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Staff at a hotel undergoing a £2m renovation have revealed which items guests leave behind - and why they keep coming back.
A massive shopping mall and multi-storey car park is up for sale at auction with a guide price of up to £2million.
A question mark hangs over the future of two of Kent’s most popular garden centres after investors embarked on a restructuring process.
‘Dream not over yet’ say London Resort chiefs as investors in £2.5bn park potentially among those seeking to buy peninsula land.
A set of historic barns sold to a mystery buyer almost a decade ago are to go under the hammer.
A drive-through restaurant is part of ambitious plans for a new shopping and business park on the site of a former tip.
A high street pub has shut its doors suddenly after 75 years of trading in a village high street.
Five stores in the county have won a reprieve after a consortium saved a popular brand from administration - but it is too late for three shops.
The cost of a major project connecting thousands of homes to the county’s biggest shopping centre has risen by £12.5million, KCC has confirmed.
Gillingham FC have called a meeting of shareholders with a view to removing former owner and chairman Paul Scally as club director.
From abandoned department stores to old shopping centres, we’ve had a look at some of the big plans for Kent’s ugliest sites.
A mum’s criticised a now-closed coffee shop after staff went unpaid, but the apologetic owner says he tried everything to keep it afloat.
A mum who started a ”cake floristry” business after finding her talent while baking for her kids’ birthdays has smashed a national contest.
A luxury hotel could be transformed into a care facility amid a huge predicted shortfall of beds in the area.
Councillors have allowed a pub to keep a holiday let and pizza oven in its garden after they were installed without planning permission.
A council leader says six-month roadworks branded “stupid” by traders will ease congestion caused by a major neighbouring motorway in the long-run.
The owner of Premier Inn has put another restaurant on the market as it plans to expand its hotel business.
A fish and chip shop run by the same family for 62 years has gone on the market with a seven-figure asking price.
A special order has been issued preventing a community pub from being sold while campaigners raise funds to buy it.
A pub which closed suddenly is set to welcome back its loyal customers with a new landlord at the helm.
A new beach-inspired eatery is coming to a shopping centre - only the second branch in the UK.
Online giant Amazon, which has warehouses in Kent, has announced a pay rise for its operational staff but union members have criticised the move.
A county councillor’s calls for 10% of jobs to be culled at KCC has been described as “beyond insulting” by a union.
The county’s biggest winemaker has seen its profits shrink while its CEO has announced he is to leave the company.
A building used as an inland inspection facility has been sold in a deal worth more than £9 million.
A rapidly growing company in the county has appointed a new chief executive to spearhead its ongoing expansion.
There are calls for compensation after businesses across a district were left without internet for 33 hours.
An antique shop boss has blamed new EU border rules for the closure of his store - just months after another trader quit for the same reason.
The new owners of a former pub which has sat vacant for more than two yeas have revealed their plans to convert it into a luxury car showroom.
A former pub with hundreds of years of history is going up for sale, with potential buyers told it would make a ‘fine home’.
A new technology in action on a Kent farm may solve the shortage of fruit-pickers - by using robots.