Our Sponsors
Sponsors
Our sponsors are all Dartford businesses. Representing a wide range of sectors, each company is proud to support their award and help to celebrate the brilliant contributions the winners make to our borough.
- ARC
- Bluewater
- Dartford Living
- Downton and Ali Associates
- Fairfield Leisure
- Fox Estates
- The Learning Shop Bluewater
- North Kent College
- The Nucleus Business and Innovation Centre
ARC
Sponsors the Best Owner Managed Business Award.
ARC is the world’s leading provider of Print, Design, and Information Management Solutions - specifically tailored and developed to complement, and enhance, the increasingly evolving needs of our global client base.
ARC UK is proud to call Dartford our home and the welcome new location of our state-of-the-art Centre of Service and Production Excellence | Centrally supporting our National and European Client Base and ARC’s additional UK Operation Centres in London and Bridgewater.
Our recent relocation to Dartford has coincided with our journey towards attaining Carbon Neutral Printing Status, as certified by Carbon Quota and in accordance with PAS 2060 verification. This distinction has enabled ARC UK to influence the decision-making process of many organisations which are on a similar pathway towards securing a more environmentally friendly supply chain footprint – our decisive goal: 100% Organic Print Services.
The extreme diversity of the industry sectors, we currently supply, demands constant product and services innovation to ensure we remain at the forefront of providing unparalleled levels of advanced business solutions.
Our vast range of Print, Design and on-site, on-demand, Installation Services are uniquely aligned to the continual progressive development of both our existing and new client requirements – regardless of scale and industry sector.
Bluewater
Sponsors the Shop of the Year award and The Bluewater Award.
Bluewater is Europe’s leading retail and leisure destination.
Home to over 300 UK and international brands, 60 places to eat, 13,000 free parking spaces and 50 acres of lakes and parkland, Bluewater provides a unique ‘day out’ experience that is enjoyed by millions of guests every year.
Dartford Living
Sponsors the Customer's Choice Award.
Dartford Living has been successfully established in Kent and South East London for over 10 years and rapidly expanded due to its high quality, unique magazine-look and content. Dartford Living is a compact, A5 size magazine and has great community links. Their advertisers in Kent and South East London have consistently reported great success as a direct result of advertising within their magazine.
Downton and Ali Associates
Downton and Ali Associates have been providing personal and Corporate Financial Advice to Dartford residents and Business’s for over 20 years and can help with any area of financial planning such as mortgages, protection, pensions, and investments and have offices in Dartford and West Wickam employing local people as advisers and administrators.
Brian Downton has run the business for 23 years and has been a financial adviser for 33 years and is passionate about making sure any client is fully protected against life’s falls and also making sure everyone he meets has a plan to ensure that they are able to enjoy their retirement without money worries.
Downton and Ali are also heavily involved in the local community as sponsors at Dartford FC and Brian is a trustee for North Kent charity Holding on letting go and is part of the core Run Director team at Dartford Parkrun as well as being involved in local cycling and Triathlon clubs and has recently completed an Ironman Triathlon raising funds for charity.
Fairfield Leisure
Fairfield Leisure (Places Leisure)
Sponsors the Employee of the Year Award.
At Fairfield Leisure Centre we aren’t just going through the motions. At Fairfield leisure centre we work with Dartford Borough Council to deliver health and wellbeing programmes for all, rather than simply operate the facilities. With the local community we work in to get to know what’s needed to help local people reach their potential developing health and wellbeing programmes.
Swimming, cycling, racquet sports, junior workout classes, exercise classes, gym, GP referral, swimming lessons, gymnastics lessons – whatever it takes, because when people get healthier and fitter together, communities get stronger, too.
Fox Estates
Chris Fox NAEA opened the office in Brent Lane approximately 10 years ago and we were welcomed with open arms. We wanted to give back to the community by being involved in raising money for as many local charities as we could. We began by sponsoring We Are Beams and gradually expanded to supporting the Mayor’s charities, Arrow Riding Centre, Deeds Not Words, as many local schools as we can and Dartford Football Club. You can see Chris there every week, loudly cheering on the team.
The Fox Estates team have always been known for their integrity, professionalism, knowledge and multi award-winning customer service and have a combined property sales experience of over 70 years. We were all thrilled to win the Shop of the Year award at this years Dartford Business Awards. We are also Gold winners of The British Property Awards 2024.
Fox Estates are proud to be part of the outstanding, inclusive Dartford community and will carry on supporting the town for as long as we can.
The Learning Shop
Sponsors the Employee of the Year Award.
The Learning Shop is Bluewater Shopping Centre’s official Training and Recruitment Facility.
We work with all of the Bluewater’s shops and restaurants to ensure their vacancies are filled by the best staff, trained to the finest standard.
We are passionate about the local community and work hard to ensure local people, regardless of background, have the best opportunities to gain employment in Bluewater.
North Kent College
Sponsors the Young Persons’ Award.
North Kent College offer an extensive range of courses in both Further Education and Higher Education, providing vocational courses and services across their 2 campuses.
They also offer Apprenticeships, Industry Placements and Training for Businesses. With great links with relevant industries, they are able to offer opportunities for career progression and university to their students.
The Nucleus Business and Innovation Centre
The Nucleus Business and Innovation Centre
Sponsors of the Best Owner Managed Business Award.
The Nucleus Business and Innovation Centre is a modern, custom-built building in the heart of The Bridge development which provides the ideal workspace for start-up and growing companies within the science and technology sector.
The Nucleus is proud to offer a range of practical innovation and growth support that proactively encourages the development of its customers.
Contact us
If you have any questions about your entry, or want to become a sponsor, please email us and we'll be happy to help.