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Blow to customers and businesses as bank prepares to shut

Blow to customers and businesses as bank prepares to shut

17 June 2013

One of the busiest Barclays branches in the county is to close its doors for the last time in just three months

Next gets go-ahead for controversial store

Next gets go-ahead for controversial store

17 June 2013

139 jobs promised as £9m out-of-town shop gets green light despite opposition

Firms to be charged for digging up roads at peak times

Firms to be charged for digging up roads at peak times

17 June 2013

Kent County Council reveals new scheme to ease congestion on our routes

Management buyout at £12m Kent company

Management buyout at £12m Kent company

16 June 2013

Joint directors take controlling stake in leading distributor of animal feeds

Developer reveals masterplan to expand Kings Hill

Developer reveals masterplan to expand Kings Hill

16 June 2013

1,000 extra homes planned along with a new school, petrol station and park

Stones to undertake home improvements

Stones to undertake home improvements

14 June 2013

More than £50,000 will be spent on Gallagher Stadium improvements this summer, Maidstone United co-owner Terry Casey has announced.

Call for EU probe of secret ferry deal

Call for EU probe of secret ferry deal

14 June 2013

The European Commission is being urged to look into a secret deal between Thanet council and a ferry firm that has cost taxpayers £3.3million.

Parks' rhinos protected by security firm in fight against poachers

Parks' rhinos protected by security firm in fight against poachers

14 June 2013

Security experts have been taken on as two wild animal parks step up the fight against potential poachers.

Dartford engineering firm celebrates 150th anniversary

Dartford engineering firm celebrates 150th anniversary

13 June 2013

Beck & Pollitzer Engineering, founded in 1863, celebrates 150 years in business

Hi-tech firm helps people with learning difficulties

Hi-tech firm helps people with learning difficulties

13 June 2013

Technology firm Icom makes life safer for adults with learning difficulties

Airports Commission visits Kent

Airports Commission visits Kent

13 June 2013

A bird reserve in Kent played host to the group which could make or break plans for the world's biggest airport in the Thames estuary.

£1 million plans to buy empty shops in town centre

£1 million plans to buy empty shops in town centre

13 June 2013

Swale council and the Spirit of Sittingbourne group have joined forces in a new move to boost the high street.

Arson arrest over huge laundry fire

Arson arrest over huge laundry fire

13 June 2013

A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a huge blaze gutted a Faversham laundry.

Lapland UK poised to leave Kent

Lapland UK poised to leave Kent

13 June 2013

Winter attraction Lapland UK is likely to move to Windsor, it's been revealed.

Airport commission visits Medway today

Airport commission visits Medway today

13 June 2013

The team tasked with solving the thorny issue of the UK's airport capacity is visiting Medway today.

From city lights to film rights

From city lights to film rights

13 June 2013

Former Kent schoolboy Jeremy Cowdrey left a City career to produce Summer in February, a new movie starring Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens

New business centre opens in Chatham's 'luckiest building'

New business centre opens in Chatham's 'luckiest building'

13 June 2013

1 Cambridge Terrace in Chatham, which survived bombings in the Second World War, opens as a business centre today

Old Post Office could put its stamp on business in the town centre

Old Post Office could put its stamp on business in the town centre

13 June 2013

Former Post Office building could deliver a new business hub for local firms starting up

British Airways to train Airbus A380 crew at Manston

British Airways to train Airbus A380 crew at Manston

12 June 2013

British Airways has chosen Manston for crew training on its first Airbus A380

Small firms welcome jobless fall

Small firms welcome jobless fall

12 June 2013

The Federation of Small Businesses in Kent and Medway says firms are planning to take on staff as unemployment falls

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