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Our Advertisers: We gratefully acknowledge the support of all the firms whose advertisements appear in these pages. Without their help we would not be able to produce this directory. As a reciprocal gesture we have pleasure in drawing the attention of our readers to their announcements, but wish to make it clear that Gravesham Borough Council can accept no responsibility for their products or services advertised.

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Contents

Welcome to the Gravesham Business Guide and Directory . . . . .7 Business Guide and Directory ...... 9 5 Opportunity Gravesham ...... 10 A Place to Work, Live and Breathe ...... 11 Location and Connectivity ...... 17 Key Facts about Gravesham ...... 22 Port of London Authority in Gravesham ...... 24 Commercial Property ...... 28 Development Opportunities ...... 34 Infrastructure Projects ...... 36 Assistance for Business - Help and Advice ...... 39

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Welcome to Gravesham Business Guide and Directory

I am pleased to welcome you to Gravesham through 7 the pages of this Business Guide and Directory.

At the heart of the Thames Gateway a Eurostar train services running national priority regeneration area, out of nearby Ebbsfleet International Gravesham offers businesses an excellent Station provide fast direct services to Europe. location from which to operate and trade. Ease of access to the M25 and the national The area has many benefits for business, road network, and deep water berthing on namely competitive commercial and the River Thames, connect a wide range of Leisure Park residential property costs - far lower than in businesses closer to their suppliers and markets. proposal seek to capitalise London and many other parts of the South upon showing market confidence in East - a broad spectrum of workforce skills, Superfast fibre optic broadband and 4G is the area for growth. proximity to Kent-based Universities, also available in Gravesend town centre and a thriving Town Centre, and historic Thames surrounding areas. And I wish to ensure that our existing riverside and exceptional countryside. businesses and new ones locating here are By actively supporting existing and start-up able to take full advantage of these exciting High Speed 1 (HS1) means that you can businesses and seeking to attract new projects and locational advantages too as travel from Gravesend into London St Pancras business, Gravesham Borough Council the lifeblood of the Borough. in 22 minutes - a far quicker journey than recognises the major contribution that those from within Zones 3 to 6 of the London business makes to Gravesham as a vibrant Underground Network - and 17 minutes to and dynamic place to live and work. the London Olympic Park at Stratford. It is the council’s firm belief that it is these business advantages that the developers behind the £120 million Heritage Quarter town centre development and London Resort Company Holdings the developers Councillor John Burden, Leader, behind the proposed £2.3 billion Paramount Gravesham Borough Council GRA_308073 ED.qxd 14/1/15 15:44 Page 8

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Business Guide and Directory

This Business Guide is a key source of The accompanying Business Directory has If you would information for businesses that are based in been commissioned in response to requests like to know more Gravesham or interested in locating here. from local businesses for more information about how the council It summarises Gravesham’s growth and and help in making contact with other local and its partners can help your regeneration plans, identifies key commercial businesses in support of business to business business, or if you would like your business development opportunities and informs marketing, networking and the supply of included in our free online directory please businesses of the help and advice that is products and services. contact our Economic Development Team 9 available to them locally. on 01474 33 72 58. The directory contains information and contact details for more than 2,000 local businesses, presented online and as a downloadable CD-ROM, designed to engage directly with Gravesham’s commercial sector. GRA_308073 ED.qxd 14/1/15 15:44 Page 10

Opportunity

1.0 Gravesham

With a travel time of just 22 Brussels and Lille from Ebbsfleet minutes into London St Pancras, International Station. Eurostar recently announced their High Speed 1 brings Gravesend intention to start direct services closer by rail than any other Kent to Amsterdam from 2016 and town to the capital. other opportunities for new international high speed train Gravesham is very much at the heart of the services to Germany and beyond. largest single regeneration project in Europe – the Government-backed Thames Gateway Investment in the installation of growth area. next generation fibre broadband infrastructure and 4G within the Within this context our vision is to make urban part of Gravesham, north of Gravesham the place to be - to live, work, the A2, has been secured, giving study, invest and enjoy your leisure businesses superfast broadband and Gravesend’s location is key to its success. greater capacity to grow, with rural The area already benefits from Ebbsfleet superfast broadband coverage expected International Station, High Speed 1, the by the end of 2015. nationally recognised Fastrack integrated bus service, deep water access on the Thames and proximity to Bluewater, the largest retail and leisure park in Europe.

