THE Kent Messenger Group's comprehensive business coverage is going online. From Monday, anyone with an interest in the county's business and economic scene will be able to click onto www.kentonline.co.uk/business for up-to-the-minute information.

The site will not only carry all the latest business news and features from Kent and Medway, but also the top business stories from the rest of Britain and around the world. The FTSE 100, together with separately listed share prices for 25 leading Kent and Medway companies, will be updated throughout the day.

The Kent Messenger Group's award-winning business editor Trevor Sturgess will chiefly provide the stories on who's up and who's down, the latest bankruptcies, the latest triumphs, the movers and shakers.

Press releases and pictures from local firms and organisations of all sizes will be featured on the site as a free service.

The electronic version of the Kent and Medway Business Yearbook will have the easily accessed details of firms and personalities. Top 2001 gives vital information on companies in Kent, Medway and Northern France. Business links provide a preferred path to the best the web has to offer in services and sources.

There will be regular prize competitions. The first will feature the unique 2,000 Cassius home entertainment centre of PC, television, DVD player and hi-fi made by Densitron Technologies, Biggin Hill.

The new website complements existing business coverage throughout Kent Messenger Group titles, and the specialist monthly Kent Business.

Editorial associate director Simon Irwin said: "This underlines our commitment to providing the premier online news service for Kent people and Kent companies. Gavin de Carle, new media associate director, said: "Each day this will bring the latest in local and national business to every office in the county."

Kent Business was established nine years ago and is regarded as the county's leading business publication. It is sent to 10,000 decision-makers countywide.

Kent Online won last year's Newspaper Society's weekly newspaper website award.