KEiBA - Kent Excellence in Business Awards is an awards scheme staged and produced by Kent County Council and the KM Group to recognise and reward excellence in Kent's businesses.

There are four areas of business excellence recognised through the KEiBA scheme

• General Business - business recognised for success qualified by the scale of their business
• Sector Specific - business success in certain sectors that are central or of growing importance to Kent's economy
• Busness Operations - recognising success in specific areas of business management or operations
• People - recognising an individual's contribution to success in business and acknowledging young achievers.

Kent County Council

KCC is the largest shire authority in the country with 44,000 staff and an annual budget of £2.2 billion. Kent has the longest coastland, one of the largest network of roads and the most schools. KCC delivers a range of services from social services, education, environment, highways, trading standards, planning to waste, adult education, libraries and community wardens.

To find out more go to the KCC website www.kent.gov.uk

KM Group

One of Kent’s most recognised and trusted businesses.

For over 150 years the KM Group has built strong relationships with the communities it serves and is one of the UK’s few remaining independent media groups.

As the business world has continued to evolve, so has the KM Group, offering advertising solutions to every problem. Recognised mainly for its press titles, KM Group has adapted to become truly multimedia. Employing print, broadcast media and the internet to satisfy the wants and needs of both consumer and advertiser.
680,000 weekly readers (1)
159,000 weekly listeners (2)
286,585 unique users online every month (3)
With such a wide and varied reach, KM Group touches the lives of almost 7 in every 10 adults (4) in Kent and is one of the county’s most trusted and recognised brands. Our media options are the most effective choice when looking for promotion or successful advertising.

Able to compete locally and nationally within the modern marketplace, pioneering new and exciting ideas, we can unite the power of the printed word, radio and online in combinations to suit almost every need.

To find out more go to the KM Group website www.thekmgroup.co.uk

Sources: (1) JICREG Oct 2009 (2) RAJAR Q3 2009 (3) ABCe Feb 2009 (4) KM Group newspapers 10%+ distribution area ISL/CC - June 06