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Senator Katie Boyd Britt shares updates on tax cuts and local business achievements
Jefferson Reporter - Alabama
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July 5, 2025
Senator Katie Boyd Britt, representing Alabama, recently shared her thoughts and experiences through a series of tweets. These posts reflect her engagements with constituents, legislative achievements, and support for local businesses. On July 4,...
As foreign students reconsider coming to Boston, local businesses prepare for fallout
MassLive - Massachusetts
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July 6, 2025
“High Stakes: Gambling Addiction, Beyond Borders” is a three-part series by New England Public Media looking at the public health movement to address gambling in Massachusetts and the United States, and what can be learned from two countries with...
AWS and Amazon Strengthen Partnership to Accelerate Innovation in Small Business
Small Business Trends
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July 6, 2025
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has solidified its alliance with Veeva Systems, a key player in life sciences software, by enhancing their long-term collaboration. This partnership expansion includes AWS providing cloud infrastructure for Veeva Vault...
Great British Bake Off wedding venue plans blocked by council’s tree team
Newbury News
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July 6, 2025
West Berkshire Council has slapped a tree preservation order across a whole woodland. It’s in response to a planning application for a wedding venue at Welford Park – where the Great British Bake Off is filmed. A tree preservation order across has...
Scotland stuck in the slow lane thanks to the Nats and needs new motorways, say business leaders
Scottish Daily Express
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July 6, 2025
Motorway construction in Scotland has slowed dramatically in recent years and frustrated business leaders are warning "poor transport connectivity" is holding the country back. The last new stretch of motorway to be built was a short extension of...
For CT small business, Trump’s tariffs call for another ‘pivot’
The Connecticut Mirror
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July 6, 2025
Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. Editor’s note: We are now offering an audio version of our Sunday features. To access, click on the player above. At the Dutch Epicure Shop in...
Our corner of UK used to be thriving hotspot – now it’s a rat-ridden unrecognisable dump that’s on brink of exploding
The Sun
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July 6, 2025
A PROUD East End suburb that used to be a thriving hot spot, is now a rat-ridden dump, locals have told The Sun. Residents in Bethnal Green have described the streets as "unrecognisable", claiming the tight-knit community has disappeared from...
Do you want thriving universities in Scotland? Then we need immigration
The Herald (Scotland)
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July 6, 2025
One proposal is to reduce how long international students can stay and work after graduation from 24 months to 18 months. This is meant to control the number of people moving to the UK. But we need to ask: at what cost and what matters most for...
Referendum on plans to scrap all Lancashire councils appears on ice after Reform UK meeting with government
Blog Preston
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July 6, 2025
The correspondence – which has been circulated to other senior local authority figures in the county and seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) – is silent on the possibility of holding a vote to survey public opinion on a mayor,...
Warning To Small Businesses Over New Food Waste Regulations
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- Pressat) Firms face fines for not separating food waste, lawyer warns Employers could face fines if they fail to separate their food waste from other recyclables and rubbish, an environmental lawyer has warned. New legislation that...
Beers, Bucket Hats, and Brotherhood at the Oasis Reunion Show in Wales
New York Mag
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July 5, 2025
Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images “This is the biggest weekend of our lives,” Robbie Miller, an affable 32-year-old Scotsman, tells me in between gulps of lager. His friend Jordan Colligan concurs: “I don’t think people realize how big this...
Best places to live by the sea in the UK 2025
The Times
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Wouldn’t it be nice if every day could feel like a holiday? It can — or at least a lot more so — when you live by the sea. Now could be the ideal time to make that move. Increases in council tax and stamp duty on second homes has had a big effect...
Half of small businesses fear economic decline, call for tax reform
Asian Trader Magazine
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July 4, 2025
50% of SMEs now expect the UK economy to worsen, double from last year. 43% plan to raise prices, while 18% fear closure if conditions don’t improve. Despite challenges, 57% remain hopeful about the next 12 months. More than a quarter of British...
Teddington business owner attends Rachel Reeves’ small businesses celebration
Teddington Nub News
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July 4, 2025
A Teddington restaurant has been recognised at 11 Downing Street. Shambles Restaurant & Winebar, an award-winning local Teddington business, was invited to 11 Downing Street recently, at a special reception hosted by the UK's Chancellor of the...
Why Scotland is not building enough roads
The Times
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In the very nervous summer of 1939, engineers started laying the first mile or so of Scotland’s modern highway network.The Longforgan bypass, west of Dundee, was state of the art, a wide dual carriageway flanked by bike lanes and pedestrian...
Almost one million small businesses fear closure after year of rising costs
Retail Times
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July 4, 2025
National Insurance increases, reduced business rates relief and a stubborn inflation rate. The first change of UK government in 14 years has seen the UK’s 5.5 million small businesses face mounting financial pressure. A new report published by...
BAT Nigeria Foundation, SwagCo flags off maize micro-enterprise project to empower Ekiti farmers
Daily Post
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July 4, 2025
In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in partnership with SwagCo & Odua Investment company has officially launched the Sustainable Development of Maize...
Increased costs are piling on the pressure but 57% of small businesses still optimistic, says survey
Talking Retail
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July 4, 2025
The insurer, Simply Business, says in a report published this week that one in five small businesses fear they may have to close, while a quarter are using personal savings to keep businesses going. The figures are based on a survey of 2,000 small...
Utility Regulator proposes increased protection for Northern Ireland’s small business energy consumers
The Irish News
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July 4, 2025
The Utility Regulator has published a position paper which aims to enhance protections for business consumers of electricity and gas in Northern Ireland. Its ‘Improving the Non-domestic Consumer Experience’ paper, following responses from a...
The government has created the perfect storm as nearly 1 million small businesses face closure
LondonlovesBusiness
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July 4, 2025
National Insurance increases, reduced business rates relief and a stubborn inflation rate. The first change of UK government in 14 years has seen the UK’s 5.5 million small businesses face mounting financial pressure. A new report published by...