Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall came to Medway to visit an innovative business which is going from strength to strength.

The shadow minister for care and older people was campaigning in the South East when she went along to take a tour and speak to staff at Dovetail Games, based in Chatham’s Historic Dockyard.

Dovetail Games has been a huge success story recently – it won the top title at the 2014 Medway Business Awards and last month was named best technology business at the Kent Excellent in Business Awards (KEiBAs). Prime Minister David Cameron also paid a visit earlier this year.

Dovetail Games has grown from strength to strength and went from employing just seven people when it first started to now being an employer of 95.

Bosses expect to take on more people and by the end of this year it is expected 150 people will work for the firm.

In 2014, the firm signed a global licensing deal with Microsoft, granting it exclusive rights to develop and publish all-new flight simulation products based on Microsoft’s genre-defining flight technology.

While at its base Miss Kendall, who has represented Leicester West in Parliament since 2010, toured offices and even had a go on a flight simulator.

She praised the computer gaming company which creates digital entertainment for hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts across the world.

Dynamic

Miss Kendall said the country needs a dynamic economy to ensure decent jobs and good public services.

Speaking in Chatham, she said small businesses like Dovetail Games need support and backing from the government to help them prosper.

And she added that she felt she had a very good chance of winning the leadership which should be decided at the Labour party conference in the autumn.

Miss Kendall is one of four candidates vying to replace Ed Miliband who stepped down immediately after the general election. Also standing are Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Jeremy Corbyn.