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Shop opportunities
Historic Faversham continues to draw business interest as one of Kent’s most attractive shopping towns.
For enterprising retailers, the town’s attractive shopping centre has much to offer. Customers look for friendly, personal service unavailable in big impersonal stores in larger centres. They are discerning and look for goods not readily available in chain stores and other large outlets. Some live in larger towns nearby but find shopping in Faversham more convenient and relaxed. There are plenty of eating-places where they can stop for a coffee, snack or a meal; and if they want a drink, the town's pubs are renowned for being welcoming and unspoilt.
Here we report on shop premises available in Faversham, which has below national average unemployment and enjoys retail returns above the Kent average, according to county council data.
Updated 5 November, 2011
A shop at 88 Preston Street, Faversham, next to Superdrug, is to let through the estate agent Cradick Retail (01892 515001). The floor area is 975 sq ft (91 sq m) and the use class is A1. Near by are Boots, HSBC, Thomas Cook and NatWest.
At the southern end of Preston Street, Faversham, the estate agency firms Caxtons and WH Breading have a board on modern shop premises once occupied by Riverside Press.
A Grade II listed building at 39-40 Preston Street, Faversham, which is currently trading as a barber’s shop, is for sale through Pearson Gore. The property, very near Faversham Railway Station, is offered freehold with vacant possession and includes the shop, storage rooms and two kitchens. The building is described in a Faversham Society booklet as “one of the town’s most interesting” despite its having been “sadly mutilated” by an attempt at modernisation some decades back. Underneath rendering applied then is a building of about 1650 that was an example of the elaborate brick architecture brought to east Kent by Dutch settlers. Conservationists hope that the front can be restored to its former glory one day. Pearson Gore is on 01227 463709 and at www.pearsongore.co.uk.
Commercial and leisure-industry opportunities
Updated 5 November, 2011
A village pub at Selling shut by the brewer Shepherd Neame is being offered for sale as a pub, the Faversham News has reported. Closure of the Sondes Arms led to 1,000 people signing a petition asking for all options to be explored for keeping it as a pub. The Faversham News of 3 November reported that Sheps was offering the Sondes for sale as a pub after Selling residents were unable to come up with a community plan for reopening the premises.
An office/industrial unit on the Jubilee Way business park, off Whitstable Road, Faversham, has been advertised to let in the Faversham News of 3 November, 2011. The Caxtons estate agency (01227 788088) is offering Unit 11 (164.74 sq m / 1,772 sq ft) to let at £12,500 a year, exclusive. The developer George Wilson Holdings reportedly also has office space to let at Jubilee Way.
Space suitable for artists and craftspeople has been provided at Creek Creative, the former Frank & Whittome joinery works in historic Abbey Street, Faversham.
Business premises sought
The Faversham Enterprise Partnership (FEP) occasionally receives enquiries from businesses seeking premises in the Faversham area. The FEP has a good record of being able to help with such enquiries, either directly through supply of details of properties or by putting enquirers in touch with relevant agents.
This is a free and confidential service. For details, contact Laurence Young.
laurence.fep@faversham.org
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Help and advice
New traders moving into Faversham will find a town that is being promoted by three associated bodies keen to make the area’s attractions better known.
Faversham Enterprise Partnership brings business and the community together to promote prosperity and improvements to local services.
Faversham’s Town Marketing Group has a special focus on helping the town’s retail streets and their independent traders to thrive.
Faversham Area Tourism Association promotes tourist attractions, accommodation providers, pubs, and other tourism businesses in the town and the surrounding villages.
These three bodies have all been nurtured through Faversham Town Council.
Further help is available from:
Swale Borough Council
Swale Borough Council's Economic Development Unit offers services to local and relocating businesses. Contact
01795 417398 or
edu@swale.gov.uk.
Kent Business Link
Kent Business Link is an easy-to-use business support, advice and information service. It is subsidised by government through the Department of Trade and Industry. They are dedicated to helping your business develop and progress. They do this by ensuring that you can quickly and easily locate and benefit from the broadest range of private, public and voluntary business support services.
They are the local presence of the national network, managed by local business people for Kent business people. This means that they have the expertise to understand the diverse needs of businesses. It also means that they are well placed to offer insightful, affordable and relevant advice.
They can be contacted by
0845 7226655 and
info@businesslinkkent.com.