The area has seen £122 million worth of major infrastructure improvements to the A2, significant housing growth, and a £150 million investment in local schools. High Speed 1 (HS1) domestic rail services bring Gravesend’s Town Centre within 22 minutes of London St Pancras and Eurostar operates international train services to Paris,

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A Place to Work,

2.0 Live and Breathe

Gravesham’s advantages will Town Centre commend themselves to the Gravesend Town Centre and the River Thames waterfront are now at the centre of investor and visitor. plans for a major revival which is attracting investors, businesses, new residents and You will find it hard to match the good visitors alike. values in housing located in a quality 11 environment when compared to other areas The town boasts a range of specialist with similar journey times into London. The independent retailers as well as established Borough offers lower commercial rents and High Street names, including Debenhams, staff overheads than London and much of WH Smith, Boots the Chemist, BHS and the South. Gravesham has a thriving town Primark. The town benefits from a six day a centre and retail offer, good educational week Borough Market dating back to 1268, facilities and easy access to Riverside leisure one of the oldest in Britain. The council has and heritage, and areas of open countryside. ambitious plans for the market involving All this coupled with high speed connec- works to refurbish the existing Market building tions into London and Continental Europe. Where else in the and provision of new market stalls, placing it South East can boast such back into the heart of the town centre. business locations? Housing Gravesham has seen new housing at Springhead Park, Southfields, Christian Fields and riverside apartments at the Canal Basin overlooking the Thames. Over 2,000 new homes have been developed in recent years, including affordable housing within the mix. This is very important as it provides first time buyers, key and lower wage workers and existing residents with quality new housing. GRA_308073 ED.qxd 14/1/15 15:44 Page 12

Education A new pontoon off the Town Pier provides Four universities - Greenwich modern facilities to receive visiting leisure University, University of Kent, craft from London or those coming up river Canterbury Christ Church from the North Sea and Continental Europe, University and the University for revitalising Gravesend’s historic gateway the Creative Arts - are located to and from the River. A half hourly foot just 20 minutes by car and rail passenger ferry service links Gravesend from from Gravesend at a shared pur- the pontoon to Tilbury, giving access to London pose built campus in Medway, International Cruise Terminal and Tilbury Fort opened in 2005. North West Kent on the northern bank of the Thames. College’s main campus is also at Gravesend and was transformed with a The council is developing long term potential programme of new build, completed in for new ferry routes from the pontoon to 2010. Additionally, Gravesham has two access London Docklands and employment grammar schools and an excellent range of sites such as the new London Gateway secondary and primary schools, some of deep water container port 6 miles up- stream from the town on the northern which benefited from central government banks of the Thames. capital investment, Gravesham is also the Gravesend Town Centre location of Cobham Hall Girls, Bronte and Gad’s Hill independent fee-paying schools.

Riverside Heritage and Leisure The council and its partners have undertaken a number of heritage regeneration projects, including the £3 million renovation of the Grade II listed Town Pier, the oldest cast iron pier in the world. After decades of decay it is again accessible to the public, with a stunning bar and restaurant, joining a string of river side pubs and restaurants with dramatic views of the river. These alone are an excellent reason to visit Gravesend.

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Gravesend Canal Basin

Regeneration of former industrial areas at Rural Northfleet Riverside are beginning to take Over 80% of the borough shape and plans, taking advantage of the to the south of the A2 is rural with area’s waterfront location, continue to be historic villages and exceptional progressed. countryside, some of which is designated as part of the North A £2 million refurbishment of the Riverside Downs Area of Outstanding Leisure Area to the east of Gravesend Town Natural Beauty and has strong Centre has been completed, further literary connections enhancing the attractiveness of this riverside with Charles Dickens. vantage point for visitors and residents. Much has been done to The Port of London has its main headquarters protect and open up the in the Town contributing to the £135 million countryside to public access that river-related business brings into the including a £14 million local economy per annum and the 1,110 investment in the restoration jobs it directly supports. of the historic landscape at Cobham Park, new orchards and meadows within the Forestry Commission’s community woodland site at Jeskyn’s Farm and at Shorne Woods Country Park, one of the most popular country parks in Kent.

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Gravesham is well placed to capitalise from further investment as economic conditions improve and development funding becomes available again.

