🎅 It's almost time to wind up for the year but before we go, we wanted to wish all our followers a very merry Christmas. ☃️ The offices will reopen on Monday, 5 January (although we're always available in emergencies).

We're coming to the end of our 30th year in business - how did that happen?! 🤯 You can read the memories we've shared over the last 12 months at maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30

🎅 Fancy winning £100 to spend on whatever you want? 🎄 All you have to do is spend a little time exploring our website and then answer 10 questions about Maxim. A winner will be drawn at random on Monday, 5 January 2026. ☃️ ENTER HERE: maxim-pr.co.uk/news/maxim-c...

🎅 Fancy winning £100 to spend on whatever you want? 🎄 All you have to do is spend a little time exploring our website and then answer 10 questions about Maxim. A winner will be drawn at random on Monday, 5 January 2026. ☃️ ENTER HERE: maxim-pr.co.uk/news/maxim-c...

Our MD Andrew Metcalf has become the new Chair of Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce after Chris Hare handed over the chain of office during the chamber’s annual general meeting. Full story 👉 maxim-pr.co.uk/news/maxims-...

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Thanks to everyone who came along to the opening of Mad Dog Brewery Co's newest tap room in Tunbridge Wells last night - it was a pleasure to work on a local project. As a big fan of beer, managing the guest list and media relations was the perfect job for Erica! 🍻

#OnThisDay in 2019, Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) was honoured with a visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We worked with the Palace’s press office, managing the media scrum on the day and the plethora of interviews. maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30/med... #Maxim30

An early start for our MD Andrew Metcalf for the launch of the Kent Property Market Report. More than 225 property industry guests gathered in Ashford for the unveiling of the 34th annual report, which is produced by Caxtons Property Consultants and Kent County Council. 👉 kentpropertymarket.com

⭐ Another memory to celebrate our 30th anniversary ⭐ #OnThisDay in 2017, permission was given for work to start on laying a high-tech 51km power cable connecting the UK and France and we were there to support the project. Read more: maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30/hel... #Maxim30

Last week Northfleet-based Britannia Refined Metals opened its new £41m copper recycling plant - and we were there to manage the local media. As one journalist said: "You never know what you're going to get when Maxim calls but it's always interesting!" Full story: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Freelances, there are just days left to respond to the government’s consultation on late payments and poor practices. Make your voice heard and help #StopTheFreelanceRipOff across the media industry. Here’s how: www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sto... And please share!

The latest issue of Tunbridge Wells Business Magazine is out, including our MD Andrew Metcalf's page of county news, which this month focuses on the logistics and distribution sector. You can read it in full at issuu.com/twbm/docs/tw...

After around 15 years, our work to support the Rochester Bridge Trust has come to an end as the charity decided to take its communications in-house. Account Director Erica Jones has reflected on some of her highlights - which obviously include Langdon the Lion! 🦁 maxim-pr.co.uk/news/more-th...

Launch by ex-Observer staff of The Nerve has "hugely exceeded our expectations" in its first week with a beta website and its first newsletter "We’ve shown what a small, dedicated, collaborative team of women – who’ve worked together for years – can do" pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-lau...

Thanks to South East Business magazine for the coverage in the latest edition for several of our clients, plus an article from us on engagement. You can read it online at southeastbusiness.com/september-oc...

Last night we took (most of) the judges for the Kent Press & Broadcast Awards out for dinner. It's a small thank you for the massive amount of work they do for free, reviewing every single entry #KPBA we receive.

#OnThisDay a decade ago, Gallagher Group formerly opened a 100m long tunnel linking its current quarry and a new extension, securing another 25 years of employment on the site. We were on hand to manage the media and capture the event for the family business’ history maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30/new...

These are the faces of two women in their forties who just found out that 'old school' is music from the 90s 😭 Despite that revelation, Erica and Rachel had a great time catching up with some familiar faces at @kmfmnews.bsky.social today.

This is sad news - Visit Kent has done amazing things for the county over the years and they were always a pleasure to work with.

Thank you to everyone who has chosen to support us by becoming a paid subscriber. You are amazing and we cannot thank you enough If you believe Folkestone needs and deserves a strong, independent source of local journalism, why don't you join them? folkestonedispatch.substack.com/subscribe

Anyone else at @kentcricket.co.uk today? Erica is making the most of the tickets that were in this year's Kent Press & Broadcast Awards goody bags. Huge thanks to them for supporting #KPBA.

#OnThisDay in 1996, we helped tell the story of Aylesford Newsprint securing a new world record when its giant Paper Machine (PM14) manufactured 1,448 miles of paper in 24 hours. maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30/ayl... #Maxim30

We're lucky to have journalists trying different models of providing local news in Kent and Medway. This article is definitely worth a read. If you haven't subscribed to @localauthority.news, @kentcurrent.news or @folkestonedispatch.substack.com yet, take a look. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...

Meta says businesses will be able to report scam ads ‘at scale’ after spate of impersonations The Facebook and Instagram owner has been described as a 'key conduit' for scams exploiting trusted brands/journalists pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/me...

Erica's spending the day at Rochester Cathedral, supporting @rbt.org.uk in TV interviews while the restored Short Scion Floatplane is put together ahead of going on public display for the whole of August. Thanks to ITV News Meridian and KMTV for going along.

