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One of Kent's fastest-growing businesses has just opened the doors to a brand-new headquarters.

The founders of Must Have Ideas hosted an opening ceremony, which saw Cllr Tristan Osborne attend to cut the ribbon.

Our Community Reporter, Henry Luck, has more.
Transcript
00:00Must Have Ideas came to life at a table just like this.
00:04Now it's exploded into a massive new warehouse with councillor Tristan Osborne cutting the ribbon for its grand opening.
00:14This new site is about the size of five football pitches and lets the company ship more goods than ever
00:21and create more jobs for the community.
00:24Must Have Ideas is about these convenient gadgets that enhance everyday life.
00:31So what I found here is the book beam and what this is you wear it around your neck, you
00:37turn on a light and it lets you read in the dark.
00:41But of course there's plenty more products Must Have Ideas provides from gardening to kitchenware.
00:47The site hosts around 200 employees and is led by entrepreneur Amy Knight.
00:55Even though she's just under 30 years old, she's already won awards such as the Every Woman Entrepreneur and Management
01:05Today's 35 Women Under 35.
01:09Her goal is to inspire young women to bring their business ideas to life.
01:15I'm really, really proud. The team have worked so hard after the last eight years and particularly whilst we've moved
01:21into the new building.
01:23So it's incredible to be able to show it off and celebrate it today and everything that the team have
01:28achieved.
01:28It's going to allow us to grow, to serve more customers, to launch more products, to employ more people because
01:35we just have more space to be able to do all of that in every area of the business.
01:39Yeah, so this is a business that was created in my constituency all the way back in 2018 in the
01:47back room of a house.
01:48And now it's in a 250,000 square feet factory.
01:52So this is a story about Britain. It's about the entrepreneurialism, the dynamism of growing a business in the UK.
01:57And it's been a true success story.
02:00So I'm not only proud it's a Kemp business, I'm proud it's a business that's been created in my constituency
02:04and has settled here and grown here.
02:06With this site looking to grow over the year, who knows what more ideas Amy will have in stock.
02:15Henry Luck for KMTV in Snodland.

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