A long-standing furniture business is spending £250,000 on modernising its town centre premises.

An American coffee chain is preparing to open a branch inside another Sainsbury's supermarket in Kent.

A brewery which has seen Brexit obliterate the bulk of its export sales, says it continues to trade as normal ahead of a likely sale.

A builders' merchant says its staff will each receive a £750 payment to help them through the cost-of-living crisis.

Portuguese tarts, strawberries and venison grillsteaks are some of the first items bought in the new branch in the pipeline for more than two years.

Frustrated street traders say network coverage is so poor they want to punch their phones as they are forced to abandon card payments.

A hotels plan for a prominent factory site which has sat empty for almost a decade has been dropped.

A business expert has warned Kent firms are particularly vulnerable to the impact of uncertainties "far greater than those created by the pandemic".

Shoppers visiting a shopping mall will soon enjoy an increased range of opportunities with two new stores opening this month.

Business owners across Kent have been reacting to the government's announcement of a cap on energy costs for firms.

Plans for a new supermarket have split opinion - with some keen to see the shop's arrival, while others fear it will cause traffic problems.

Two new units for restaurants are planned as part of a relocation of a butchers.

Following the closure of two major retailers at a town centre shopping centre, shoppers are delighted Next has u-turned on its plans to shut.

Just four districts in the county saw a drop in jobless figures for August ahead of what is set to be a challenging winter for employers.

Residents and business-owners have hit out at plans to demolish a row of shops and replace them with a block of 40 flats resembling "rabbit hutches".

The future of a 'forgotten and derelict' shopping arcade is being called into question as the last big name brand prepares to move out.

"Devastated" businesses have lost most of their regular customers after all the payment machines were removed from a shopping centre's car park.

Three Kent firms say their energy bills are set to soar by tens of thousands of pounds - and warn the impact will be worse than lockdown.

The discount supermarket will be opening its doors to customers following a long-running planning row.

A leading discount supermarket says it will plough millions of pounds into its stores in Kent and hire more than 160 new staff.