravesend, they are looking at the plans and ideas for the Old High Street, the Canal Basin and the new Transport facilities that will help to make Gravesend a vibrant and prosperous place to work and live.

Visit their business section for more details.

Gravesham Council works through the L.B.P. to offer advice and information to businesses in respect of all the services which it offers. The Council have signed up to the Government's Enforcement Concordat which includes the Principles of Good Enforcement: Standards, Openness, Helpfulness, Complaints Procedure, Proportionality and Consistency.

Visit their business section for more details.

Trading Standards enforce legislation aimed at protecting consumers and ensuring businesses compete fairly. They also provide consumers with information and advice to help them resolve consumer problems and help businesses with specialist advice and assistance in interpreting the law.

Kent Trading Standards website.

Groundwork is a national organisation of over 50 local Trusts. For almost twenty years, they have been working with business, local people and public bodies to improve quality of life through economic and social regeneration.

Visit Groundwork South East website.

The Business Support Team provides free help and support to businesses and employers.
Their aim is simple - to help people in business get to grips with their Tax and National Insurance obligations.
Their locally based advisors run workshops and can also offer a visit to help with a particular problem. Remember all their seminars are free.

Visit the Employers section of their website.

North West Kent college offers a wide range of courses for all ages and abilities. Their facilities are excellent at both the Gravesend and Dartford sites. With full time, part time and evening classes available the college is populated with students from many backgrounds and learning abilities. The college also has close links with the University of Greenwich.

Visit their website for further details of training opportunities.

The PLA has statutory responsibility for the conservation and regulation of navigation of 150 km of the tidal River Thames and owns much of the river bed and foreshore up to the high water mark. They can help with registration of craft, the licensing of waterman and lighterman, river works and pilotage matters.

Visit their website for further information.

Philip Painter is your your local police representitive in the Gravesham Local Business Partnership.

As an police officer in Gravesham for the past 17 years he hopes to know some of the issues concerning those who live and work in the borough. He is a Sergeant in the crime reduction department at North Kent Area and is tasked with delivering business plan objectives to the widest possible audience.

Many members of the business community will have been the victims of crime . It is his job to work with those organisations to identify long term solutions to issues which are costing real money to local people.

Visit their website for further information.

We represent businesses of all sizes from the sole trader to the multi-national, multi-site enterprises employing hundreds of people. They all want something different and the Chamber here in Gravesham can provide it.

Whether you are looking for advice on international trade or on local employment issues, we have the answers.

Visit their website for further details.