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Town is stuffed full of fast food restaurants
27 October 2016There are more fast food restaurants per 100,000 people in Dartford than almost anywhere else in Kent - but which area came first?
Grade II listed pub for sale
26 October 2016A village drinking hole has been put on the market after its owners decided to retire.
£8 million investment for historic manor
25 October 2016Health resort group Champneys has announced a huge investment as part of its take-over of a 3,000-acre country house and estate.
Tourism agency wins corporate backer
24 October 2016A tourism agency which promotes Kent has won its first corporate investor as part of a new funding scheme.
Dickens World debts nearly half a million pounds
23 October 2016In the months before it closed, Dickens World had debts of nearly half a million pounds according to documents filed at Companies House.
New jets amid climb in luxury travel
21 October 2016Two private jets worth £14.5m have been unveiled by an aviation business flying high from the take off in demand for chartered air travel.
Calls for trust to hold theme park operators to account
20 October 2016The chairman of a charitable trust which oversees a Kent theme park will put the operators under the spotlight.
Gourmet burgers to come to town
19 October 2016A restaurant chain has made clear its intention to move into a Kent leisure complex.
Rollercoaster derailed by fresh troubles
17 October 2016Dreamland's most iconic attraction is still closed to the public - more than two months after it was shut down for testing.
Student's good deed rewarded with job offer
17 October 2016The boss of a tourist business was so impressed when he witnessed a student selflessly buying a homeless man a coffee, that he offered him a job.
Waiters at the ready for McDonald's table service
13 October 2016Diners can now have their Big Mac and fries delivered to their table as the first McDonald's in Medway introduces table service.
'It was the worst morning of my life'
13 October 2016A business owner has told of his horror at finding out his restaurant was on fire.
Gogglebox couple in B&B plan shock
13 October 2016TV's Gogglebox "posh couple" have never had planning permission to run their swanky B&B, it's been revealed.
Shock as bulldozers start tearing down pub
12 October 2016People were left shocked when bulldozers rolled up to a popular community pub and began tearing it down without permission.
Dungeons, dragons... and coffee
12 October 2016Wizards do battle and dragons are slain, all over a cup of coffee in a new venue in Gravesend.
Doors locked at tourist attraction
12 October 2016Staff have reportedly been left in tears following the sudden closure of a tourist attraction.
Celebrity's surprise boost for Kent tourism
11 October 2016Kent has received a publicity boost from an unlikely source after a celebrity posted shots of its 'magical' scenery to her millions of followers.
Brewery boss hints at call for tax cuts
11 October 2016The boss of Kent’s oldest beer brewer said he will lobby Government for more tax cuts if confidence falls in the UK economy following the Brexit vote.
Pub stars in reality TV challenge
10 October 2016A bed and breakfast in Kent will this week feature in an episode of Channel 4’s Four in a Bed.
Retro laser tag studio opens
10 October 2016A retro laser tag studio has opened in a town 14 years after the owners, a married couple, started their business in children's entertainment.
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