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Supermarket and drive-thrus planned for derelict site on industrial estate

Admin - May 28, 2024

A supermarket and two drive-thru restaurants could be built on the site of a former drinks factory demolished a decade ago.Reworked plans have...

Bussiness

Application for ‘prison-like’ block withdrawn

Admin - May 27, 2024

Plans to create a block of flats condemned as “looking like a prison” have been dropped.An update on a council planning portal for...

Bussiness

Petrol station to be bulldozed as plans for mini-supermarket approved

Admin - May 27, 2024

A petrol station will be bulldozed after plans to build a mini-supermarket in its place were given the green light.The food store will...

Bussiness

Where in Kent you’re most likely to have a mobile phone stolen

Admin - May 26, 2024

For most people, losing your phone is like losing your lifeline.From online banking to paying for transport and listening to music - a...

Bussiness

Former Rooks to become fishmongers with street food bar

Admin - May 26, 2024

A former JC Rook & Sons unit is to become a fishmongers and street food bar - two years after the popular butchers...

Shopping

Inflatable ‘aqua park’ proposals resurface at shopping mall as leisure giant eyes expansion

Admin - May 26, 2024

Plans have been submitted for an “inflatable aqua park” and an observation deck for cold water swimming at Kent’s largest shopping centre.Hangloose Adventure,...

Bussiness

Kent’s most expensive flat sells for £2m amid boom in luxury seaside homes

Admin - May 24, 2024

New beachfront homes overlooking the Channel are commanding huge prices, including Kent’s most expensive flat which has just sold for almost £2 million.The...

Bussiness

Fears grow over future of three Kent restaurants

Admin - May 23, 2024

Speculation is mounting that two Kent Beefeater restaurants and a Table Table branch have been earmarked for closure.Whitbread, the owner of the chains,...

Shopping

‘We’re not paying £2.50 to look in a couple of shops!’

Admin - May 23, 2024

Parking charges at Ashford Designer Outlet have been raised so "unnecessarily" high shoppers say they will now think twice before visiting.Bosses at the...

Bussiness

‘We’re not paying £2.50 to look in a couple of shops!’

Admin - May 23, 2024

Parking charges at Ashford Designer Outlet have been raised so "unnecessarily" high that shoppers say they will now think twice before visiting.Bosses at...

Bussiness