Education
The Yarrow Hotel in Broadstairs has scooped a top award
East Kent College’s new hotel, The Yarrow, has been honoured in this year’s Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) awards […]
Property
Property
Alan Munns: What will the General Election do to 33,986 Thanet homeowners?
In Thanet, of the 55,719 households, 18,327 homes are owned without a mortgage and 15,659 homes are owned by a […]
Business
The firm hoping to reopen Manston airport as a cargo hub has published its report
The company pursuing plans to reopen Manston airport as a cargo hub has published a report outlining its future proposals […]
News
Costs awarded against Thanet council after it loses Minster planning appeal
Costs have been awarded against Thanet District Council following the overturning by the Planning Inspectorate of a refusal to grant […]
News
Demolition work taking place at fire ravaged Holly Tree pub tonight
An isle demolition firm is on site at the fire-hit Holly Tree pub in Cliftonville. The charred remains are being […]
News
This is the sorry state of the former Holly Tree pub as a demolition team is expected on site
These photos show the sad remains of the once thriving Holly Tree pub in Northdown Road following a major fire […]
Business
Quex Barn is ready to fully reopen six months after devastating fire
Popular Quex Barn will reopen at the end of this month – 6 months after the business was devastated by […]
News
Manston airport DCO firm’s libel threat ‘substantively’ unanswered and land access denied
The firm now driving a Development Consent Order for the Manston airport site has received no “substantive” response to a […]
Property
Alan Munns: Thanet rents to rise quicker than isle property prices in next 5 years
The next five years will see an interesting change in the Thanet property market. My recent research has concluded that […]
Business
Meet the 75-year-old roofing specialist who is helping to transform the Ramsgate Wetherspoon building
One of the UK’s last apprentice roofers, 75-year-old Chris Johnson, is among the team working on the new Wetherspoon pub […]
Business
The buyer of the Hornby factory site in Margate has been revealed
The Hornby factory site in Margate has been bought by a locomotive company. Locomotive Storage Limited, a property company affiliated […]
News
Government-backed planning inspector overturns Thanet council decision to refuse permission for housing in Minster
A decision by Thanet council planning members to refuse permission for 36 houses in Minster has been overturned by a […]
News
Crews tackle fire at site of a new Wetherspoon pub being renovated in Ramsgate
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is at the scene of a fire involving a fork lift truck inside the Royal […]
Business
The Bay Tree Hotel in Broadstairs will have a new look when it reopens in June
Former Londoners and now Kent adoptees, Robert Stone and Alistair Dixon will be revealing a new look for The Bay […]
News
Work on a Trinity Square property means two isle families have new homes as part of the Live Margate scheme
Two Thanet families now have affordable homes as part of Thanet council’s Live Margate scheme. The programme is targeted at […]
Property
Alan Munns: Only 514 Properties For Sale in Ramsgate
This year has started with some positive interest in the Thanet property market. Taking a snap shot of the Thanet […]
Events
A further £10m investment for Dreamland and a new reopening date
A further £10million has been invested in the redevelopment of Dreamland amusement park by firm Arrowgrass Capital Partners. The new […]
Events
Channel 4’s Location Location Location is coming to Thanet
Channel 4’s‘Location, Location, Location’ is heading to Thanet and surrounding areas in May. Property icons Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer […]
News
The opening date for Wetherspoon’s Royal Victoria Pavilion in Ramsgate has moved
The new Wetherspoon pub on Ramsgate seafront has moved back its opening date due to specialist work still taking place […]
Property
The Dreamland renovation is underway
Work to renovate Dreamland is well underway. Construction work is taking place on site, the neon sign on the fin […]
Business
22 council-owned workshops in St Peter’s have been sold at auction
The Dane Valley Enterprise Units in St Peter’s have been sold at auction for £415,000. The workshops went under the […]
News
The newly restored neon Dreamland sign has been revealed
Scaffolding has come down today (March 20) on the famous vertical sign at Dreamland. As part of Thanet District Council’s […]
News
Ramsgate announced as Heritage Action Zone in £450,000 scheme
Ramsgate has been chosen as one of the country’s first ‘Heritage Action Zones’, in a new nationwide scheme from Historic […]
Property
Alan Munns:Thanet first time buyers borrow £36.2m in the last 12 months
Starting with the bigger picture, over the last 12 months in the UK, 1,061,557 properties were sold with a total […]
News
North Thanet MP Sir Roger Gale appears at Manston inquiry
North Thanet MP Sir Roger Gale has spoken at the inquiry into the change of use of four buildings at […]
Property
Homes plan for Club Union site refused
Residents in Broadstairs are delighted after an application to build 30 houses in Convent Road was turned down. Planning committee […]
Events
Gallery plans for Thanet Press confirmed
A new owner for the Thanet Press building in Margate has now been confirmed. The space will be opened as […]
News
The Manston ‘change of use’ Public Inquiry has opened
A Public Inquiry into the change of use of four buildings at Manston airport has opened today (March 14) The […]
News
Heritage plans unveiled for Manston airport site – but campaigners are not impressed
An annual Battle of Britain memorial parade and service, a cenotaph and an air training school are some of the […]
Property
Alan Munns: How the rented sector has transformed Thanet’s property market
The Thanet housing market has gone through a sea change in the past decades with the Buy-to-Let (B-T-L) sector evolving […]