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'We totally oppose these plans'
09 September 2013Three applications for gas drilling in the former east Kent coalfield have been condemned by the Green Party.
Decision day for £650m dock development dream
09 September 2013Councillors set to vote again on plans which promise 3,500 potential new jobs.
Company fined £85k after causing driver's death
09 September 2013A firm which 'didn't have any real health and safety management system in place' has been fined after a driver died in an industrial accident.
World's largest wind farm employs Kent firm
08 September 2013The London Array off the north Kent coast has taken on a company from the county to run its accounts for the next three years.
Plumber in legal row with millionaire property mogul
08 September 2013A gas safety engineer sued unsuccessfully by a wealthy property mogul's wife is tied up in a bitter legal wrangle.
Nearly £30 million given to hospitals in bail-out
08 September 2013The costs of running a new hospital means an NHS Trust was given £28million in a bailout payment.
Jobs fair returns to County Town
06 September 2013Jobcentre Plus and council hoping to repeat success after 1,000 people turned up to Get Maidstone Working event.
Gyms set for cash injection
06 September 2013A private equity firm is set to invest big money into a leisure chain with four outlets in Kent, which it has bought for more than £700 million.
Rower switches to Javelin
06 September 2013Commuters will be reminded of Olympic hero Katherine Grainger every time they go to work.
85 jobs if Dunelm Mill store given the go-ahead
06 September 2013The interiors retailer has applied for planning permission to convert a former Comet.
Town centre plans get go-ahead... after just 11 years!
06 September 2013Tesco's dreams of transforming the centre of Dartford have finally got off the drawing board... more than a decade after the first application.
Fleet Leisure closes for business
06 September 2013The popular sport and leisure club closed this week after the company that runs it went into administration.
Council agree to boost local jobs with contracts
05 September 2013Businesses will have to employ apprentices from the nearby area when awarded big-money jobs under new rules adopted by one authority.
How a small team grew in just three years
05 September 2013The judges in the Dartford and Gravesham Business Awards will soon announce the winners of this year's title.
Apprentice star suffers ticket sales blow
05 September 2013A winner of The Apprentice was forced to swap leading jazz and soul artists for tribute acts because of poor ticket sales at an entertainment event.
Town could get a ‘Spoons
05 September 2013Plans for a national pub chain to set up shop in Sheerness appear to be moving forward.
“I never have enough time"
04 September 2013Almost three quarters of part-time business owners juggle their ventures with a full-time job.
Hoping for a taste of success with cake trade
04 September 2013Judges in the Dartford and Gravesham Business Awards will be meeting soon to decide this year’s winners.
Lord Ashcroft takes over vineyard
04 September 2013An award-winning winemaker will float on the London Stock Exchange and says it will expand by 100 acres and produce more than 500,000 bottles a year.
'HS2 money could be spent on our trains'
04 September 2013Billions of pounds being spent on a rail project branded a white elephant by some could be spent on the county's transport network, it's been argued.
