Business comment: Emma Reynolds’ remarks about employers overlook the work of owner-managers. The verified exchange and its relevance to Kent firms.

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Business comment: Emma Reynolds’ remarks about employers overlook the work of owner-managers. The verified exchange and its relevance to Kent firms.

Understand Pocahontas' connection with Gravesend, her burial at St George's and why the memorial is not a marker of a known grave.

Explore the Pantiles, the Chalybeate Spring and the spa-town history behind one of Royal Tunbridge Wells' best-known places.

Explore Rochester Castle's origins, King John's siege of 1215 and the surviving architecture that helps explain the castle's history.

The story of Maidstone's 1834 dinosaur discovery, Gideon Mantell, the town's coat of arms and the fossil now identified as Mantellisaurus.

Discover how Chatham Dockyard shaped Kent through naval shipbuilding, skilled trades, historic buildings and the surviving Ropery.

Explore the history of Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend, its community role and the official guidance for a respectful visit.

Sea Link receives development consent for an electricity connection between Kent and Suffolk, with construction planning to follow.



Dartford Council reports a 20% fall in energy use at Fairfield Leisure after heat pumps, solar equipment and other improvements.

Victoria Park becomes Ashford’s cycle-training base, connecting residents with KCC courses for beginners and returning riders.

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