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Independent businesses are thriving on a quiet stretch of Dover's High Street
While much of Dover's town centre struggles with vacant units, a stretch of the High Street is seeing a rise in independent shops and commu…
Cwmbran family butchers Douglas Willis named best in Wales
Founded in 1945 by a former butcher's boy, the family-run business Douglas Willis has been named Welsh Champion Butcher at the Countryside …
Former barrister Nisha Katona grows Mowgli Street Food into a £40m national restaurant chain
After twenty years as a barrister, Nisha Katona left her legal career in 2014 to open a single Indian restaurant on Liverpool's Bold Street…
Two North East mums swap finance careers to launch clothing resale venture
Friends Katy McKinlay and Victoria Catherall have left their long-term finance careers to launch Style Social, a pop-up shop in Gosforth th…
Bolton entrepreneur Rosie Greenhalgh builds multi-million pound tanning brand from kitchen table
Rosie Greenhalgh from Bolton started her tanning brand Rose & Caramel by mixing spray tan solutions in her kitchen and selling them on eBay…
Gateshead sisters supply handmade cannoli to Royal Ascot for King's Trust anniversary
Annabella and Jessica Gregorio, who run their business from their parents' kitchen in Rowlands Gill, were selected to supply 500 cannoli fo…
Newcastle-based operator Lumo records highest UK rail passenger growth
Lumo has seen a 23 per cent increase in passenger numbers over the last year, the largest rise across the entire UK rail industry. The Newc…
Morris Commercial to build new electric vehicles at Bro Tathan facility
Vale of Glamorgan Council has approved plans for Morris Commercial Ltd to transform a former aircraft hangar into an electric vehicle assem…
Farmfoods to open larger Seaham store following relocation
Farmfoods is moving to a larger unit at Byron Place in Seaham, creating seven new local jobs in the process. The current store will close o…
Cornwall matches major cities with new ultra-fast broadband rollout
Liskeard-based firm Wildanet is rolling out symmetrical full fibre broadband across Cornwall, offering upload and download speeds of up to …
Ashington to receive share of £27 million investment for coalfield communities
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust is investing £13.5 million into industrial developments for small businesses, with the UK Government prov…
City & Guilds cancels plans to offshore hundreds of UK jobs to Greece
The vocational training body has scrapped proposals to cut 400 UK roles and move them to Greece following negotiations with the union Unite…