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Maxim
@maximpr.bsky.social
Leading Kent agency specialising in PR, public affairs, crisis comms and marketing. Organisers of the Kent Press & Broadcast Awards #KPBA
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As we're still relatively new here, let's do some introductions. We'll start with the essentials.

📰 Our core work is PR and public affairs.

📍 We're based in Tunbridge Wells and most of our clients are in Kent or the South East.

🫖 We drink a lot of tea and consume almost as many biscuits.
#OnThisDay in 2019, Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) was honoured with a visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

We worked with the Palace’s press office, managing the media scrum on the day and the plethora of interviews.

maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30/med...

#Maxim30
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
An early start for our MD Andrew Metcalf for the launch of the Kent Property Market Report.

More than 225 property industry guests gathered in Ashford for the unveiling of the 34th annual report, which is produced by Caxtons Property Consultants and Kent County Council.

👉 kentpropertymarket.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
⭐ Another memory to celebrate our 30th anniversary ⭐

#OnThisDay in 2017, permission was given for work to start on laying a high-tech 51km power cable connecting the UK and France and we were there to support the project.

Read more: maxim-pr.co.uk/maxim-30/hel...

#Maxim30
October 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Last week Northfleet-based Britannia Refined Metals opened its new £41m copper recycling plant - and we were there to manage the local media.

As one journalist said: "You never know what you're going to get when Maxim calls but it's always interesting!"

Full story: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Freelances, there are just days left to respond to the government’s consultation on late payments and poor practices.

Make your voice heard and help #StopTheFreelanceRipOff across the media industry.

Here’s how: www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sto...

And please share!
Stop the freelance rip-off
All freelances in the UK should respond to government's consultation on late payments and poor payment practices. It's time for urgent change.
www.nuj.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The latest issue of Tunbridge Wells Business Magazine is out, including our MD Andrew Metcalf's page of county news, which this month focuses on the logistics and distribution sector.

You can read it in full at issuu.com/twbm/docs/tw...
October 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
After around 15 years, our work to support the Rochester Bridge Trust has come to an end as the charity decided to take its communications in-house.

Account Director Erica Jones has reflected on some of her highlights - which obviously include Langdon the Lion! 🦁 maxim-pr.co.uk/news/more-th...
October 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Launch by ex-Observer staff of The Nerve has "hugely exceeded our expectations" in its first week with a beta website and its first newsletter

"We’ve shown what a small, dedicated, collaborative team of women – who’ve worked together for years – can do" pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-lau...
New launch from ex-Observer staff nears 1,000 paying subscribers in a week
The Nerve, the new publication launched by former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr, topped 900 paying subscribers in a week.
pressgazette.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thanks to South East Business magazine for the coverage in the latest edition for several of our clients, plus an article from us on engagement.

You can read it online at southeastbusiness.com/september-oc...
September 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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.
September 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
#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...
September 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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.
September 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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.
September 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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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
August 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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.
August 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#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
August 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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...
'Local Authority' proves paid-for local news can work in UK towns as well as big cities
Local Authority is a newsletter covering the Medway region of Kent.
pressgazette.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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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...
Meta says businesses will be able to report scam ads 'at scale' after spate of impersonations
Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp owner Meta has said it is introducing the ability for businesses to report scam ads "at scale".
pressgazette.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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.
July 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🌞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
July 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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.
July 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
📹 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
July 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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...
July 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#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
July 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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...
July 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM