Thackray Williams is reinventing the rule book by appointing three new Managing Partners –in keeping with its ethos of putting people and innovation at the heart of everything it does. Eileen Leahy meets the ambitious law firm’s dynamic senior management team to discover why they’re breaking with convention and how their complementary skill sets will…
Melissa Bandtock is the founder of lighting specialist lumière which offers a bespoke illumination service for both retail and trade customers. Having launched her business in lockdown she certainly knows how to stay agile, resilient and ultimately creative in business. Eileen Leahy discovers more about Melissa’s passion for what she does and why she wants…
With the very first Tunbridge Wells Business Awards taking place later this month we spoke to its organiser Jess Gibson of the TN card about why it’s so important to champion companies of all sizes in various sectors – and discover who has made the list of finalists… The Tunbridge Wells Business Awards by the…
“Our decade of success is down to our people Tunbridge Wells Business Magazine columnist Neil Simmons celebrates his recruitment business’s tenth anniversary and reveals the secrets to TN Recruits’ ongoing success. On Tuesday 4th November 2014, I walked into my dining room, which was my makeshift office, in order to start TN Recruits. My wife Chloe…
Breaking down the budget to reveal what’s really happening behind all those headlines Labour’s first budget since 2010 – delivered on October 30 by Chancellor Rachel Reeves – announced tax rises worth £40billion to fund the NHS and other public services. But what’s the reality? How does it impact you? We asked some of our…
This month, Tunbridge Wells Business Magazine’s Drinks Editor James Viner shares his top autumnal bottles from the Southern Rhône Valley… As the dark evenings settle in and winter approaches, I’d like to recommend some bolstering bottles of red wine from the sun-drenched southern (méridional) Rhône Valley in southeast France, where 75% of AOC wine is…
On November 14 LIMEKILN, the exclusive private-hire events space in Eridge, will host the first of its supper clubs when it invites chef Conor Gadd from the legendary Italian restaurant Trullo down. Read on to discover how you can be a part of this exceptional dining experience in this picturesque pocket of East Sussex… In…
Gavin and Lorraine Marsh co-founders of The Diamond Setter tell Eileen Leahy how their Pantiles-based jewellery store, which opened earlier this year, has proved to be such a success and why they’re delighted to become the UK’s first official ambassadors for crystalline osmium… With its gleaming custom-made glass cabinets boasting unique glittering gems of all…
Nick Brandon from tecwork explains the impact of cyber threats and how local firms can benefit from his business’s help… How serious a problem are Cyber threats for a typical small business or organisation? Unfortunately, very serious. Most cyber criminals are indiscriminate. They don’t care how big or small you are or what type of…
RTW Media Group is a local networking group for those working in advertising, PR, TV, radio and social and digital media. In its new monthly column we hear from one of its members, Lucy Ames, about how you can effectively leverage LinkedIn for business networking in Tunbridge Wells With 1 billion users worldwide, LinkedIn is…
Jules Haines launched her eponymously named company in 2020 with the aim of stemming the colossal amount of wasted fabric in the interiors industry and repurposing it in myriad ways. Here she tells Eileen Leahy more about her interiors business and how it has flourished So Jules, when and why did you launch Haines? Previously…
