Win £150 to spend at The Ivy in Canterbury or Tunbridge Wells by nominating in the Kent & Medway Food & Drink Awards 2026

All you have to do is send us your nominations for the Kent & Medway Food & Drink Awards 2026 and you’ll be in the prize draw ...

Government U-turn 'huge relief' to pubs, but 'more needs to be done'

Exasperated pubs welcome business rates U-turn but warn they need more help - Chancellor is now expected to extend relief to help pub landlords in latest policy rowback ...

Podcast: Canterbury pub landlord needs to sell 130,000 extra pints to cover costs after business rates hike

A pub landlord says government changes to business rates mean he will need to sell an extra 130,000 pints a year. He has four venues across Canterbury and says he will have to cough up an extra ...

From ferries at Ramsgate, the M20 ‘missing link’ between Ashford and Maidstone and slam-door trains you had to open through a window - Kent’s changes over the last …

Almost as odd as sitting on a train in a smoking compartment, or lighting up in the cinema. Or even in a pub for that matter.