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The number of vacant units in this high street paints a bleak picture - but we spoke to those fighting to transform the town’s fortunes.
Bosses of a seaside tourist attraction have pleaded with customers for backing after recent storms “devastated" small businesses.
Pictures of a family-run service station have been shared offering a reminder of how times and prices have changed over the years.
Plans to create 86 new homes at an abandoned office complex have been scrapped – as the site hits the market for £4 million.
One of a town’s best-loved restaurants is set to move into a listed building nearby after running out of space.
A well-used route has closed for more than a week in a move described as "ridiculous" by frustrated residents.
A huge Kent Wetherspoon pub is set to get even bigger as bosses prepare for its grand reopening after splashing £750,000 out on a revamp.
A toy and bric-a-brac shop has opened in a former Wilko store - just in time for the festive season.
Plans for a town’s first Aldi store are set to be approved for a second time - despite a legal threat from rival discounter Lidl.
The owners of a new Korean restaurant want to breathe new life into a struggling part of a town centre.
Waterstones has returned to a closure-hit shopping centre six months after pulling out of the site.
The owner of an Indian takeaway says he is winding up his “cut-throat” business, to the dismay of customers.
A major discount store hoping to attract more shoppers to a high street is set to take root inside a vacant Wilko unit.
Could the future of one of the county’s iconic live venues be a step closer to finally being resolved?
A campaign has been launched to highlight the investment opportunities in one Kent district.
The owner of a town centre pub branded “dark and dingy” hopes a revamp will help shake off its unflattering reputation.
More than a quarter of jobs at a university could be slashed in a bid to save £20 million, KentOnline can reveal.
Closing down sales have begun at Homebase stores across Kent after the brand fell into administration
An engineer turned historian has told KentOnline of his experience working at one of the county’s largest hi-tech employers as it turns 25.
An application has been submitted to turn a former bank into a café, cosmetic shop and a community meeting place.
A ‘lifeline’ second-hand charity store which helps people with autism and challenging backgrounds has closed after a rent review left it in arrears.
We take a behind-the-scenes look at how work at a controversial new homes development is progressing as it edges closer to final completion.
The boss of a popular Italian restaurant is retiring after almost 50 years and has put the business up for auction.
Eager customers grabbed a trolley and joined the queue ahead of the opening of a new discount store.
The best of the best have been praised at this year’s Medway Business Awards.
The fate of a large retail park unit filled by Carpetright before it went into administration has been revealed as new tenants prepare to take over.
Hundreds of people queued to be one of the first customers at the county’s only Sephora.
Shares in a leading Kent winemaker have hit a new low after it confirmed recently it has scrapped plans for a potential sale.
A firm co-founded by the man who invented the EcoEgg has scooped a national award.
Six new shops are set to open inside a former all-you-can-eat restaurant in a trendy corner of a Kent town.
A kiosk boss is pulling the shutters down on her family’s beach venture as she prepares to travel around in a campervan after finally retiring.
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