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• The number of jobs in the borough is now
around 70,000 – an increase of over 25%
since the late 1990s.
• There are around 5,400 businesses, with
around 4,000 (75%) of these employing
0-4 people.
• Key sectors in the economy are:
a) Business Services (12.4% of jobs)
b) Construction (8.9%)
c) Transport (8.7%)
d) Wholesale (8.5%)
• Some of the major employers that have
chosen to locate in the borough include:
-
Kimberly-Clark
- around 280 people work
at the Kings Hill offices in Consumer and
Professional
Sales & Marketing, Customer
Services, Finance, HR and IT.
-
Waitrose
- has a Regional
Distribution
Centre in Aylesford which opened in 2007.
-
Gallagher Group
- a local building, civil
engineering, quarrying and property
business based in Aylesford that has
expanded considerably over the past
40 years.
-
Fidelity
- a global financial investment
company with offices in Hildenborough.
-
Smurfit Kappa Townsend Hook
- one
of the leading providers of paper-based
packaging solutions in the world, employing
120 people at their Snodland site.
-
Amazon Logistics
- moved in to New
Hythe Business Park in 2015 leading to
the creation of 160 new jobs.
• The average weekly salary of people
working in the borough is £520, whereas
the average weekly salary of people living
in the borough is £640.
• 43% of the working age population are
qualified to NVQ Level 4 and above.
Local Economy Overview
The following is a snapshot of the Tonbridge and Malling economy: