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Sherburne Legion Auxiliary Hosting Community Impact Day On August 23
The Evening Sun - New York
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SHERBURNE - On Saturday, August 23, the Sherburne American Legion Auxiliary will host Community Impact Day. The event will gather Sherburne businesses and public service vendors at Gaines Park in Sherburne from 11 a.m. To 4 p.m., providing...
Independence Day: Gojek empowers local tech talent in driving innovation for Indonesia
The Jakarta Post
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s Indonesia marks its 80th Independence Day, Gojek reiterated its focus on strengthening the country’s digital ecosystem by nurturing local technology talent. Locally trained engineers remained at the heart of its product development, said the...
CFCC Small Business Center tops state rankings for third year
WWAY 3 - North Carolina
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August 18, 2025
CFCC's downtown campus (Photo: WWAY)WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Cape Fear Community College’s Small Business Center has been ranked the top-performing center in North Carolina for the third consecutive year, according to the state’s Small Business...
ROMPCO: driving regional energy security in Southern Africa
World Pipelines
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August 18, 2025
As energy demand continues to rise across Southern Africa, the Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Investments Company (ROMPCO) is at the forefront of strengthening regional energy security, supporting industrial growth, and championing the transition...
City Committee to Review Digital Shop-Local Program
Pasadena Now - California
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The Pasadena Economic Development and Technology Committee will review a digital platform designed to boost local small businesses when it meets Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 5 p.m. The Open Rewards program would provide cash-back incentives to residents...
Rising health care costs could have far-reaching impact on New Hampshire families, communities
New Hampshire Bulletin
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August 18, 2025
New Hampshire’s health care system is facing unprecedented challenges that could have major economic and personal consequences in the coming years. Changes in federal and state policy, combined with broader market pressures, are projected to...
8K SF city workers return to the office 4 days a week, giving boost to local businesses
ABC7 News - California
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August 18, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Starting Monday in San Francisco, Mayor Daniel Lurie's return to office directive goes into effect. That means roughly an additional 8,000 city workers will be back in the office 4 days a week. That move was supposed to...
Free township SME training looks to boost digital skills
The Small Business Site
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August 18, 2025
Article first published on Bizcommunity A digital transformation and financial education training programme for township-based micro enterprises will take place in Katlehong on 26 August 2025 and Daveyton on 23 September 2025. The full-day...
Sintra.ai Launches Revolutionary 'AI Employees' Program to Transform Small Business Operations
The Kingston Whig-Standard
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August 18, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile Platform Offers SMBs Access to Specialized AI Workers at Fraction of Traditional Hiring Costs, Positioning Company as 2025's Most Disruptive AI Startup Article content Dover, Delaware–(Newsfile Corp. – August 18,...
How Can Small Business Owners Survive After a DUI?
Qrius
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, an average of 1.5 million people in the US are arrested for drink driving in any given year according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This type of offence would be difficult for anyone to overcome,...
SEO Tips for Small Business
Qrius
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unsplash/rawpixel If you are a new online business, then the best advice any expert will give you is to explore SEO to market yourself online. While the results may not be immediate, they are certainly long lasting. But do you need to be an SEO...
Celebrating 10 Years of Bringing Joy to the Community Through Preston Floral and Gifts
Fillmore County Journal - Minnesota
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August 18, 2025
Preston Native Ashley LaFleur recently celebrated her 10-year anniversary at Preston Floral and Gift. LaFleur purchased the business from her grandma, Rita Simonson in 2015 and it has continued to be a favorite must-stop shop for area residents...
UK students explore community-driven design at Design Futures Forum
UKNow - Kentucky
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August 18, 2025
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 18, 2025) — Earlier this summer, 10 students and three faculty members from the University of Kentucky College of Design and the Department of Landscape Architecture in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and...
PRECEDENT PRODUCTIONS WELCOMES WESTPAC AS OFFICIAL PARTNER OF THE 2025 AUSTRALIAN SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPION AWARDS
The Laotian Times
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August 17, 2025
SYDNEY, Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Precedent Productions is proud to welcome Westpac as a Major Partner of the 2025 Australian Small Business Champion Awards. Now in its 26th year, the prestigious Australian Small Business Champion Awards is a...
Trump cuts? Not for this tax credit supported by Colorado nonprofits in underserved communities
The Colorado Sun
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August 18, 2025
When the Food Bank of the Rockies began exploring a $12 million expansion on the Western Slope in early 2022, Chief Financial Officer Heather MacKendrick Costa discovered a gold mine of sorts in the form of a new funding mechanism, or at least new...
Columbia small businesses give back at community back-to-school events Sunday
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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August 18, 2025
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) K-12 students were leaving the Armory Sports and Recreation Center and Cosmo Park with backpacks, sharp pencils, and even sharper hairstyles Sunday after two local Columbia businesses hosted two back-to-school events. This...
Regional innovations: Establishing a connection
Australian Geographic
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August 18, 2025
Reading Time: 8 Minutes • Print this page In the horse haven of the Hunter Valley, Mia Ryan is training a warmblood under the wide skies of rural New South Wales. She flicks her long hair behind an Akubra as she works the horse on a long rein....
Local author releases children's book set in Cedar Mountain
The Transylvania Times - North Carolina
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August 17, 2025
A new children’s book written by Flo Phillips, a descendant of the Stone family, is bringing smiles, nostalgia and hope to the Cedar Mountain community, according to a news release. “The Cousins Go To Cedar Mountain,” illustrated by Janice Coward,...
Real strength is community, not cruelty: Letters
Foster's Daily Democrat - New Hampshire
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Real strength is community, not cruelty Aug. 16 − To the Editor: The MAGA movement today isn’t about prosperity or security—it’s about cruelty. When we see children in Gaza denied medical care, we’re supposed to forget about the millions of...
String of burglaries in North Austin causes one small businesses to go cashless
FOX 7 Austin - Texas
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(Source: Amy's Ice Creams) AUSTIN - A string of burglaries on N Hwy. 183 in Austin left small business owners a mess to clean up, and at least one is rethinking how they're going to do business moving forward. North Austin Business Burglaries...