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      <title><![CDATA[Canterbury Business Park poised to create 320 jobs]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A groundbreaking ceremony has launched Canterbury Business Park at Bridge]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[James Caan's start-up loans help two Thanet firms]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Start-up Loans scheme for young entrepreneurs headed by James Caan provides £35,000 to two Thanet firms]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Banker calls it a day after 46 years]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Roger Cowap, one on the most influential money men in the county to step down at Barclays]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mayor of London Boris Johnson set to be scuppered in bid to take over some Kent rail services]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Boris Johnson's bid to take over some Kent rail services is set to hit the buffers, it's been revealed.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[East Kent crashes out of UK City of Culture contest by not making shortlist]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[East Kent's bid to be crowned UK City of Culture 2017 has failed, with the area not making a shortlist announced today.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Big chance for elf hat makers ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Bosses at a Kent council are looking for someone to supply them with 1,200 elf hats in time for Christmas.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[tmorris@thekmgroup.co.uk (Thom Morris)]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[ ‘Radical’ new college puts plans in place ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Plans for a new University Technical College (UTC) specialising in engineering and computer science have been submitted to Dartford council.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[£2.5 million investment in the County Town development]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Around 250 jobs are expected to be created by Vinters Business Park]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[tsturgess@thekmgroup.co.uk (Trevor Sturgess)]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peel Land and Property's Chatham Docks project due back before Medway Council planning committee]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The transformation of Chatham Docks, which could create up to 3,500 jobs, will go back before councillors on the planning committee this evening.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[amcguinness@thekmgroup.co.uk (Alan McGuinness)]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suspended Kent Top Travel boss leaves company after hearing]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A Kent Top Travel manager who was suspended over an alleged insider email row has left the business after a disciplinary hearing]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Foam control system cleans waste before disposal ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Charis Technology develops a foam control system to improve the quality of manufacturing waste before disposal]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Allied Domecq ordered to pay £276k after worker Robert Rogers died in a fall through a skylight at Dover warehouse]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A spirits firm has been ordered to pay more than £250,000 after a worker plunged to his death in a 'sickening' warehouse fall.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:40:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[phooper@thekmgroup.co.uk (Paul Hooper)]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Businessman takes to the water with new venture]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A taxi boss used to getting around the county's congested roads is now hoping to pick up fares by boat after setting up a new canoe hire firm.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:06:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Glory in Barcelona for Sittingbourne firm]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Toximet, based at Kent Science Park, has won an international award for its pioneering food safety testing instrument ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Nothing to worry about recorded calls, claims expert.]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[There's nothing to worry about having calls recorded, says expert after poll shows one in five don't like it.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Recruitment firm achieves 96% in compliance test]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Earl Street Employment is given industry boost by industry watchdog]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Business leader awarded CBE in Queen's  Birthday Honours]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[John Spence, chairman of the South East Local Enterprise Partnership, has been awarded a CBE for his services to business]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Charity events mark store's 25th anniversary]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Staff at Tesco’s store at Whitfield are celebrating its 25th anniversary this weekend with a range of activities which charity fund-raising.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:48:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[gtutthill@thekmgroup.co.uk (Graham Tutthill)]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Newsagent finds international inspiration to bring in customers]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Sweet success as Kent businessman imports root beer, Tootsie Rolls, Oh Henry and Lucky Charms to improve takings]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[German railways cleared to run Chunnel trains]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Deutsche Bahn, the German railway operator, has been cleared to compete with Eurostar through the Channel Tunnel]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:05:04 GMT</pubDate>
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