MP visits Trooli

Making connections

Making a connection is at the heart of many successful marketing campaigns. Back in 2017 we helped our client One Warwick Park Hotel connect itself with a classic piece of Tunbridge Wells cultural heritage as the birthplace of Subbuteo.

June, 2017 more

Opening of the Mansion Hotel at Port Lympne

Helping to promote the county’s tourism champions has always been a part of Maxim’s portfolio. Back in 2014, Maxim helped The Aspinall Foundation unveil its Mansion Hotel at Port Lympne.

June, 2014 more

Manston Airport welcomes world’s largest passenger plane

On this day in 2013, Manston Airport welcomed the world’s largest passenger plane – the Airbus A380. Thanks to the length of the runway, the plane was able to use the airport for landing and take-off training ahead of it going into service for British Airways in 2016 as part of a £5bn investment.

July, 2013 more

From Manston to the world

It was up, up and away for KLM from Manston on this day in history. With a flight time of just 40 minutes, the inaugural flight from Manston Airport to Schiphol in Amsterdam connected Kent at the time to more than 130 destinations around the world. 

April, 2013 more

Topping out of KIMS hospital

Marking major milestones in the construction programmes of new buildings is a great opportunity to secure media coverage – and highlight investment.

February, 2013 more

Flying rhinos?!

Manston Airport played its part in the transportation of three critically endangered black rhinos to Tanzania, as part of a conservation initiative by The Aspinall Foundation – and Maxim’s team had the pleasure of playing a small part in telling the story.

June, 2012 more

Helping to secure planning permission

Telling a strong story at the right time is at the heart of helping many companies to win hearts and minds. Hugh Lowe Farms, the 125-year-old soft fruit producers based at Mereworth, was a classic case in point.

July, 2011 more

Opening of onshore wind farm

Our first foray into onshore wind saw us provide comprehensive communications support to RWE npower renewables’ Little Cheyne Court wind farm on Romney Marsh, which on 13 July 2009 was formally opened by Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

July, 2009 more

Public exhibition for KSP expansion

While most people recognise the need to create jobs and grow the economy, the message can often be received badly by local residents, and the proposed expansion of Kent Science Park back in 2008 was one of those cases.

June, 2008 more

Tour de France comes to Kent

An estimated one million people lined the Kent route when the Tour de France, the world’s largest annual sporting event, tipped up back in 2007 – and Maxim was part of the team that spent months preparing for the arrival of the peloton in Kent on 8 July.

July, 2007 more

Change of direction for Turner Contemporary

Not all projects go according to plan, and the original proposals for the building of the Turner Contemporary gallery on the seaward side of the harbour wall at Margate, was one such occasion.

July, 2007 more

Launch of Go Cycle Kent

One of the county’s objectives behind securing the visit of the Tour de France to Kent back in 2007 was to get residents out on their bikes and showcase the county as a two-wheeled tourist destination.

March, 2007 more

Royal visit to Kent Science Park

The scientific endeavours of the companies at Kent Science Park, near Sittingbourne, were given the royal seal of approval when the Duke of Kent visited to formally open the site’s Conference Centre – with Maxim responsible for managing the press on the day.

April, 2005 more

Media group appoints Maxim

A regional newspaper publisher appointing a PR agency to help it promote itself to the trade press and engage with stakeholders, may seem a strange gig at first glance. However, it had recognised that while it was good at reporting on other people’s news it was open to ideas on how best to tell its own story.

April, 2004 more

Website launch makes news!

Back in 2001, the launch of a new website would make news – how times have changed! Maxim helped announce that there would be a warm web welcome to the county guaranteed thanks to Kent Tourism and its multilingual website.

June, 2001 more

First work for CBI South East

Sometimes we forget that we’ve been here before when it comes to tough economic times – and history does repeat itself.

April, 2001 more

Campaign for Kent Tourism

Protecting 40,000 jobs and an industry worth £1.2bn at the time to the Kent economy saw Maxim called upon to support KCC’s Economic Development Unit, to fight back against the devastating impact of the Foot & Mouth outbreak in 2001.

March, 2001 more

Hop Farm's hamster secures press coverage

A bit of the bizarre, combined with a connection to a national name, can often work wonders when it comes to securing press coverage.

March, 2001 more

Launch of Locate in Kent

Given Maxim’s heritage, with founder Andrew Metcalf having been ex-Economic Development at Kent County Council, it’s not surprising that we have been involved with the launch of a number of the county’s business support agencies – and Locate in Kent was one of them.

July, 1997 more

Tony Blair visits Kings Hill

​​​​​​​Just before the Labour landslide election of 1997, Labour leader Tony Blair paid a visit to Kings Hill business park at West Malling. He saw for himself how a “mixed use” development works.

March, 1996 more