Genre: Promotion

Medway offers exciting business opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs ) . Medway Council's Economic Development and Business Support Team has a key role in organising the annual Medway Small Business Awards . This award scheme offers the opportunity for local businesses to be rewarded for their commitment and hard work . For more information , please visit www.medwaybusiness.co.uk/index/busservices/financial_support/4092.htm to see how your business could benefit from this prestigious and well-established scheme . According to the Department for Trade and Industry ( www.dti.gov.uk ) : A small enterprise : has fewer than 50 employees , has either : - an annual turnover of no more than E7 million ( about £ 4 . 3 million ) or - a balance sheet total of no more than E5 million ( about £ 3 . 1 million ) is no more than 25 % owned by companies not falling within this definition . A medium-sized enterprise : has between 50 and 249 employees , has either : - an annual turnover of no more than E40 million ( about £ 25 million ) or - a balance sheet total of no more than E27 million ( about £ 17 million ) is no more than 25 % owned by companies not falling within this definition .