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

🏆 The independent judging panel has reviewed all 140 entries to this year's Kent Press & Broadcast Awards and we're pleased to announce the finalists. 🏆 Thank you so much to everyone who entered #KPBA and congratulations to those who made the shortlist. See the list at www.kpbawards.co.uk/finalists

After a day with the judges of the Kent Press & Broadcast Awards, it was a lovely surprise to see this year's #KPBA host interviewing the Eurovision mascot this evening. Good job, @bbcmaryam.bsky.social 😉

#OnThisDay in 2014, the centenary of the opening of Rochester's Old Bridge was a major milestone for @rbt.org.uk, and Maxim was pleased to be able to manage the publicity campaign. Read more: maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30/cen... #Maxim30

Huge thanks to the sponsors of the Kent Press & Broadcast Awards who came along to Canterbury Cathedral Lodge on Friday. The weather was glorious, the food scrumptious and the company was pretty good too 😉 These are the organisations that make #KPBA happen and we couldn't be more grateful.

Yeah much of the news “industry” is propped up by a never ending supply of young people who want to change the world… but are allowed to pay for unnecessary journalism qualifications before burning out after a few years writing ad-smothered clickbait on minimum wage. Start again!

As Kent falls silent on the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we remember all the brave souls who fought for our freedom. We thank you for your sacrifice.

🍳 Join the next Kent Construction Focus Group meeting to hear our MD Andrew Metcalf deliver his popular economic update 🏗️ He'll give a snapshot of what’s going on around the county, with a focus on the progress of major game changing projects 👉 Book at www.kentinvictachamber.co.uk/events/kcfg-...

There's been a seismic shift in Kent’s political landscape, so what does it mean for business? maxim-pr.co.uk/news/seismic...

The day of reckoning has arrived! It's looking like a strong start for Reform across the UK, which has so far won 79 seats compared to Labour's 11 and the Tories' 37. One Kent MP has branded the results 'shockingly terrible' for Labour. Follow our LIVE updates here: kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/pa...

We're at County Hall in Maidstone for today's Kent County Council election count. We'll share some highlights here on Bluesky, but we'll be covering every result as it comes in over on our Substack Chat throughout the day. Please join us. It's going to be a long day. substack.com/chat/4137617

Very much hoping we can make #dogsatpollingstations a thing on Bluesky 🐾 Don't let us down.

Local media is in CRISIS Every eleven days for a decade, a local newspaper in Britain fell silent. So we had a crazy idea... let's build a team Local Democracy Reporters across the UK. Read Andrew Gray's blog on rebuilding local media open.substack.com/pub/suffrago...

21 years and 1 day ago we helped the KM Media Group to launch the KM Extra Bexley and KM Extra Bromley, back in the days when free newspapers generated advertising revenue. Read about this and more of our memories from the last 30 years at maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30/med...

🎉 This year we're celebrating 30 years in business! 🤔 It's been a chance to reflect on some of the projects we've worked on over the last three decades so throughout the year, we're adding a few memories to our website. 👀 Take a look at maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30

Our snap Easter subscription special offer is still on - but must end today! Get unlimited access to the premium, ad-lite KentOnline, e-editions of all KM papers and much more for just £20 for the whole year using offer code EASTER. Details here: buff.ly/srgPxfq

An interesting lunchtime spent at a @commscreatives.bsky.social webinar - lots to think about now. So many journalists still stated X as their preferred social media channel in their entries to the Kent Press & Broadcast Awards. How do we lure them over here?!