Marketing and promotion
Marketing and promotion of your event, exhibition, or business should be a key part of your plan. We have resources to help you.
Medway Matters is our magazine published 4 times a year and delivered to every household in Medway.
There are a range of advertising opportunities in Medway Matters for local organisations and partners.
Creative Medway are trying to:
- break down barriers
- connect the community
- provide the keys to unlock Medway's creative talent.
They are driving Medway's Cultural Strategy.
You can list your event for free and add events to their diary.
List your event with Creative Medway
Visit the Creative Medway website to find out about opportunities and events.
Follow Creative Medway on their Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages
There are media platforms across Medway who you can contact to help advertise your event.
Visit their websites to find out more:
We send a fortnightly newsletter out to our culture database that features:
- funding and job opportunities
- upcoming events and much more.
If you have something you would like us to share, email arts@medway.gov.uk.
You can list your event on our Visit Medway site for free.
Business network and support
We want to support businesses that want to grow, start up or move to Medway.
You can find out more on our Business for Medway page.
You can also visit our business and regeneration pages to find out about:
There are reductions and reliefs available to help with the cost of your business.
Visit our regeneration page to find out about transformation projects in Medway.
Find advice on new premises licensing, registering a food license, street trading and more on our licensing page.
Find business and food safety advice such as starter packs, guidance books and advice leaflets on our business, licensing and regeneration page.
You can find help for businesses and non-domestic customers energy bill relief.
KMEP is the economic partnership for Kent and Medway which aims to drive forward economic growth and prosperity throughout the region.
SELEP aims to ensure the survival and stability of our economy in the short term and to drive sustainable economic renewal and growth in the medium to long term.
Locate in Kent offers free, confidential support for businesses looking to locate or expand in Kent.
A vast array of creative industry businesses within the estuary.
From designers and architects to film studios and software developers and their supply chains.
Use this business directory to look through who’s contributing to making Creative Estuary one of the most exciting creative hubs in the world.
In 2022, Medway was awarded £1.275 million from The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. This was part of a south east wide consortium bid to support local creative businesses with:
- scale
- bringing new products to market
- accessing investor finance for the first time.
Inside Track includes regular features such as:
- the latest information on national, regional and local sources of funding
- KCC grant schemes and contacts
- funding deadlines.
Rules and regulations
If you're thinking about setting up a limited company, you'll need to register it with Companies House.
If you're thinking of setting up a charity, the Charity Commission holds all the resources you need online, to register and start running your charity.
The Ethical Property Foundation can support you to manage and negotiate the right terms for your business when securing a property.
They offer free one to one, impartial property advice to:
- charities
- voluntary groups
- not-for-profit organisations.
Depending on the activity you intend to carry out in the property, you may need to consider public liability, contents and employer's liability.
AN, The Artists Information Company provide insurance as part of their membership.
LawWorks
LawWorks supports lawyers to volunteer their professional skills to assist people and community groups who:
- cannot afford to pay for legal help
- are unable to access legal aid or financial assistance.
Lawyers Volunteering for the Arts (LVFA)
LVFA is a pro bono legal project set up in 2012 by a group of London law firms who wanted to offer pro bono legal support to the arts community.
LVFA encourages solicitors to provide free legal advice to low income and not-for-profit arts and cultural organisations or community groups.