Kent Morning Briefing
Monday, 27 July 2026
The day in Kent · Kent businesses are feeling the squeeze as the CBI warns UK firms are absorbing rising costs through shrinking margins, weaker investment and job cuts. With demand staying soft, local employers face tough choices heading into the months ahead.
The day ahead in Kent
Weather
Today: Mostly clear morning, high 25°C, low 16°C.
Tomorrow: Clear morning, becoming mostly clear in the afternoon, clearing in the evening, high 28°C, low 17°C.
Travel
Roads (1 incident): M25 — M25 Clockwise Jct 12 to Jct 13 carriageway and link road closure.
Rail: All Kent services running to schedule.
As of 22:30 from National Highways + National Rail.
Coastal tides
Dover: Low 05:13 (1.87m) · High 10:50 (5.78m) · Low 17:44 (1.73m) · High 23:15 (5.80m)
Margate: Low 05:23 (1.25m) · High 11:38 (4.19m) · Low 18:06 (1.00m) · High 00:09 (4.26m)
Tides via tidetimes.co.uk.
5 things to know
Top Kent Stories
- UK firms face rising costs and falling margins, CBI warns
Published 23:50 BST
The CBI says businesses across the UK are absorbing cost pressures through shrinking margins, weaker investment and cuts to employment as demand stays soft. UK businesses are being squeezed from both…
Crime & Justice
No additional crime stories in the last 12 hours.
Business & Economy
No additional B&E stories in the last 12 hours.
Kent Sport
No additional sport updates in the last 12 hours.
Financial markets
Bank of England (last 7 days):
- Letter from the Governor to the Daily Mail
- PRA consults on updated guidance for friendly society amalgamations and transfers
- PRA fines HDI Global SE £4,165,000 for inaccurate reporting of FSCS Liabilities and FSCS Fee Tariff data
Markets via Yahoo Finance; ONS + BoE via official feeds.
What’s on today
No public events scheduled today.
Coming up tomorrow
- 09:15 · Regulation Committee Appeal Panel (Transport) — Maidstone
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