Our Mission Statement

"To generate profitable economic activity in East Kent, Kent and Medway, the wider region and Europe, through support for technology based businesses and start ups and established businesses in the community, in partnership with other local, county, regional and European organisations."

Our Strategic Objectives

• Strategic Objective One
  Encourage and support start-ups, micro and technology based businesses that can add value to the local economy and create employment opportunities for local people.
  Priorities for action include:

• Business planning and counselling support to start-ups and established businesses
• Signposting and referral through Technology Enterprise Kent's network of access points
• Work with high growth start-ups
• Development of an Innovation Hub in East Kent
  

• Strategic Objective Two
  Co-ordinate provision and management of incubator units for local businesses, including technology based and other high growth start-ups.
  Priorities for action include:

• Management of Technology Enterprise Kent's portfolio of enterprise units
• Use of expertise to advise other organisations on management of enterprise units
• Work with other partners to help establish incubator units for high growth start-ups

• Strategic Objective Three
  Help foster greater social and economic inclusion in East Kent through encouragement for e-business and innovative business practices, and by providing capacity building support for community economic development initiatives.
  Priorities for action include:

• County-wide management support for the Kent Co-operative Development Agency
• Capacity building for local community groups as a partner in the Thanet Community Development and Enterprise Consortium
• Delivering of Community Enterprise Development Projects across East Kent

• Strategic Objective Four
  Improve the competitive performance of local businesses through supply chain and supplier development support for key sectors and the innovation supply chain and by encouraging clustering of technology based firms.
  Priorities for action include:
  

• Management of the South East Office of the Regional Supply NetworkDelivering of Community Enterprise Development Projects across East Kent
• Management of and participation in a range of initiatives aimed at testing new approaches to supply chain and supplier development activities.
  

• Strategic Objective Five
  Maintain the long standing reputation for excellence in business support, through the development of systems and the introduction of best practice, to provide an efficient business support network and ensure the financial viability of the company.
  Priorities for action include:

• Maintaining ISO9001 quality standard
• Achievement of Investors in People recognition extended to the whole company by 2002
• Continuing professional development for Technology Enterprise Kent staff in line with identified needs
• Continue to seek new business which will sustain Technology Enterprise Kent's capacity to deliver successful business support services.
• Develop the Technology Enterprise Kent's capacity to deliver services and earn income through E-Commerce technologies.
  

For more information, contact info@technologyenterprise.co.uk