A GROWING financial services firm has created 10 new jobs and opened offices in Chatham Maritime.

Coach House Financial Services, part of accounting practice Reeves and Neylan, is expanding across the county, including a new operation in the Medway Towns.

The Canterbury-based firm has taken on 10 new staff, including five professional financial advisers. Coach House provides advice to individuals and businesses in all areas of finance and investment.

Managing director David Hurst said the firm's success was due to professional service coupled with honesty and imagination.

"With investments taking such a pounding at the moment and the financial services business as a whole having a bad time, sticking rigidly to those standards has more than paid off as our growth and move into Chatham Maritime clearly demonstrate," he said.