The UK's largest piping maker - with turnover above £300m - intends to join the London Stock Exchange.

A college finance director has been recognised for his work, including plans to regenerate a former east Kent colliery.

An air ventilator manufacturer will be able to double its growth this year after reaching a deal with its bank to keep cashflow running.

A new tax and accountancy partnership is hosting a seminar to teach small and medium-sized firms about good practice.

A building services company is expanding its workforce and moving into larger offices in a business park after getting financial support.

The UK's largest childcare provider has taken over a group of private nurseries in the county, caring for more than 1,500 children.

The deadline to enter the Kent Excellence in Business Awards has been extended.

A Kent-based transport firm with more than 50 vehicles in its fleet has been taken over in a bid to boost revenues.

A Kent-based practice has joined a worldwide group of legal operators in a bid to tap into the international market.

Many businesses are now considering the knock-on legal effects of the recent storms.

Dignitaries including John Major and Lord Carrington packed into Canterbury Cathedral today, for a memorial service to the late Lord Kingsdown.

A workers' union is planning a protest outside Saga offices over the company's plan to float on the stock exchange.

A law firm is to move into a new office on a former A&E site, which is part of a town-centre redevelopment.

A bank in Ashford town centre has re-opened with a new look.

A mall has gone into receivership, despite many retailers having a positive festive trading period.

A former fighter pilot who served in the Second World War opened a series of meeting rooms named after planes which flew from there in battle.

Plans to turn the old Tollgate Hotel into a BP petrol station, M&S Food and a McDonald’s have been approved.

A group of business leaders has submitted draft plans to the government outlining how they will create 200,000 private sector jobs by 2021.

A former contestant on the BBC1 show starring Lord Sugar has pledged his own cash with the goal of helping two companies a week get off the ground.

A family law firm set up by Maidstone and the Weald MP Helen Grant has closed due to changes in personal circumstances.