An independent retail and business postal service which started at Kings Hill, near Maidstone, is going from strength to strength, extending its lease on the business park and planning to expand further.

Post and Packing, which offers packing, storage, fulfillment, PO box rental, e-drop shop and business support as well as normal postal services, is owned by Kings Hill businessmen Hugh Furness and Martyn Filby who bought the business from its previous owners three years ago.

The company has now extended the lease on its premises at 5 Liberty Square for a further five years and, having already acquired a further five outlets in the last three years, is looking to expand 'quite aggressively'.

As well as the Post and Packing shops in Kings Hill, Tunbridge Wells and Sandwich the company has a franchise operation in Acton, Croydon and Welling.

'We are planning to open a number of shops locally - including Tonbridge, Gravesend and Maidstone as well as shops around the outskirts of London,' said Martyn Filby, who also owns Kings Hill-based Scanbar Technology. 'But Kings Hill is where the company started and we love being here.

'We are in a great location in Liberty Square and have loyal customers in both the business and residential communities. We enjoy the community feel that Kings Hill provides and one of the best things for me is when I am in the shop and hear customers and manager Mike on first name terms.'

Andrew Blevins, managing director of Kings Hill developer Liberty Property Trust, said: 'At a time when post offices have been closing it provides an alternative that is much appreciated by our growing population.'

Kings Hill is a 24 hour live, work, play community, providing jobs, amenities, homes, schools and other community infrastructure all within walking distance. Amenities include an 18 hole golf course, Waitrose and Asda stores plus other convenience retail, three schools, Sports Park, cricket pitch and two gyms including David Lloyd, acres of woodland and open space and miles of foot and cycle paths.

There are around 200 businesses on site employing some 5,000 people and, with more than 8,000 residents at Kings Hill too, there is a ready workforce on the doorstep.

The next phase of Kings Hill's residential development starts this year and will see the phased delivery of 635 much needed homes including affordable. A new primary school - the third at Kings Hill - opened last year and an extension to the community centre, additional allotments, trim trails and sports pitches for Kings Hill Sports Park are also in the pipeline. Land will also be provided for the development of a place of worship.

Land is also available for further office and business space development.

For further information, please contact:

Alison Hardy, Maxim on 01892 513033 / alison@maxim-pr.co.uk

Picture caption:

Martyn Filby (left) and Hugh Furness outside the Kings Hill shop

Notes to Editors:

Liberty Property Trust UK Ltdis a subsidiary of US-based Liberty Property Trust, a Real Estate Investment Trust, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT), headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, is a leader in commercial real estate, serving customers in the United States and the United Kingdom, through the development, acquisition, ownership and management of superior office and industrial properties. Liberty Property Trust owns and manages 729 properties totaling more than 105 million sq ft, accommodating 1,700 occupiers and has a market capitalization (NYSE:LPT) of $8billion.

Liberty Property Trust UK Ltd is developing Kings Hill - www.kings-hill.com - as a rapidly growing sustainable community in line with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), ensuring economic, environmental and social progress for this and future generations. Kings Hill combines commercial, residential, educational, retail, community, sports and leisure uses within 800 acres of highly landscaped low density parkland and aims to promote quality of life by providing a unique environment in which people can live, work, play and study. In addition to providing accommodation for SME's, Kings Hill also attracts significant international tenants such as Barclays, Voyages SNCF (formerly Rail Europe), Cabot Financial, Marsh and Kimberly-Clark.

Liberty Property Trust UK and Kent County Council formed a collaborative public/private sector 'partnership' to develop Kings Hill as an exemplar mixed-use community. Kings Hill is the County's flagship development for attracting inward investment and promoting regional economic growth.

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