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KCC invests £500k in asbestos firm
15 March 2017An investment fund using taxpayers money has backed a technology company which predicts it can save thousands of lives by detecting airborne asbestos.
Pylons would 'wreck the skyline'
07 March 2017MPs say a proposal to erect around 70 massive pylons across part of Kent would blight several villages.
Oil industry woes hamper firm
06 March 2017A subsea engineering firm cut staff numbers by nearly half amid a dramatic decline in the oil and gas industry but is heading back to profitability.
Putting their foot on the gas
06 March 2017Down an unassuming street with the quaint cafes and shops sits a half-a-billion-pound company drilling major gas fields across Africa and Europe.
IT company's new home
02 March 2017A fast-growing IT firm has moved to a new premises in the county as it aims to double in size by the end of the year.
Data in custody down neon-lit corridors
02 March 2017In a high security annex of a TV studios, more than £1.5 billion of revenue goes through the wires of Kent’s largest data centre each year.
Technology firm's new chairman
21 February 2017A former group managing director of Kwik Fit has been made chairman of a loss-making electronic component distributor.
Science park set to expand
20 February 2017A business park, which employs more than 1,500 people, could be set to expand - creating a new link to the motorway.
Tory peer's red hot takeover
09 February 2017A fire protection company has been taken over by an investment firm listed on the London Stock Exchange backed by Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft.
Telecoms firm's acquisition spree continues
08 February 2017An independent telecoms company has completed its third takeover in three months after securing a £30 million finance deal with the bank.
Second chance for Kent Medical Campus
03 February 2017Councillors have again approved plans for an extensive medical campus set to create 3,300 jobs.
Crystal clear vision
03 February 2017A £90,000 loan helped two friends launch a water treatment business which is attracting a flood of export deals from around the world.
‘Grandad’s workshop’ to worldwide trade
02 February 2017A little-known manufacturer is ready to go global with its life-saving product after quietly going about its work for 20 years.
Council poised to reapprove campus
31 January 2017Councillors are expected to give the green light to a large medical campus for the second time, set to bring more than 3,800 jobs.
New boss a year after rescue
24 January 2017A crop research institute has hired a new managing director a year after it was rescued in a takeover.
Wind farm extension proposed
06 January 2017Swedish power company Vattenfall is developing a scheme that will bring the existing and operational wind farm at Margate closer to the coast by 4km
New funding for fruit research
13 December 2016A consortium has secured £1.9 million of funding for student-led crop studies.
Science park's new owners 'will take it in new areas'
09 December 2016The new owners of one of Kent’s most successful science parks will forge closer ties with London investors, according to its managing director.
Surgery opens with new technology
08 December 2016A private hospital is opening its fifth operating theatre after a £250,000 investment.
Tech supplier 'refocused' after turnaround
01 December 2016An electronic parts distributor has swung back into operating profit after overstretching itself on sustainable energy projects put it in the red.
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