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Kent-based seaweed technology business Nutri-San is opening a new carrageenan factory on Pemba Island, Zanzibar, which will use techniques developed with Kent researchers to transform seaweed extracts into a plant-based thickening agent for use in the food and pharmaceutical industries. 

A Kent environmental charity has enlisted the support of Europe’s largest independent developer of logistics and distribution property to continue the planting of a new wood at Boughton Monchelsea, near Maidstone.

Success in one of the UK’s most prestigious awards is just the start for ambitious Kent developer, Hibau Group.  The company, based in Rochester, triumphed at Friday’s WhatHouse? Awards, being awarded Gold in the Best Smart Home category and Bronze for Best House for Caversham at Otium Lake, Pluckley. 

The forecasts are in for the Autumn Statement when the Government’s finance chief, Jeremy Hunt updates MPs on economic plans for the next year and beyond.

A new road designed to improve the flow of traffic in and around Aylesford has been officially opened.

A new partnership between The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH) and Growing Kent & Medway hopes to entice a new generation into a career in horticultural food and drink production.