IBM, the world’s largest information technology company, has taken over a customer services software business in Kent for an undisclosed sum.

Economies of scale will save a crop research institute from future threats of closure but its new owner admits there will be short-term job losses.

A new private hospital was forced to go cap in hand to its investors after suffering heavier losses than expected in its first year.

Shares prices increased by a quarter at an electronic components distributor after it revealed the appointment of a new chief financial officer.

A drug discovery company has extended its lease at a business estate for another decade.

A medical instrument manufacturer has sold a subsidiary business to a US company with sales of $11 billion.

The new boss of a crop study business has said staff numbers will be reduced over the next year under its new owners.

An technology investment company is poised to make acquire a US software company with clients including Wickes and Travis Perkins.

A company which sells systems allowing staff to work out of the office expects pre-tax profits to be higher than market expectations.

Town centre window browsers had their movements were monitored in the run up to Christmas.

The falling price of oil is causing problems for business in Kent as well as rocking Chinese markets and piling pressure on the Middle Eastern and US.

An investing company in the technology sector expects to announce a reverse takeover of a software business by the end of the month.

Medical companies around the world turn to Integrated Technologies Limited to make their ideas become reality.

Kent Science Park’s future is secure after its multi-million pound takeover by US investors this month, according to its retiring site director.

A crop research company which made losses of more than £1.5 million last year has been saved from potential administration by another scientific body.

A former airport could become a manufacturing centre for life science companies as they outgrow nearby labs on a business park.

The science and technology industry in Kent is taking on Oxford and Cambridge thanks to its high-tech premises and political support.

As the pensions industry faces uncertainty, many ordinary people are turning to financial spread betting to get a return on their cash.

A printer and IT support company has launched a new head office in the county after doubling its size in three consecutive years.

A new plastic recycling firm is set to turn old garden furniture into cash, despite suffering a £1 million setback.