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Traders urge Government to abandon cigarette plans
20 May 2013Shop owners are urging the government to scrap plans for plain packaging on cigarettes to stop counterfeit packets being sold.
Thousands of jobs to be created as Bluewater expands
20 May 2013Bluewater has been given the go ahead for a 20% expansion.
A raid on a shop with a difference
18 May 2013A mob is set to target a series of shops today - find out why the owners are in favour of the storming...
Locate in Kent attracts 2,800 jobs
17 May 2013County investment agency Locate in Kent attracted 2,800 jobs last year, but narrowly failed to meet its target.
Cheating builder who fiddled £800k of VAT ordered to pay £1
17 May 2013A builder with two multi-million pound firms and who fiddled his VAT returns to the tune of £800,000 has been told to pay back just £1
Great Gatsby a boon for business
17 May 2013Kent bridal retailers expect a rush for 1920s wedding gowns as The Great Gatsby hits UK cinema screens
Prime Minister David Cameron to sample tastes of Kent
16 May 2013Prime Minister David Cameron is given a hamper of Kentish produce after missing a House of Commons showcase.
Biomass plant creates more than 25 jobs
16 May 2013Construction has begun on a biomass power plant fuelled by old timber that will employ more than 25 people in Kent.
'Boris Bikes' scheme launched at Ashford station
16 May 2013A dock of hire bicycles, similar to the ‘Boris Bikes’ scheme in London, has been installed at Ashford International Station.
'Cancer fight inspired my business planning'
16 May 2013A mother-of-two who survived breast cancer has told how her fight inspired her to set up a new business.
Canterbury Cathedral 'won't close to visitors'
16 May 2013Canterbury Cathedral bosses have denied the famous landmark could close to visitors after it lost out on a £10.5m bid for lottery cash.
Hundreds attend open day at former Charter House office block
16 May 2013More than 600 potential buyers visited the The Panorama in Ashford over the weekend to get a first glimpse at the new show apartment.
Plans submitted to demolish former Homebase structures
16 May 2013Owners of the building formerly occupied by Homebase have applied for permission to demolish the garden centre structures on the Ashford site.
More than 50 want to run K College
16 May 2013As many as 50 organisations - including colleges and companies - have expressed an interest in taking over struggling K College when it is broken up.
Subway told to close by 3am
16 May 2013Sandwich shop losses bid to stay open until 5am
Car parts firm to create 50 new jobs
15 May 2013Jobs expansion planned as ADL turnover increases from £45m to £75m in just five years
Flowers snaps up debt business Cabot Credit
15 May 2013Equity investment company J C Flowers has added to its Kent connections by snapping up a debt purchase business.
Follow in the footsteps of M&S... and set up a stall
15 May 2013Canny businesses are being urged to hone their trading skills at a market stall.
Mary Portas in Margate - viewers' reaction
15 May 2013Mary Portas' long-awaited programme detailing her attempts to revive Margate screened last night, but what was the reaction?
North West Kent College to axe posts at its Gravesend and Dartford campuses
15 May 2013More jobs are being lost at a Kent college’s campuses following a cut in government funding
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