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
• Business 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

Kent County Council is one of the largest local authorities in the country, with an annual revenue budget of £2.2billion and more than 34,000 staff. KCC provides a wide range of services for residents, visitors and people working in Kent, including maintaining more than 5,000 miles of road, running around 100 libraries, helping more than 32,000 older people every year and managing 730,000 tonnes of householders' recyclables and waste last year.

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.

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.

539,052 weekly readers (1)
169,100 weekly listeners (2)
331,339 unique browsers online every month (3)

KM Group media are the most effective choice when looking for promotion or successful advertising, with advertising solutions to suit all budgets.

Able to compete locally and nationally in the modern marketplace, pioneering new and exciting ideas, we 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

Together we make a difference.

Sources: (1) JICREG Oct 2011 (2) RAJAR Q3 2011 (3) ABCe Jan-Jun 2011