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Bluumly Launches AI Marketing Platform Tailored for Small Businesses
Small Business Trends
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June 6, 2025
Bluumly has officially launched the public beta of what it calls the first AI-powered marketing platform built specifically for micro and small businesses, aiming to dramatically reduce the time and complexity of running digital marketing...
‘Make space for Singaporeans to dream’: Business struggles spark debate featuring Calvin Cheng over rent, manpower, and the future of local business
The Independent Singapore
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June 6, 2025
SINGAPORE: A recent Facebook post by businessman and former Nominated Member of Parliament Calvin Cheng has stirred heated conversation online, after he suggested that rising rents are not the primary cause of Singapore’s F&B crisis—and that the...
EXCLUSIVE: Majority Of Small Business Owners Are Optimistic About Trump Helping Their Businesses, Survey Says
Independent Journal Review
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June 6, 2025
The majority of U.S. small business owners are optimistic that President Donald Trump and his administration will help out businesses like theirs, according to a May poll from the Job Creators Network Foundation (JCNF) obtained exclusively by the...
Kariakoo audit spurs push for stronger local business protections
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The government is considering including a provision in this year’s Finance Bill to enhance legal protections for indigenous Tanzanian businesses, the Minister for Industry and Trade, Dr Selemani Jafo, has said. Speaking in Dar es...
Small businesses face hiring challenges as job openings remain high
Show-Me State Times - Missouri
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June 5, 2025
NFIB's latest jobs report reveals that the labor market for small businesses remained weak in May. According to the report, 34% of small business owners reported unfilled job openings, consistent with April and marking the lowest level since...
Right in the centre - A lot to be learned
myWestman.ca
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Details Published on Friday, June 6, 2025 By Ken Waddell Neepawa Banner & Press I think there’s a lot that could be learned from rural businesses. Just thinking back to some columns I have written recently about bad phone answering systems at some...
New businesses coming to Franciscan Square
Weirton Daily Times - West Virginia
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NEWS SHARED — Phil Rook, director of real estate development and operations at Franciscan University of Steubenville, was among university officials who shared plans to open five new eateries at Franciscan Square. The five will be located in an...
Small Business Deduction awaits decision in U.S. Senate
Golden State Today - California
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June 5, 2025
For the second time in two weeks, Frank Mottek of the Mottek on Money show on KABC Radio in Los Angeles consulted with NFIB regarding the Small Business Deduction, a key issue in Congress. The discussion followed the passage of the One Big...
New Businesses Coming to Franciscan Square in Steubenville
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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photo by: Warren Scott Phil Rook, director of real estate development and operations at Franciscan University of Steubenville, was among university officials who shared plans to open five new eateries at Franciscan Square. Area residents and...
NFIB VP discusses tax bill benefits for small businesses on radio show
Natural State News - Arkansas
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June 5, 2025
Jeff Brabant, Vice President of Federal Government Relations at the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), appeared on "The Dave Elswick Show" to discuss the implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for small businesses. The...
Home furnishings among hardest hit sectors, small business survey reports
Furniture Today - North Carolina
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June 6, 2025
BOSTON — Small home furnishings business owners are particularly feeling the weight of the drop-off in consumer spending, according to a new survey by Alignable. The survey of more than 4,000 randomly selected small businesses found 59% of those...
Florida’s small businesses benefit from extending Trump’s tax cuts | Column
Tampa Bay Times - Florida
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Small business owners in Florida and throughout the nation need one thing from our lawmakers in Washington: tax certainty that helps them plan better for their future. Julio A. Fuentes [ Provided ]Thankfully, Congress has already moved ahead with...
Allegra named Chamber's Small Business of the Year
Rocky Mount Telegram - North Carolina
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The Allegra marketing, mailing and printing service was honored Tuesday evening as the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year. Allegra owner Todd Hinson told a gathering at the Chamber’s yearly celebration of the area’s...
Boulder business leaders band together to help small businesses through tariff uncertainty
Denver 7 - Colorado
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June 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump said there should “no longer be any questions” regarding certain materials hit by the administration's tariffs. The Trump Administration’s tariff policies have had a profound impact on businesses and the...
Pittsburgh companies launch $3,000 marketing grant for local businesses
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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June 6, 2025
Two Pittsburgh-based companies and TribLive have partnered to create a new grant program aimed at helping local businesses boost their marketing efforts and community visibility. Relay, a platform that connects businesses with local content...
Forbes Small Business Toolkit–For The Trump Era
Forbes
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Advice for owners on filing and paying taxes, borrowing, managing workers and benefits and much more. New and threatened tariffs. Expiring tax breaks. Tighter lending rules at the Small Business Administration (SBA). Small business owners face...
What Small Business Owners Need To Know About Filing And Paying Taxes
Forbes
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Lots of wage earners only file tax returns once a year. But small business owners, including the self-employed, have additional taxes to worry about–and possibly year round. getty While many wage earners only concern themselves with taxes on one...
Put Together A Professional Team For Your Small Business
Forbes
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Your time is valuable, and so is doing things right. So get yourself a payroll service, bookkeeper, tax preparer and insurance broker–and keep multiple lawyers on speed dial. getty When my husband and I opened our law firm, we were confident. We...
Local business closes; CDOT continues road construction, set to start mobility project
KJCT8 - Colorado
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June 6, 2025
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) closed a local business to make room for a new project and has updates on the reconstruction of roads in the downtown Grand Junction area. Since fall 2024, CDOT has...
Nail art company named Small Business of the Year as inspirational small organisations honoured
Derry Journal
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June 6, 2025
This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. A Welsh nail art business has been named ‘Small Business of the Year’ by Small...