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The region’s green future will be a key focus of the fifth annual Kent and Medway Business Summit on Friday 14 January 2022.

The physical impact of stressed supply chains is hitting many businesses hard and is likely to do so well into 2022. A cashflow crisis is likely to follow in the next six-12 months as margins are squeezed leaving businesses with shortfalls in working capital.

South East based Brachers has advised Evolution Power Limited on their partnership with sustainable investment group Korkia, to fund the development of its initial pipeline of over 1 GW of clean power project.

Creative Land Trust, in collaboration with Get Living and Creative Estuary, has published research that has found a positive association between the presence of creative workspace and residential property values.

Discovery Park, the leading life sciences and innovation hub based at Sandwich in Kent, has named the successful applicants that will take part in its first ever Reactor programme, designed to supercharge life sciences firms’ potential to scale. 

Progress on a £30m investment in horticultural science facilities and the Growing Kent & Medway initiative were praised during a recent visit to NIAB EMR in East Malling.