THE Kent Messenger Group is celebrating being named one of the 100 Best Companies to work for on The Sunday Times 2003 Best Companies List.

The group, which runs Kent Online and five local radio stations as well as the KM newspapers, was numbered 92 on the list.

The only other Kent company, Kimberly Clark, was placed at 83.

It is the third year running that the KM Group has been on the list and it is the only traditional media company to be named, alongside large national companies like Tesco and Microsoft.

The full list will be published in the Sunday Times this Sunday.