insideKENT Magazine Issue 25 - April 2014 | Page 11

NEWS

IS YOUR CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT THE NEXT ROCKSALT?
The search is on to find the successor to Rocksalt,
the current overall winner of Kent Design &
Development Awards.
Mark Sargeant’s restaurant in Folkestone,
designed by Guy Hollaway Architects, scooped
Project of the Year when the biannual awards
last took place, and now nominations are open
for new construction projects to come forward.
Jointly organised and sponsored by DHA
Planning, Kent County Council, and PR and
marketing agency Maxim, Kent Design &
Development Awards take place every two years
and celebrate the design excellence of the
county’s property and construction industry.

Projects are invited to enter one of five categories:
Civils and Infrastructure; Commercial, Industrial
and Retail; Environmental Performance; Public
Buildings – Education and Community; and
Residential – Major and Minor. Project of the Year
is then selected from among the winners.
In 2012, Hythe-based Guy Hollaway Architects’
design for Rocksalt saw the restaurant win the
Commercial, Industrial and Retail category before
going on to take the overall prize.
Other winners were Dover Esplanade by Tonkin
Liu, Hadlow College’s Rural Regeneration Centre
by Eurobuild, Rosemary Gardens by Golding
Homes, Hill House by Hampson Williams, Turner
Contemporary by David Chipperfield Architects,

and Clay Architecture Ltd’s Walderslade Primary
School.
The deadline for entering the Kent Design &
Development Awards 2014 via
www.kentdesigndevelopmentawards.co.uk is
16th June 2014.
The awards are also supported by CTP
Consulting Engineers; Kent Construction Focus
Group; Liberty Property Trust UK, developers of
Kings Hill; and construction and cost
management consultants The Woodley Coles
LLP.

WAGAMAMA SERVES UP A NEW RESTAURANT IN SEVENOAKS
wagamama opened its latest restaurant in Sevenoaks on Wednesday 5th
March, creating 35 jobs for the town. The site will be the fifth for the panasian restaurant chain in Kent, and the team are expecting to welcome
hundreds of diners in the coming weeks.
Customers at the new restaurant can stop off whilst shopping on the high
street or visit for dinner with friends and family to enjoy wagamama favourites
such as the chicken katsu curry and chicken and prawn pad thai.
“We’re looking forward to serving up our fast, fresh pa n-asian cuisine in
Sevenoaks and increasing our presence in Kent,” said restaurant general
manager Roger Thomas. “We’re excited to welcome existing wagamama
fans in the area, and new diners trying our dishes for the first time!”
Group bookings can be made for parties of six or more and the restaurant
will also offer take-out via either the wagamama iPhone app, over the phone
or for customers to just walk in to order.
wagamama Sevenoaks is located at 138A-138B High Street,
Sevenoaks TN13 1XE

LOCAL SOLAR TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST, NEWFORM ENERGY, RECEIVES
A RAY OF SUNSHINE FROM THE COUNCIL
With its single largest grant ever paid to a local company, Kent County
Council has awarded Faversham-based company, Newform Energy, £410,000
in funding support.

Newform Energy, which specialises in the development of renewable energy
solutions, has been able to use the cash injection to underpin the next
critical stage in its development.

The ‘TIGER’ Fund, (which stands for Thames Gateway Innovation, Growth
and Enterprise), is a new Government scheme which offers financial
assistance to businesses looking to invest in new products, processes or
markets, or potentially looking to expand existing activities where these will
lead to increased sustainable employment.

Heading up the team that is central to the company’ future trading success
s
is managing director, Keith Willett: “A business expansion of this magnitude
for what, until recently, was a company with only half a dozen employees,
can only be achieved with the right people on board and we have created
over 40 new jobs, many of which have been filled by local people.”

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