The supermarket is aiming to hire about 15 apprentices throughout Kent this year.

An employment tribunal has awarded £750,000 compensation to 98 workers who were dismissed from a paper mill last year without consultation.

Pet shops in Medway will stop selling rabbits over Easter to help reduce the number of animals left homeless following an impulse purchase.

Ambitious plans for a new supermarket, brewery and hotel in a Kent town will go on display this week.

One of Kent’s fastest-growing exporters saw its margins squeezed as it tried to be more competitive in foreign markets.

A wooden toy maker and wholesaler saw pre-tax profits more than halved due to failed tax relief schemes.

Farming operations at a Kent manor have returned to the black after a year of heavy losses.

A new store has confirmed it will be moving into a Kent town in just a few weeks.

A Kent farm is the first in the UK to produce strawberries this year.

A man has won a national award for the juice extracted from a rare type of berry.

A Kent-based baby changing bag brand has been handed a Small Business Award.

A £5million revamp of a town centre shopping complex will see a discount department store return after a five year absence.

Sainsbury's has admitted its new 100,000 sq ft store will sit empty until 2018.

A family-run newsagents is shutting up shop after more than three decades.

The future of one of the country's oldest department store chains remains uncertain.

A council leader is backing government plans to devolve powers over Sunday trading hours to local councils.

A pet dog has become the face of a novelty mug - but his owner only found out when she spotted it in Tesco.

Equipment worth £1 billion has been bought from a closed-down industrial site.

Sainsbury's has ditched plans to open a new store in Kent - despite construction of the 100,000 sq ft store being just weeks from completion.

Osprey London will open at a shopping centre this week, creating eight new jobs in the area.