For business, property and investment opportunities contact: The Economic Development Team at Gravesham Borough Council on 01474 337258, [email protected] or visit www.gravesham.gov.uk/business

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Location

3.0 and Connectivity

The Borough benefits from an excellent Roads road network that links the area with the Four motorways are accessible within the rest of the UK and Continental Europe area - the M2, M20, M26 and M25 - giving through the Channel Tunnel and Port of fast access to the wider UK motorway Dover. Direct Highspeed 1 services from network and making most European Gravesend Railway Station to London St markets within one day’s journey time. Pancras bring Gravesend closer than any 17 other Kent town to the Capital by rail and with a journey time of 22 minutes, this is faster than areas in Zones 3 to 6 of the London underground system.

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Current North Kent Domestic Rail Timetable By Road from Gravesham Starting from London Charing Cross (fastest route) Destination Travel Time Distance (Miles) Gravesend 0h 51 Central London 0h 54 23 Northfleet 0h 56 Birmingham 2h 38 147 Manchester 4h 04 230 Current London Victoria Domestic Rail Timetable Calais 1h 51 84 Starting from London Victoria (fastest route) Lille 2h 59 152 Meopham 0h 34 Paris 4h 52 257 Brussels 4h 15 208 Full Eurostar Services to Paris, Brussels and Lille are Channel Tunnel 0h 53 47 available from Ebbsfleet International, the county’s Terminal (Folkestone) main International Station between London and the Continent. There are six daily week day services to Paris, four to Brussels and four to Lille as well as six Rail weekend daily services to Brussels, five to Paris and In addition to the High Speed 1 (HS1) rail service to London St Pancras in 22 seven to Lille. minutes, Gravesham is served by Southeastern Metro 1 and Metro 2 main line services to London Charing Cross, London Waterloo, London Bridge, London Ebbsfleet International Time Victoria and the Channel Ports. There is also a long term strategic case being Rail Timetable made to bring Crossrail east of Abbey Wood to connect with Ebbsfleet To Lille 1h 10 International Station and potentially Gravesend in the future. To Brussels 1h 41 To Paris 2h 05 To Amsterdam 4h 45 To Strasbourg 5h 15 To Frankfurt 6h 50

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Brett Aggregates, Stema Shipping, Britannia The resort will include an entertainment River Refined Metals (part of Glencore) and street, water park, theme park, events space, Gravesham is unique in enjoying an enviable leading tug operator Svitzer Towage. sporting facilities, creative space, service 11 km waterfront on the River Thames and buildings and staff training academy, has a long standing maritime connection. London Paramount Leisure Park as well as approximately 5,000 hotel rooms The Port of London Authority’s main offices London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH) is alongside a wealth of improvements to the are based in the town and much of the bringing forward plans for a world-class transport infrastructure including a monorail area’s deep water wharfage is used to entertainment resort on the Swanscombe linking Ebbsfleet International Station. transport commercial materials. The Port Peninsula which will be licensed by of Tilbury, receiving cargo and cruise Paramount Pictures. The estimated investment value of the shipping, lies opposite Gravesend and a foot project is £2.3 billion and could generate passenger ferry still operates daily between In May 2014 the Government confirmed that 27,000 jobs. LRCH expect the resort to be the two parts of the port. Companies that the London Paramount Entertainment open by 2020. have chosen Gravesend due to the area’s Resort will be the first ‘Business or Commercial locational advantages and deep wharfage Project’ to be considered a Nationally facilities include Lafarge Cement UK Ltd, Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP). GRA_308073 ED.qxd 14/1/15 15:44 Page 20

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● A superb conference, event and sport venue for hire in Kent ● The park offers a variety of spaces and facilities to suit many different events including corporate event days run by CSE. ● CSE develop unique corporate or team building programmes. For more information call 0203 356 2905 or visit www.cse-sports.com ● A great opportunity for sports clubs, individuals and businesses looking for that alternative venue ● Available to hire Monday – Sunday, all day and evenings ● An Events Manager will be allocated to personally assist you with your event 21 For more information call 01474 831400 or visit www.cyclopark.com Where to ﬁnd us: Cyclopark, The Tollgate, Wrotham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7NP

