Maidstone business news

Food hygiene Maidstone Hygiene Ratings October: All 46 So Far Rated 5 Every one of the 46 Maidstone food hygiene ratings dated October scored 5, from Chopstix on Week Street to eight school kitchens. Late ratings may still arrive. 2 November 2026 · 5 min read Data Maidstone Claimant Count Tops 4,000, First Time Since 2021 4,010 people in Maidstone borough were claiming in September, the first month over 4,000 since October 2021. Only Thanet added more claimants in Kent. 23 October 2026 · 5 min read Food hygiene Maidstone Hygiene Ratings September: 34 of 41 Rated 5 34 of the 41 Maidstone food hygiene ratings dated September scored 5. Two scored 1: a Gabriel's Hill supermarket and a kitchen in the Lockmeadow Food Hall. 12 October 2026 · 6 min read Business New Maidstone Companies: 165 Registered in September 165 new firms registered in Maidstone borough in September, up from 121 in August: a Mill Street restaurant, a Gabriel's Hill shop and six community companies. 5 October 2026 · 6 min read Maidstone Right at Home Maidstone Opens: Homecare Provider Now Taking Clients Siblings Ayesha and Izhar Qureshi have opened a homecare office at Maidstone Innovation Centre. It is taking client enquiries now and recruiting local carers. 30 September 2026 · 4 min read Data Maidstone Claimant Count: 3,980, Highest Since Oct 2021 Maidstone's claimant count reached 3,980 in August, the highest since October 2021. The borough added 380 in a year, more than anywhere else in Kent. 18 September 2026 · 5 min read Business Maidstone's Acorn Groundwork in Liquidation After 27 Years Acorn Groundwork, a Hermitage Lane contractor employing 10 people, went into liquidation on 21 August, five weeks after filing accounts showing £14,121 left. 7 September 2026 · 4 min read Food hygiene Maidstone Hygiene Ratings August: 43 of 49 Rated 5, One 1 43 of the 49 Maidstone food hygiene ratings dated August scored 5. Late entries ended the clean sweep: a Sandling Road shop rated 1, a Hart Street takeaway 3. 2 September 2026 · 7 min read Planning Marley Works Lenham: Kent Downs Objects to 18m Warehouses The Kent Downs National Landscape says Panattoni's plan for the former Marley Works fails national policy. Comments close 3 October. Reference 26/502880/EIHYB. 2 September 2026 · 5 min read Planning Marley Works Lenham: 1.04m sq ft warehouse plan filed Panattoni has filed plans for 1.04 million sq ft of industrial space at the former Marley Works, Lenham. It is not on the council register yet. 14 August 2026 · 6 min read Business Creative Venue Maidstone enters liquidation after 15 years Wedding and event stylist Creative Venue of Park Wood went into creditors' voluntary liquidation on 7 August. What couples with bookings can do next. 12 August 2026 · 3 min read Business Designscape Bearsted wound up owing HMRC £128,393 Bearsted architecture practice Designscape Consultancy was wound up on 9 July owing HMRC £128,393. Its directors have registered a new firm at the same address. 10 August 2026 · 5 min read Business Stone Tile Warehouse Maidstone: creditors' meeting 12 August Southern Adhesives, trading as The Stone Tile Warehouse on Sutton Road, Langley, has called a creditors' meeting for 12 August, the first step into liquidation. 7 August 2026 · 4 min read Food hygiene Maidstone food hygiene ratings, July 2026: 43 top scores in a near-perfect month, but a town centre takeaway is told to improve 45 Maidstone borough food hygiene inspections were rated in July 2026. 43 scored the top mark of 5, one ice cream van scored 4, and Wok Kitchen on Union Street was rated 2, improvement necessary. 5 August 2026 · 5 min read Licensing New Italian restaurant lined up for Pudding Lane: Bella Mia licence bid opens for comment until 28 August Bella Mia Ristorante And Pizzeria has applied for a premises licence in Maidstone town centre and is registered as a new food business at 8 Pudding Lane. Residents can comment until 28 August. 5 August 2026 · 3 min read