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Marketing Automation Saves Up to 40% in Labor Costs for Small Businesses
Programming Insider
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June 17, 2025
Did someone really say labor costs just about sliced in half with a couple neat code tricks? That rumor keeps buzzing around small-business Slack channels. Zyn and Max pop up almost every time someone asks what tool pulled off the feat. A handful...
UK Finance reports rise in SME lending by high street banks
Leasing Life
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June 17, 2025
Business lending by high street banks in the UK increased to £4.6bn ($6.2bn) in the first quarter of 2025, according to UK Finance’s latest Business Finance Review. This marks the sixth consecutive quarterly rise and the highest amount since the...
How AI-Powered Technology Is Fueling Small Business Growth
Forbes
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Artificial IntelligenceAdobeStock_245853295 In today’s dynamic environment, business continuity is no longer a one-size-fits-all concept. Small and medium-sized business (SMB) owners are under increasing pressure to adopt innovative strategies...
Last call for 2025 Industry Appreciation Awards nominations
Lehigh Acres Citizen - Florida
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The application process to nominate an outstanding business or professional leader for the 2025 Industry Appreciation Awards will be closing on Monday, June 30. The Industry Appreciation Awards, now in its 33rd year, honors Lee County’s top...
How a bonded warehouse can help lower tariff costs for small businesses
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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It’s no secret that the Trump Administration’s back-and-forth tariff policies have created significant challenges for businesses that rely on materials coming in from overseas. One way to mitigate the impact of these costs and avoid raising prices...
OneEthos Launches 'FastTrack' Program to Make Commercial Solar Significantly Easier and Faster for Small Business Owners
AltEnergyMag
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June 17, 2025
Nationwide program creates first-ever, instant-approval commercial solar loan OneEthos (www.oneethos.com), powered by Climate First Bank, today launched FastTrack, the first-ever instant-approval commercial solar financing solution. FastTrack by...
Navigating Now: How to protect your small business from the latest round of tariffs
Yahoo Finance
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Tariffs will make it harder for many small businesses to afford imports, especially Chinese imports. To help mitigate rising costs, keep your business finances separate from your personal finances, rethink your income streams and look for local...
UBA CEO Alawuba calls for special financial court to address prolonged litigation and boost SME access to credit
Nairametrics
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June 17, 2025
The Group Managing Director/CEO of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Oliver Alawuba, has called for the creation of a special financial court to address prolonged litigation in financial cases, citing its negative impact on banking operations and...
Rachit Prints Limited receives in-principle approval from BSE SME Exchange, Plans to Raise ₹19.50 Crore
Equity Bulls
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Rachit Prints Limited (RPL), a leading manufacturer of high-quality specialty knitted and printed fabrics for the mattress industry, today announced that it has received in-principle approval from the BSE SME Exchange for its Initial Public...
Giving small businesses the power to perform
UK Tech News
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June 17, 2025
SiteGround is an IT company providing businesses with services including web hosting SaaS platforms for site building, e-commerce and email marketing. The firm’s director of product development Daniel Kanchev spoke exclusively to UKTN about how...
Revolutionary little device opens up wind power to homes and small businesses: 'Technically optimized and financially supported'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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June 17, 2025
Nifty little wind turbines coming out of Estonia are bucking common thinking about the technology. It turns out they don't have to come in record-setting sizes or be part of large farms to make an impact, according to a report by The Baltic Times....
Immigration raids in Los Angeles hit small business owners: 'It's worse than COVID'
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Tim Reid and Kristina Cooke LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Juan Ibarra stands outside his fruit and vegetable outlet in Los Angeles' vast fresh produce market, the place in the city center where Hispanic restaurateurs, street vendors and taco truck...
Opinion: Latecomer Advantage – Central Asia’s Prospects for Embracing Technology
Times of Central Asia
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June 17, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Astana, Kazakhstan for the second China–Central Asia Summit marks another milestone in reviving a historic bond shaped by the ancient Silk Road — a shared civilizational journey linking China and Central...
Pasadena Economic Development Reports Growth in Healthcare, Tech Sectors
Pasadena Now - California
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The Pasadena Economic Development and Technology Committee will hear Tuesday about significant growth in the city’s healthcare and technology sectors, according to an update from the Pasadena Economic Development Division. The division’s report,...
How AI-powered accounting is transforming small businesses
The Small Business Site
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June 17, 2025
Article by Eugene Yiga (Sage) Discover how AI accounting tools cut invoice processing time, automate data entry, and help small businesses make better decisions with real-time insights. Artificial intelligence is changing how small businesses like...
ENR West Industry News | June 2025: Fast-Tracked LA High School Completed in Four Weeks
Engineering News Record
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June 16, 2025
A fast-tracked effort to create a temporary campus for the Palisades Charter High School in Los Angeles was completed in April by C.W. Driver Cos., just three months after a wildfire devastated the school’s campus. A 100,000-sq-ft former Sears...
Russia's contacts with US, European companies have not been interrupted — First Deputy PM
TASS
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June 17, 2025
MOSCOW, June 17. /TASS/. Russia's contacts with American and European companies have not been interrupted, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov said on RBC TV ahead of the St. Petersburg International Economic...
Small business owners displaying Pride flag say store window shot out for second year in a row
NTV
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June 16, 2025
The owners of a small business in Grand Falls-Windsor are speaking out after their window was shot out for a second time. They say their building has been attacked twice because they display the Pride flag, but they insist they will not be...
UAE enters global top 5 for competitiveness
Gulf News
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Abu Dhabi: The UAE jumped from 28th place in 2009 to join the world’s top five nations in competitiveness, government efficiency, the strength of its legislation, and the quality of its business environment, according to the 2025 World...
90% of SMB leaders say they’ll be paperless in five years despite poor data concerns
CFO Magazine
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June 17, 2025
Just like their larger competitors, small and mid-sized businesses are eager to modernize, but turning bold intentions around technology into execution is proving harder than expected. Even at these smaller organizations — often with leaner...