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We offer offices ideally suited for the small businesses in the Gravesend Heritage Quarter. Prices range from £300 - £500 per month inclusive of rates, electric, gas and general maintenance with 24 hour access, 7 days a week. The offices are ideally located close to the River Thames and within walking distance of the Banks, Post Office, local cafés and restaurants, the main railway station and car parks. Gravesend also benefits from Ebbsfleet International Station with just 20 minutes travel time into London St Pancras. In the Heritage Quarter, we also offer small shops and residential flats. For all enquiries, please call 01689 889567

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Key Facts

4.0 about Gravesham

Population Travel to work patterns are expected to Gravesham Borough Council is committed Gravesham has a resident population of change significantly over the longer term to actively supporting business and currently 101,800 (2011 Census) with 80% living within when plans for regeneration and investment has 760 members in its local business net- the urban area of Gravesend and Northfleet. come to fruition and the benefits of High working and support group. The idea of the There is potential for this figure to rise when Speed 1 train services into and out of the group is primarily to stimulate local business new homes and jobs are created within the Borough become fully realised. to business (B2B), new business collaborations Thames Gateway growth strategy. amongst members and promote members Wage rates special offers/services. The council and its Jobs and salaries Average weekly full time earnings were business support partners also use the There are 25,800 jobs (ONS Business Register £527.30 in 2013 (Source: 2013 Annual Survey network to inform members of business and Employment Survey 2012) in the Borough of Hours & Earnings); this is below the South support workshops, networking with an established pattern of 25,815 people East average of £559.70. opportunities and other events that we commuting into London and outside think would be of interest. Gravesham for work. This is balanced by a Business similar figure for people commuting into the Gravesham has a strong local business base As part of the network the council runs free Borough for work. with 3,200 registered businesses of which business networking events on a quarterly 80% are businesses employing less than basis that typically attract over 80 attendees. 10 people. Complementing the sizeable national and international firms that are If you are interested in joining the network located within the Borough, such as contact The Economic Development Team Comma Oil & Chemicals Ltd, Kimberly Clark, at Gravesham Borough Council on Rodenstock, and Britannia Refined Metals 01474 337258, (part of Glencore), the presence of smaller [email protected] businesses gives strength to and underpins the local economy and clearly demonstrates Gravesham’s attractiveness as a place for enterprise.

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Average Commercial Rents in Gravesham Office £75 per metre square Industrial £65 per metre square Retail £500 per metre square 23 (Source Kent Property Market Report 2013 figures) www.kentpropertymarket.com

Average House Prices in Gravesham Property Type Detached £307,005 Semi £220,981 Terraced £178,561 Flat £121,380

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Port of London

5.0 Authority in Gravesham

The River Thames has always been central to The PLA marine services facility at Denton the economy in Gravesham. From its origins maintains a fleet of over 40 vessels. as a landing place for shipping to the latest Other services include diving, salvage, regeneration plans, the River remains central oil spill response, boat lifting, mooring to the local economy. Today Gravesend is services and maintenance of buoys and the headquarters of the Port of London other navigation aids. Authority (PLA) - underlining the continued importance of the town for maritime Maritime businesses are central to economic expertise and trade and economic activity growth and regeneration plans for the area. on the Thames. The goal is to safeguard existing working wharves and port facilities and develop The Thames is home to the Port of London - new opportunities that enhance the busiest port in the southern part of employment opportunities and the Britain. Made up of over 70 independently maritime skills base. For example, run port facilities along 95 miles of the tidal in 2014 Imperial Wharf in Thames, from west London to the North Sea, Gravesend returned to port these handle a very wide range of cargoes, use – with its first ship in making it the UK’s most diverse port. Each over ten years carrying year, the port handles about 40 million bitumen for operator tonnes of cargo. Some 30,000 people work FM Conway. in jobs directly connected to the port and the Thames. The river is an essential part of the transport infrastructure in London and the south east and plays a pivotal role in thousands of supply chains.

The PLA Port Control Centre in Gravesend oversees 400 square miles of river and estuary. Using the latest radar, VHF, transponder, and CCTV technology - and highly skilled staff - over 20,000 ships are guided in and out of the Thames every year. A team of 90 expert PLA pilots guide large and complex ships to and from berths along the river and estuary.

