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Shropshire businesses invited to festive networking breakfast

Two planning applications for shops in Rhayader have been supported by the town council.

Plans for work at two Powys shops supported by town council

Betty Freeman, account manager and Catherine McLennan, commercial lead from Dulas receive the Judges Special Award from Michael Miles from Mid Wales Manufacturing Group.

Dulas, based in Machynlleth, collected the ‘Judges Special Award

Wayfair logistics depot at Magna Park, Leicestershire

Wayfair and Appliances Direct among firms fined £6m for misleading sales tactics

HR recruiter reviewing candidate's CV during job interview in modern office

Rising labour costs threaten job opportunities for young people, survey finds

Portraits of Robert E Hall and Michael Woodford are shown on a screen as they are announced as the laureates of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden

American economists win Nobel for overturning assumptions about economic shocks

There will be a big variety of arts and crafts at Kington's monthly market

Art and craft market in Kington on Saturday

Tourism businesses attending the AI Made Practical workshop at The Barn at Moody Meadows, Aberaeron last month.

New AI workshop dates added for Welsh tourism businesses

Sunset over oil rig

Businesses backing North Sea drilling ‘increasingly out of step’ campaigners say

The 2027/28 Mid & West Coast Wales Bedroom Browser.

Mid Wales tourism businesses urged to prepare for Tour de France 2027

New cars parked in lines

UK consumers urged to sign up for share of £56m new car delivery compensation

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Business must be ‘at heart’ of Burnham’s devolution plans, warns BCC

Tom Edmunds is MSP Capital’s new lead business development manage rfor the Midlands

MSP Capital appoints new business development lead

Beer glasses

Digital ID can be accepted as proof of age for alcohol under new rules

Thomas Keenan

Man jailed after stealing £4,000 of copper cables from Welsh business

Andy Burnham

Hundreds of hospitality businesses call on Burnham to lower VAT

Finalists at English Hair & Beauty Awards Midlands 2026

Shropshire hair and beauty businesses celebrate awards wins
Two Shropshire businesses have been recognised at the 2026 English Hair & Beauty Awards Midlands
Ruchika Panwar

Congratulations to Bonnie Blue

Mark Andrews: Bonnie Blue, balaclavas, and £500,000 'pub talk' Mark Andrews

The new equipment being used by Arvydas Kazlauskas at EV Sales and Repairs in Brecon.

Powys businesses encouraged to apply for Growth Grants of to £25k

EU referendum

VAT differential on island of Ireland ‘putting NI businesses under pressure’

A sign in Glasgow during the coronavirus pandemic in November 2020

Pandemic experience of Scottish workers detailed in new inquiry publication

The Big Shrewsbury Wedding Fayre

Shrewsbury Prison cells set to be transformed for wedding event

Properties along Rhayader's high street are receiving a face lift.

Some properties along Rhayader's high street are receiving a face lift

Exhibitors and buyers at last year's autumn fair

Mid Wales businesses all set for the UK's biggest retail buying event

Fire service thanks communities after 'exceptionally high number of emergencies'

Fire service has faced 'most significant operational challenges'

Heather Shepherd MBE, Siobhan Connor founders of Severn Together; Communities in Action

Paddle for Change and call for urgent action on River Severn flooding

Dyfed Powys Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn

Column by Dyfed Powys Police Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn

Powys residents can have a say on the future of a Visitor Levy in the county

Visitor Levy in Powys – have your say
Powys residents can have a say on the future of a Visitor Levy in Powys
Karen Compton

Lisa Cook (Charcroft Electronics) presents an age category award to Mackenzie Tyler
alongside Hugh Tamlyn (Wales Air Ambulance) and Councillor Alan Waller, Mayor of Builth Wells.

Third annual Powys aquathlon raises £5,000 for charity

Builth Wells will also receive £83,000 for its projects.

Concerns about future management and costs of interactive screens

The number of young people out of work in Shropshire has seen a sharp rise

MP voices concern at rising unemployment among 18-24 year-olds

Cabinet Minister Adam Price with (from left) Chair of the Mid Wales Forum Steve Hughson MBE, Chief Executive of Mid Wales Tourism Zoe Hawkins and George Reid, a prominent Welsh tourism leader, luxury accommodation owner, and the Chair of the West (South West) Wales Regional Tourism Forum

Minister wants to make Wales a world class visitor destination

People in the sunshine outside Canary Wharf Station in east London

Vacancies slip again as private sector pay growth falls to near six-year low

Cllr Matthew Dorrance

Column by the Deputy Leader of Powys County Council, Matthew Dorrance

Cllr Lucy Roberts - Conservative - represents the Llandrino ward.

Llandrinio bridge to close for repairs

Entrance to Rodenhurst Business Park between Shrewsbury and Newport.

Plans for fully let rural business park to expand into farmland

Notes and credit cards

Heatwaves and sports events drive record demand for cash on high streets

Andy Burnham visit to Harlow

Burnham defends limiting business rate cuts, saying pubs are ‘our heritage’

PageGroup sees ‘tough but stable’ UK jobs market

People with fans, drinks and ice cream in London

June heatwave keeps shoppers away from the high street in blow to retailers

People in the sunshine outside Canary Wharf Station in east London

UK services firms report steepest drop in activity for three-and-a-half years

Billionaire Michael Platt’s BlueCrest Capital Management has said the UK is “no longer a serious contender” as a place to do business after losing a £200 million legal battle against the UK tax authorities (Aaron Chown/PA)

BlueCrest says UK no longer a serious place to do business after court loss

BCC Global Annual Conference 2025

New prime minister must ease burden on firms to drive growth, says BCC

Jenny Gilruth at her desk in Holyrood

Government announces urgent review of ‘anomalous’ business rates hikes

Stephen Gethins smiling in a Holyrood corridor

Scottish independence ‘challenge of the next decade’, says minister

A row of washing machines for sale. (Alamy/PA)

CMA orders Marks Electrical to refund customers over opt-ins to extra services

A plane takes off from Gatwick airport

UK services industry faces setback as activity falls for first time in a year

People walk through the rain carrying umbrellas

Downpours and cloudy skies for some this weekend after record-breaking heatwave

A man collects bottled water at a water collection point at a Sainsbury’s near Whitstable, Kent

Thousands to face water supply issues over weekend

A boy diving into a blue swimming pool

Amber health warning extended as temperatures soar

Pile of UK sterling cash notes and coins

UK business activity shrinks for first time in a year amid ‘perfect storm’

London Underground sign

24-hour strikes planned by London Underground staff called off

Businesses face energy bill rises of up to 80% due to Iran war price shock

UK business growth ‘slowed to a crawl’ due to war in Middle East, survey shows

Around £1.8bn in business rates predicted to be handed back to firms

Call for information as UK ‘moves closer’ to agreement with EU on agrifood trade

Supreme Court ruling does not signal the end for Trump’s tariffs, experts warn

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