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…
Our Drinks Editor, James Viner, rings in the new year with five sophisticated on-trend orange wines, including a local cracker from Charing – and suggests the perfect whisky to ‘address the haggis’ this coming Burns Night… The future is bright; the future is orange! While rosé has long enjoyed popularity, orange wine is (re)emerging as a compelling…
With a new year comes new challenges, opportunities and goals – especially in our corporate, retail, financial, property and hospitality sectors. We asked some of our trusted leading business experts for their thoughts on everything from what the repercussions of Labour’s first budget under Sir Keir Starmer will have on the future economy as well…
By Richard Moore Tunbridge Wells businessman Brian Whiting owns and operates four popular gastro pubs in the area – all of which have collectively been hit with a post-budget bill for £160,000. That’s the extra money he will have to find to meet additional costs piled on the hospitality sector, and others, by Chancellor Rachel…
Tara de Linde and Angie Pool of Atelier de Linde Ltd architects and Stephen Donnelly of SJD Projects Ltd tell Eileen Leahy all about their pioneering collaboration which offers both residential and commercial clients a seamless turnkey service to help them achieve a successful and stress-free development… Anyone who has ever undertaken a self-build, a…
Jaguar, the luxury car manufacturer has certainly divided opinion with its new concept electric car. Some have deemed the new Type OO vehicle as ‘absolutely stunning’ while others have simply called it ‘rubbish’. We asked the creative directors of two Tunbridge Wells agencies, Southpaw and Catch A Fire for their thoughts on what’s arguably been…
RTW Media Group (RTWMG) is a local networking organisation for those working in advertising, PR, TV, radio and social and digital media. In its column for this month RTWMG member, Gary Brindley of Step3 Digital, explains how to brief your web developer on building a small business website… Back in September one of our Royal…
Caswell&Dainow is a boutique property development company which believes innovative design can make even the trickiest of sites work. Eileen Leahy talks to the firm’s founders Adam Dainow and Charlie Caswell about the revolutionary work the pair have become known for since being established in 2017 – and why they are looking to expand their…
Exclusive by Richard Moore Earlier this year, members of the public were invited to vote in a social media poll to decide what to call the new £72million retirement community in Tunbridge Wells town centre. They were given three options: Paramount Place, Lumiere Heights or Cascade Place. Tunbridge Wells Business Magazine can reveal that the…
Lisa Coppin, Chief Creative Officer at The Cotswold Company tells Eileen Leahy why its Tunbridge Wells store, which is located in one of the town’s most stunning historic buildings, is one of the business’s most unique and popular ones. She also reveals a little of the history of the firm and the reasons for its…
The Wells Candle Company was founded by Leila Eldred in 2020. Over the past four years the entrepreneur has grown her business but has never forgotten that good quality products and customer relations are key. Here she tells Eileen Leahy more about her beautiful hand-poured candles and gorgeous diffusers – which will no doubt make…
