A riverside leisure centre which closed during the pandemic will re-open next week after a major investment by its new owners.

A new 24-hour Costa will open on the A2 next year - taking up residence in an 18th century former coaching inn which was also a Little Chef.

Coffee lovers can now enjoy a hot drink while doing the weekly shop, after a new Starbucks opened inside a Kent supermarket.

Excitement is growing over the imminent launch of two new eateries - but locals have expressed sadness at the loss of a long-standing bakery.

Plans for a surf park and luxury hotel at a country park have divided opinion - with the developments called unnecessary and harmful to wildlife.

A popular pumpkin farm has re-opened after being forced to close due to a flooded entrance.

An online store that exclusively sells English wines is set to open its first bar - with bosses vowing to “bring the vineyard to the high street”.

A busy town centre pub has announced plans to expand its beer garden to cater for customers all year round.

A fast-food giant is set to open its latest restaurant in Kent as it continues to expand across the county.

The opening date for a new Pizza Hut has been revealed, less than two years after the town's previous store closed permanently.

A burger boss has boasted “one bite is all it will take” for his new restaurant to become a town favourite.

A barman is set to open a restaurant offering Asian street food at the club where he has worked for two years.

We get exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the abandoned Manston Airport, ahead of ambitious plans to reopen it.

An upmarket restaurant and shop has closed suddenly blaming Covid and the cost of living crisis for having to scale back operations.

A new Mexican restaurant is set to become the latest business to make the leap from seaside pop-up to permanent town-centre presence.

A husband and wife who run Airbnbs have given a 15th century pub a makeover - and a new name too.

The owners of a popular seafront restaurant are launching a French-inspired wine bar in a neighbourhood crowned among the world's "trendiest".

Plans for a new town centre pizza shop chain have been submitted to a council.

Travel industry bosses are to be questioned by MPs over this summer's chaotic scenes at ports and airports.

The former licensees of a pub are hoping to re-open it "as soon as possible" after taking it back over a year after leaving.