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Eastwood high street boost could be 'too late' for small businesses
Nottingham Evening Post
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July 31, 2025
An Eastwood business owner thinks the council’s plans to boost town centre businesses could be ‘too late’ for small businesses. Joanne Berry, the owner of Two Sweet Sisters, an independent sweet shop on Eastwood ’s Nottingham Road, fears Broxtowe...
How the head of Obsidian went from superfan to CEO
The Verge
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August 18, 2025
Welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of Platformer and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. I’ve had a lot of fun guest-hosting a few episodes of Decoder while Nilay is out on parental leave this summer. If you listened to the...
Things to do around Pinellas: Aug. 21-27
Suncoast News - Florida
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Neighborhood Wellness Walk 9-10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23. Various locations. Join St. Pete Parks & Recreation for Healthy St. Pete's free Neighborhood Wellness Walks. The aim is to enhance community well-being by fostering collaborations between...
Eastwood high street update plans ‘too late’ for small businesses
Chad
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July 30, 2025
An Eastwood business owner thinks the council’s plans to boost town centre businesses could be ‘too late’ for small businesses. Joanne Berry, the owner of Two Sweet Sisters, an independent sweet shop on Eastwood’s Nottingham Road, fears Broxtowe...
Wild Milan Presents “The August Affair” – A Dream Platform for Women Entrepreneurs
Chennai Vision
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August 9, 2025
Wild Milan, the passion project of friends Gunavathy Ghun Jain and Siri Chandana Reddy, returns with “The August Affair” on August 9 & 10 at Folly Amethyst, Royapettah, from 10 AM to 8 PM. Driven by their vision to support small and upcoming...
AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 12:33 a.m. EDT
San Mateo Daily Journal
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August 18, 2025
'Weapons' maintains top spot in second weekend, scaring off newcomer 'Nobody 2' LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Weapons” scared its way to the top during its debut last weekend and stayed there, beating out “Freakier Friday” for a second time and the newcomer...
Crypto startups ride a global wave of optimism
Financial Express
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After months of uncertainty, crypto startups such as CoinSwitch, CoinDCX and WazirX are riding a surge in market momentum, fuelled by Bitcoin’s record-breaking run and a friendlier global regulatory climate. The founders FE spoke to said that the...
Today In Culture, Monday, August 18, 2025: Corbett Vs. Dempsey in Paris | Northwestern’s New Tower | Hemingway’s Chicago Home Sells
Newcity - Illinois
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August 18, 2025
Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Meet The Whitney’s New Chicago-Centric Curator Of Drawing And Prints The Whitney “has named writer and curator Dan Nadel as its...
Match on Main funds will help six small businesses open, expand in the U.P.
My UP Now - Michigan
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UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — Six small businesses in the Upper Peninsula have received $25,000 each to launch and/or grow their presence in their communities. For the past five years, local governments or downtown develop organizations...
‘A vision:’ Small Business Accelerator opens
Bowling Green Daily News - Kentucky State
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July 29, 2025
Published 6:00 am Tuesday, July 29, 2025 1/10 Swipe or click to see more Shops and restaurants in the Housing Authority’s Small Business Accelerator stand open to customers on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS...
How Canada's sustainable fashion startups are unravelling our throwaway clothing culture
Canada's National Observer
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August 7, 2025
That wool lasted long enough for Long to launch his brand, ANIÁN, from a factory in Vancouver. But after that material ran out, he began his search for another sustainable option. “That really sent me on a global education of how the global...
How EU goods tariff impacts small businesses in the Bay Area
NBC Bay Area - California
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July 28, 2025
By importing its gelato ingredients from Italy to Livermore, Verace is now going to face a new 15% tariff on goods brought in from the European Union – a cost the owner worries about. "We don't want to pass it on to our customers because at the...
Israel revokes visas for Australian diplomats to Palestinian Authority
The National News
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Israel has revoked the visas of Australian diplomats to the Palestinian Authority, after Canberra refused to grant visas to Israeli figures and announced its intention to recognise a Palestinian state. The Australian government said it cancelled...
Biodiesel Market To Hit $70.9 Billion By 2032 Renewable Energy Growth & Future Trends
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) 🌍 Global Biodiesel Market Outlook: Growth, Trends, and Opportunities to 2032 Biodiesel Market set to reach $70.9B by 2032 at 3.4% CAGR 🌱 | Growth driven by renewable energy demand & eco-friendly fuel adoption.” - Allied...
Portland at a crossroads: Downtown safety tensions taking a toll on small businesses, real estate
Mainebiz - Oregon
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“Stay away from there.” Not the best sales pitch for downtown Portland, but that’s what a hotel bartender told a New Jersey couple vacationing in Maine when they mentioned plans to go out for dinner in the Monument Square area. The pedestrian...
Giorgia Meloni’s Italian renaissance
The Spectator
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August 6, 2025
Last weekend, Rome hosted nearly a million young pilgrims to celebrate the Papal Jubilee of Youth. Part Woodstock festival, part giant outdoor mass and all-night vigil, crowds of students from all over Italy and beyond gathered to listen to...
15 startup conferences that are actually worth attending in 2025
The Sociable
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August 7, 2025
Big-name expos and star-studded keynotes may grab headlines, but in 2025, it’s the smaller, more focused conferences that are gaining traction with founders. These events may not have the flashiest lineups or the biggest stages – but they...
Inside IPO-Bound Fractal’s 25-Year-Journey From SaaS Startup To AI Powerhouse
Inc42
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August 6, 2025
Rome was not built in a day. This idiom is vital in understanding the journey of Fractal Analytics from the early days to its current avatar. What began as a bold idea by two IIM Ahmedabad graduates has, over 25 years, evolved into a global AI...
Shein fined €1m in Italy for misleading environmental claims
Business Matters
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August 5, 2025
Italy’s competition and market authority (AGCM) said Shein had presented sustainability and social responsibility messaging on its site that was “vague, generic and overly emphatic”, and in some cases misleading or omissive. The authority...
This Tuscan startup sold all its olive oil in the U.S. Then came Trump's tariffs
South Carolina Public Radio
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August 5, 2025
SEGGIANO, Italy — On the steep hills of southern Tuscany, Romain Piro has spent the past two decades harvesting fruit from his silvery olive trees and turning it into olive oil. In 2019, he convinced his sister, Marie-Charlotte Piro, to go into...