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Other key companies with port facilities in North West Kent College in Gravesend is a the surrounding area include Kimberly Clark, leading provider of maritime education Cemex, Lafarge Tarmac, Seacon, Clubbs, training. The National Maritime Training Aggregate Industries and Stema Shipping. Centre based there provides up to date All use riverside facilities for export/import. equipment and expert training using dedicated specialist classrooms, a Fire Training Ground Other local maritime enterprises include and Thameside Jetty. A wide number of Commercial Marine and Piling Ltd with a courses are taught – including marine base to mobilise and co-ordinate marine engineering; sea survival; firefighting; first aid; construction works along the Thames and and courses on small craft safety; navigation elsewhere. Thames Shiprepair Service at and for the professional yacht industry. Denton combines the best of tradition and technology. And leading tug operator For more information about the Port of Svitzer Towage bases its southeast London and the Thames go to: www.pla.co.uk. operations at Denton. To discuss possibilities in more detail, contact the PLA Planning & Environment and Property teams. GRA_308073 ED.qxd 14/1/15 15:44 Page 26

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Central to Gravesham’s growth plans will be such as Kimberly Clark, and new development the focus for the town back towards the the regeneration of Gravesend Town Centre that derives benefit from the twin advantages water, with developing commercial and and the River Thames waterfront. of deep water access and high speed rail leisure space making Gravesend an ideal connections via Ebbsfleet International Station. location for businesses of all sizes. 6. Canal Basin The Canal Basin offers an unparalleled The Homes and Communities Agency Regenerating Gravesend’s Heritage Quarter opportunity to create a riverside community (HCA) continues with its disposal strategy is at the heart of the vision for Gravesend alongside a mix of river related employment at Northfleet Embankment East, finalising Town Centre. Planning permission has been and enhanced leisure provision. development platforms prior to seeking a granted for a mixed-use development on private sector partner. HCA will explore sites to the east and west of the old High Located on the River Thames close to earlier disposal of smaller peripheral plots, Street comprise new retail space, leisure and Gravesend’s shopping, restaurants and bars undertake soft market testing and progress restaurant facilities, a hotel, office space and and within a 10 minute walk of Gravesend’s third party negotiations on options around apartments creating new jobs, public spaces Transport Quarter and highspeed train rail freight connections. and community facilities. services to Central London, further phases of development within the Canal Basin aim The first site at Northfleet Embankment to A new pontoon on the river at Town Pier to provide new homes, improved marina be developed out has been the £40m has been in place since 2012, revitalising and mooring facilities, new retail and leisure 20,000 sq m Lidl distribution centre which this historic gateway to the town and uses and employment. opened in September 2014. complementing the significant investment that has already taken place in the restoration The first phase of the development which 8. Gravesend Heritage Quarter of Gravesend’s old High Street. The recent is largely residential with apartments and Gravesend is unique with its town centre refurbishment of the Old Town Hall as a townhouses is now completed. Outline enjoying an enviable location right on the focus for community uses and function planning permission was granted in 2014 River Thames. New investment is bringing venue and the reopening of Town Pier, the for further phases including 650 residential units, new light industrial and leisure space.

