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• Ideally located for UK and European markets – 35 miles from London and Channel Tunnel
• A successful investment track record - a total of £400m public/private Town Centre regeneration projects delivered and a £320m future investment programme
• A natural growth point – a commitment to 11,000 new homes and 10,000 new jobs targets
• A highly skilled and productive workforce – generating £3 billion annual GVA
• Excellence in education – leading UK grammar schools and a centre of Post-16 Learning
• Affordable office costs up to 60% cheaper than London – and up to 34 hectares of new business development land
• The ideal combination of town and country living – River Medway, regenerated urban parks and green spaces
• Enjoy its cultural offer – Leeds Castle, new Maidstone Museum, Hazlitt Theatre
• A great place to live – Maidstone ranked 2nd in the UK for “affordable affluence”
• Join the Business Capital of Kent – 84% of Locate in Kent customers described Maidstone as a good business location and their preferred choice in Kent