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Five top tips to be your own boss

Have you ever dreamt of having your own business? Here are five top tips to get you started.

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Feeling the squeeze? We look at the impact of the credit crunch on Kent.

Recession Red

A Kent vineyard has produced a Recession Red which pokes fun at the current econonic climate.

Cloth Ears

Since becoming redundant in 2007, Julie Bevan set up her own company in Whitstable.

Eating better for less

We look at ways to cut your food bills, speak to Kent shoppers and invite your tips and recipes.

Gold parties

Want to sell some jewellery but don't want to go into a shop? Elena Casas looks into gold parties.

Living with redundancy

A personal account from Suzanne in Sevenoaks on how redundancy has affected her and her family.

Mums mean business

A group of entrepreneurial mums in west Kent has set up a support group which suits their lives.

Twitter, tweeters and tweets

No, not the sound of springtime, but an online phenomenon that is helping Kent's business people.

Business over Breakfast

A group in Rochester meets over breakfast every week to give each other new business.

Make the most of your money

With most of us having less cash to go around, find out how to make to most of what you have got.

Pawnbrokers

Today pawnbroking is making a comeback in the wake of the recession and the credit crunch.

What is the credit crunch?

Have you wondered how the recession started and what it really means? David Braithwaite explains all

UK recession: South East

Get all the latest news and advice on coping with the downturn here in the South East.

Food Glorious Food!

As the squeeze takes hold, food bills are increasing, John Warnett looks at food production in Kent.

Living in a lorry

Kevin and Tracey Brownhill spent Christmas living in their lorry after getting into debt.

Pound Road

The residents of Pound Road in East Peckham tell us how they are coping with the economic downturn.

The working poor

There are five million people who don't claim benefits and are struggling to survive on low incomes.

The shopping squeeze

The credit crunch is hitting the high street. Are Kent shoppers changing the way they shop?

Fearing repossession?

Bob Dale went to meet a Kent woman who could well keep a roof over your head, if the worst happens.

Feeling the pinch

A woman from Rochester talks frankly about how the credit crunch is affecting her life.

Video: New technology to save fuel

A Kent company has developed new technology that could help lorry drivers to save in fuel costs.

Video: Cost of the cash 'squeeze'

Local people whose livelihoods are suffering as a result of the financial squeeze speak out.

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