The Kent and Medway Economic Partnership (KMEP) is the Local Growth Board for the Functional Economic Area of Kent and Medway. KMEP aims to drive forward economic growth and prosperity throughout the region.

KMEP is governed by a board and chaired by the private sector, with membership drawn from business, local government, further and higher education.

KMEP is in charge of the Kent & Medway Economic Framework which sets out a number of ambitions and action areas to support the growth of the local economy until 2030. Please click here to view the Framework

KMEP is currently formulating a Local Growth Plan to sit alongside the Framework. Please click here to view our Local Growth Plan Evidence Base

This plan will explore how we can support growth across all sectors, with a particular emphasis on priority sectors for Kent & Medway, which are:

• Agri-food and Agritech – given Kent & Medway’s role in national food security.
• Ports, Transport and Logistics – given Kent & Medway’s key role in UK trade and border security.
• Energy – given our key role in energy security, hosting electricity interconnectors, the offshore array, and the UK’s main LNG import port.
• Digital – broadly defined to include digital manufacturing and digital creativity, and linked to our role in cyber security.

KMEP is holding a series of workshops in the week commencing 11th May to hear from businesses, councils, universities, colleges and the VCS community about the content of the Local Growth Plan.

Please click on the news tab to sign up to attend.

KMEP is supported in delivering its ambitions by its business representation forum called the ‘Kent and Medway Business Advisory Board (BAB)’.