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10. Ebbsfleet Garden City/ Allied to the oldest cast iron pier in the world, with its London Paramount Leisure Park. project will be a unique restaurant and bar commanding In March 2014’s Budget, the Government training academy for magnificent views of the river, strengthen announced ambitious plans to create a new the entertainment and garden city for the 21st century at Ebbsfleet, hospitality sectors, a new country park, the case for additional investment in this part capable of providing up to 15,000 new homes a large science and education visitor com- of the town and its relationship with the river. based predominantly on existing brownfield plex and "the biggest performing arts centre 35 land. The announcement came with in Europe". It is estimated the development 9. A new multi-million pound Government support of up to £200 million would include 2,500 staff apartments, 5,000 Transport Quarter for Gravesend. investment in infrastructure and delivery led hotel bedrooms and create 27,000 jobs. The Gravesend’s Transport Quarter is a major by a dedicated new development corporation. scheme is being dealt with through the multi-million pound scheme to create a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects gateway and transport interchange that The precise details of which sites would be process, with planning and other applications integrates the railway station with the town included within the development corporation’s expected in 2015, start on site in 2016 and centre and bus/Fastrack services. It will also boundary is still to be decided but are likely construction completed by 2019/20. create improved access for cyclists and to include the following sites: • Ebbsfleet Valley comprises a 260 hectare site 11. Coldharbour Road pedestrians, new public space and jobs. between Ebbsfleet International station and With excellent access to the Gravesend Bluewater Shopping Centre, and straddles the Central junction of the A2 and international The first phases of this scheme, incorporating boundary between the boroughs of and domestic Highspeed train services at changes to traffic flow in the Town Centre Gravesham and Dartford with component Ebbsfleet and Gravesend, Capital Space and a new Civic Square and a £19m upgrade sites in each area (e.g. Springhead Park in Limited have plans to develop an enterprise to Gravesend Railway Station with extra Gravesham). The early phases of development centre with a range of offices, studios and platforms, lifts, footbridge and step free at Springhead Park (over 200 homes) are industrial units totalling (4,600 sqm ) 50,000 access to platforms to enable 12-car High complete, with capacity for around 700 more sq ft. The facility will provide space for Speed 1 trains have been completed. homes (plus business space) in later phases. people to start and to grow their businesses • Adjoining Ebbsfleet and strategically placed A further phase to realign the town’s ring and will be the ninth centre to be run by to exploit the potential of Ebbsfleet road allowing pedestrian friendly space, CapitalSpace. reconnecting the railway station to the town International station is the 353 hectare Swanscombe Peninsula. Proposals are at pre- centre has received a boost of £4.3 m from planning stage for a major leisure resort Adjacent to and complementing the the Government’s Local Growth Fund. The licensed by Paramount. The £2.3 billion employment site, a new restaurant is already realignment of the traffic flow will free up development would be twice the size of the operational and planning consent has been road space to enable the creation of a Olympic Park in East London, featuring an granted for a 60 bedroom hotel. transport interchange which will integrate indoor water park, theatres, live music public transport services, improving access venues, attractions, cinemas, restaurants, event to the town centre. space, hotels and ancillary development. GRA_308073 ED.qxd 14/1/15 15:45 Page 36

Infrastructure

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Sustainable Transport Fastrack Fastrack is an award winning high quality bus-based Rapid Transport System serving Gravesend and Dartford. Running largely on segregated ‘track’ and having priority over normal traffic, Fastrack offers a fast, reliable service to its users. The use of a bus system gives the permanence and convenience of a tram system but provides the flexibility to alter and add services quickly and efficiently.

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Gravesend Town Centre Community Facilities International, Station improvements New library Cyclopark provides a hub for The town’s High Speed 1 link was further A £2.5 million refurbishment of Gravesend local community sports, boosted in December 2013 with a £19m Library was completed in 2011. Gravesend and hosts regional and national events such upgrade to Gravesend Railway Station Library now offers a wide range of services, including a room for library events and the BMX British Championships. with extra platforms, lifts, footbridge and 37 community meetings, a courtyard reading step free access to platforms which will garden, greater access to local history material, Cyclopark is set within 43 hectares of enable future 12-car High Speed 1 trains. collections of books and other materials. landscaped parkland and has a 340m BMX racetrack, a skate park, a 6km mountain bike trail and a 2.9km circuit track for cycling, Roads Cyclopark Cyclopark, Kent’s new activity venue, offers and running. The Cycloparks pavilion offers A2 investment visitors a Cycle Shop, Health Suite and large As part of the Government’s commitment first class cycling, running and extreme sports facilities to North Kent. Opened in café, and attracts over 110,000 visitors per to growth in Kent Thameside, a £122 Spring 2012 as part of the Olympic Legacy annum. Cyclopark is an ideal location for million pound road widening project has for Kent, Cyclopark is one of the leading business meetings, conferences and provided significant improvements on the multi-sport centres in the south of England corporate team events. Bean to Cobham stretch of the A2, reducing and the largest cycle sports park in Europe. For more information visit congestion and improving Gravesham’s Located just south of Gravesend, within easy www.cyclopark.co.uk or call 01474 831401 connectivity to the M25 and London. access of the M25, A2 and Ebbsfleet

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Interactive Business Finder CD - FREE download!!

The Business Finder has powerful search features, allowing multiple fields of the database to be selected and integrated. The additional Bookmark Feature allows you to save the search results and refer back to them at any time – an invaluable marketing tool. These results can be further manipulated with the customisation of fields and the sorting of data.

Upgrading: Once you have installed your Business Finder, additional features can be upgraded for a one-off charge from £150 to £400 + VAT, dependent on the level of service you require.

Upgraded versions print address labels, compile and print reports, perform mail shots and export data.

Please call 020 8773 3060 for more information.

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