A cardboard packaging manufacturer more than quadrupled pre-tax profits as a seven-figure investment in machinery came good.

A shopping centre that suddenly shut a fortnight ago is reopening.

Wickes owner Travis Perkins has announced 30 branch closures, putting 600 jobs at risk, but not affecting the county.

A healthy snack maker is hoping investors will bite on its bid to raise £20,000 to launch a new children’s range.

A shop manager has been landed with a fine for sweeping the outside of his store.

A shopping parade in Kent has been named one of the UK's best high streets.

As shops stock Christmas products earlier, two traders discuss the ups and downs of selling most of their stock in a short window each year.

A garden pot supplier has revealed proposals to build a new £3.5 million warehouse.

A popular bakery has reopened after being closed while it extends its premises.

A steelworks which closed with the loss of hundreds of jobs four years ago is to reopen under new owners.

The sharp fall in the value of the pound has been blamed for a pricing dispute that has seen popular products disappear from supermarket shelves.

A new store under the direction of managers with high department-store expectations is set to impress.

A new toy superstore is set to open its doors to children and parents in time for Christmas at a retail park

The parent company of a shopping outlet which closed without warning had written off a huge investment in the retail business.

A Kent shopping outlet has closed its doors with staff reportedly being told they will not receive their last month's wages.

Tesco wants to increase the size of its largest supermarket in part of Kent.

The owner of a Kent vineyard has finally been granted a licence to sell his wine online after a council overruled an objection - from his mother.

A sparkling wine producer shifted 40% more of its bottles in the first half of the year but continues to make expected losses as it invests.

Shoppers queued up for the opening of a larger New Look store at a shopping centre.

Britain’s love affair with English wine shows no sign of slowing as Chapel Down increased sales by more than a quarter in the first half of the year.