🌞Pleased to support Greentech in gaining planning permission for a solar farm that will provide renewable energy for around 7,200 homes. 💚We provided community and stakeholder engagement, as well as media relations support. 👉https://maxim-pr.co.uk/news/maxim-helps-solar-farm-power-through-planning

Happy fourth birthday @localauthority.news Erica joined the team to celebrate four years of providing independent news for Medway. It's pretty brave to launch a news website in this day and age but Local Authority is proving there is a demand and people are prepared to pay for local news.

📹 It’s time to unveil the official video from this year's Kent Press & Broadcast Awards ceremony. It's a lovely reminder of how happy everyone was on the day. 👀 View the video and all the photos from the day at kpbawards.co.uk/photos2025 #KPBA

We thought Kent’s scale, proximity to London, ports and development potential made it a perfect candidate for an early Mayoral Strategic Authority, but instead, we’ll get three or four unitary authorities. Businesses need to engage now to understand these changes: maxim-pr.co.uk/news/devolut...

#OnThisDay in 1997, we helped to launch Locate in Kent. Unfortunately we don't have any photos from back then so this is a bit of a cheat - taken in 2002, the team is pictured celebrating the creation of 1,913 jobs that year. maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30/lau... #Maxim30

A big thank you to Tunbridge Wells Business Magazine for this feature on our 30th anniversary. The agency was founded in Tunbridge Wells and we're now in our fourth office in the town so it's lovely to be in a local magazine. Read it in full on pages 34-35: issuu.com/twbm/docs/tw...

#OnThisDay in 2013, Manston Airport welcomed the world’s largest passenger plane – the Airbus A380. As part of our work for the airport’s owners, we handled the media on the day and provided iPhone footage of the landing for one of the main broadcasters (which was very unusual!)

Just seen a job ad for an 'AI assisted' reporter (cue old man shaking fist at cloud). I am proud to say the @folkestonedispatch.substack.com - including any typos, appalling grammar, general cock-ups within - is produced entirely AI-free. The buck stops with me, not a bleedin' robot

🗞️ A little selection of print and online coverage for Buckmore Park, following a successful planning application. 🏁 This was one of those projects where we were involved early on in the community and stakeholder engagement, making the media relations part of the job all the more satisfying.

#OnThisDay in 2007, we helped announce the appointment of Edmund Nuttall Limited as the £17.6million main contractor for the Turner Contemporary. Obviously it didn't end up looking quite like this... maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30/cha... #Maxim30

We've just about recovered from Friday's Kent Press & Broadcast Awards ceremony. Thanks for all the wonderful feedback we've had for the event itself and especially our host @bbcmaryam.bsky.social You can view the official #KPBA pics at kpbawards.co.uk/photos2025

We've just about recovered from Friday's Kent Press & Broadcast Awards ceremony. Thanks for all the wonderful feedback we've had for the event itself and especially our host @bbcmaryam.bsky.social You can view the official #KPBA pics at kpbawards.co.uk/photos2025

You know what you don't need when you're setting up for a big event? A heatwave, that's what 🥵 Still, the van is loaded and in just 24 hours we'll be starting the reveal the results of this year's Kent Press & Broadcast Awards #KPBA

Why do we always end up packing the #KPBA goody bags on the hottest days of the year?! 🌞🥵 120 bags - done!

A big thank to @shepherdneame.bsky.social for the latest addition to the #KPBA goody bags. Everyone attending the Kent Press & Broadcast Awards ceremony will receive a bottle of beer or lager and a pair of sunglasses - perfect for this weather! 😎 🍺

Thank you so much for the support for #KPBA - and the freebies! 🍺😎

This is my main concern with the reader subscription model so many of us are pivoting to. It might work in London, Manchester, or Edinburgh, but how do we find enough of a subscription base in Thanet, Swale, or Dover to make this work?

Thank you to all the #KPBA finalists who've shared their finalist photos - we love seeing them 🙂 You can see the full shortlist for this year's Kent Press & Broadcast Awards at www.kpbawards.co.uk/finalists

🏆 CALLING ALL FINALISTS FOR THIS YEAR'S KENT PRESS & BROADCAST AWARDS 📘 Would you like to be on the cover of this year's ceremony brochure? It goes to print soon as we only have two weeks to go 📷 We need your finalist board photos ASAP – post them on socials using #KPBA or email them to Rachel

🏆 CALLING ALL FINALISTS FOR THIS YEAR'S KENT PRESS & BROADCAST AWARDS 📘 Would you like to be on the cover of this year's ceremony brochure? It goes to print soon as we only have two weeks to go 📷 We need your finalist board photos ASAP – post them on socials using #KPBA or email them to Rachel

Time to celebrate #NationalBiscuitDay while signing off the text for the Kent Press & Broadcast Awards trophies. That strategically placed Biscoff isn't giving anything away 😂 #KPBA

👏 A big thank you to South East Business magazine for covering our 30th anniversary with a three-page spread. 👀 You can read the interview with our MD Andrew Metcalf from page 34 in the digital edition southeastbusiness.com/may-june-2025/

Online subs and town centre shopfronts: Tindle plan to safeguard local news pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...

The latest in our series of #OnThisDay posts to celebrate our 30th anniversary 👇 Back in May 2022, Trooli, which provides ultrafast full fibre broadband, called on Maxim to secure a visit by their local MP @tomtugendhat.bsky.social. maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30/mp-... #Maxim30