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Winemaker toasts 'excellent year'

Winemaker toasts 'excellent year'

21 April 2017

Chapel Down toasted growing sales last year amid rising demand for English wine and its craft ales and lagers.

Pictures: The White Company opens store

Pictures: The White Company opens store

21 April 2017

Soft furnishings retailer The White Company has nearly doubled the size of its site in a shopping centre.

Closed store ‘likely to remain empty for some time’

Closed store ‘likely to remain empty for some time’

20 April 2017

Nearly a year after the collapse of department store chain BHS, more than two thirds of the shops still lie empty.

Mattress maker back in comfortable position

Mattress maker back in comfortable position

19 April 2017

A bed manufacturer which holds a royal warrant has swung back into profit after coming under new ownership.

Jaeger confirms store closure

Jaeger confirms store closure

18 April 2017

Fashion chain Jaeger has announced it is to close its flagship store in Kent, with the loss of 13 jobs.

Good news for entertainment fans!

Good news for entertainment fans!

18 April 2017

New signs erected at a revamped entertainment complex boost hopes that the building could be fully open by the end of the month.

Calls to throw away peanut sweets

Calls to throw away peanut sweets

18 April 2017

Shoppers have been told to dispose of some KitKat treats after one of the batches was wrongly labelled.

Firm slams lack of business parking

Firm slams lack of business parking

17 April 2017

A furniture store hit by thousands of pounds of parking fines while unloading goods has called for a solution to a Kent town's parking problem.

Jeweller to shut up shop after 155 years

Jeweller to shut up shop after 155 years

15 April 2017

A jeweller is set to shut its doors for the final time 155 years on from its first day of trading.

End of an era as shop closes after 38 years

End of an era as shop closes after 38 years

14 April 2017

“Aggressive marketing” from multinationals and supermarkets has forced the closure of one of the town's longest running businesses after 38 years.

Retail park fines ‘can only damage the town’s reputation’

Retail park fines ‘can only damage the town’s reputation’

13 April 2017

Controversial fines imposed on drivers who park at a retail park and then leave to walk into the town a few metres away are back.

Final phase of retail park soon open for business

Final phase of retail park soon open for business

13 April 2017

Work is nearing completion on the final phase of the Neats Court retail park in Queenborough.

Investors to scoop up udderly alcoholic ice cream

Investors to scoop up udderly alcoholic ice cream

11 April 2017

A cocktail ice cream maker inspired by a dinner party experiment is aiming to raise £150,000 to launch into major retailers.

Jobs at risk as Jaeger collapses into administration

Jobs at risk as Jaeger collapses into administration

10 April 2017

The high-end brand has gone into administration, putting nearly 700 jobs at risk across the country, including at three stores in Kent.

The biggest deal there's ever bean

The biggest deal there's ever bean

10 April 2017

A food wholesaler has landed its largest ever contract supplying enough baked beans to fill two and a half Olympic swimming pools.

Real fur labelled as fake

Real fur labelled as fake

10 April 2017

A fashion retailer has launched an internal investigation after allegations that real fur is being sold as fake fur in some of its products.

Shareholder bid to oust chairman

Shareholder bid to oust chairman

10 April 2017

Toy maker Hornby is to hold a general meeting after receiving a request to remove its chairman from a group representing a fifth of its shareholders.

Hornby turnaround trundles on

Hornby turnaround trundles on

07 April 2017

Bosses at model maker Hornby have hailed the end of the first stage of its turnaround designed to stem years of losses.

New furniture store to open

New furniture store to open

07 April 2017

A large DFS branch will begin trading on the Ashford Retail Park this weekend.

Consortium taking on cancer

Consortium taking on cancer

06 April 2017

A medical device manufacturer is working in a consortium of 20 companies including technology giants Phillips and Siemens to improve cancer treatment.

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