GO AD FREE | Get your Digital Subscription for only 50p a week! Use code SUMMER
GET STARTEDMore on KentOnline
Home Kent Business County news
Ted Baker, once hugely popular, could close all of its shops amid reports that staff have been handed three-week’s notice.
Bin workers could vote to strike over pay just days after it was revealed there have been 36,000 complaints about their company’s performance.
Four tavern bosses are helping each other with pulling pints, co-ordinating events and more, as they’re determined to succeed in a tough industry.
A former job centre has sold at auction for well above its guide price.
A former policeman has designed an app to help people speak up against wrong-doing.
A vertical farm in the county has secured a major investment which will see it grow salad crops on an industrial scale in the county.
A fast-food giant has dispelled rumours one of its Kent restaurants is to shut, after administrators were appointed.
Five Kent restaurants have secured spots in this year’s Good Food Guide, including places specialising in Japanese comfort food and tapas.
A high street charity shop remains closed indefinitely following a fire earlier this week.
A squeeze of margins by big supermarkets is threatening up to 40% of berry farmers who warn they could go out of business within two years.
One of the nation’s biggest car dealerships has opened a new showroom - creating 40 jobs in the process.
A domestic and commercial waste removal firm has been acquired in a multi-million-pound deal.
A derelict department store which has sat empty for more than 15 years could soon be transformed into new homes and multiscreen cinema complex.
Just weeks after Chapel Down announced it was open to a sale, another major Kent vineyard has confirmed it could be heading down the same path.
Carpetright bosses are set to shut more than 200 stores – including 10 in Kent - after the firm appointed administrators.
A couple who recently returned from running a cafe in Spain believe they are opening a village’s first coffee shop.
A family-owned furniture store is calling it quits in a town and is hosting a huge closing down sale.
Plans are in motion to turn a shop – which has sat empty for more than a decade – into a town centre florist and cafe.
We take a look at how a carpenter went from working in his parent’s garden to creating a company that would last more than 100 years.
Irritated motorists say their journeys are taking three times longer and closures seem to be down every turn, as they face a summer of roadworks.
An artisan bakery will return to a seaside town after two years away.
A patch of land belonging to a pub has been put up for sale, despite bosses saying they’d have liked to expand the beer garden.
A 600-year-old pub which was once one of Kent’s longest-running establishments has gone up for sale.
A 700-year-old market’s long anticipated return to Kent following an arduous two-year battle has been labelled a “win-win”.
The former owners of an award-winning construction firm which went into administration has paid £2.2m to exit its final legacy project.
A care home, first opened in 1983, has been sold as its owners look to retire.
A leading travel agent in the county has won two prestigious awards at a glitzy ceremony in London.
Businesses across the county are continuing to feel the pinch according to the latest economic survey as confidence stagnates.
A former pub is up for sale and could be bought by the community to get it up and running again.
Pub landlords fear trade will plummet this summer after it emerged a busy road will shut for repairs.
What's for dinner? Plan meals, try new foods and explore cuisines with tested recipes from the country's top chefs.
Trying to find the right nursery, school, college, university or training provider in Kent or Medway? Our Education Directory has everything you could possibly need!