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Nearly 90% of rural family businesses have paused investment, and in some cases, are actively devaluing their businesses to avoid triggering tax bills they can’t afford, stark new polling by the CLA reveals.

Cleanology has welcomed Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch MP to its headquarters in Vauxhall, South-West London,

Aldi Scotland’s Supermarket Sweep has returned to Port Glasgow, where one lucky local shopper has raised £1,011.61 for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS).

Fresh from setting a new world land speed record of 406.320mph powered by its pioneering hydrogen technology, JCB is accelerating investment in its future.

Drivers across Dorset now have easier access to cars from BYD, one of the UK’s fastest-growing vehicle brands.

Leicester continues to buck the national narrative of high street closures as a new wave of restaurants, cafés, fashion stores and independent businesses open their doors across the city centre.

Hampshire Chamber of Commerce welcomed more than 100 business leaders to its annual Southampton Boat Show lunch, the signature networking opportunity on the membership organisation’s 175th anniversary calendar.

Year 7 pupils at Harris Academy, Clapham took part in a special football and netball tournament designed to celebrate the power of sport, with guidance from football creator and UEFA B coach Harry Cain and former England netball international and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Beth Durant.

Family-run Loch Lomond Brewery has sold over 77,000 more beers through Aldi Scotland in a year, and lands three new exclusives this autumn.

Lancashire based foster care and special needs provider Family Care has teamed up with The East Lancashire Railway to provide a British Sign Language Interpreter for children on its Santa Special trains later this year for the very first time.

National centre gains new retrofit facility to become premiere heritage hub: Exterior-Lock-16 Scotland’s Centre of Excellence for Canals and Traditional Skills.

Leading British spring and comfort technology manufacturer, Spinks, has announced the expansion of its portfolio of innovative spring solutions across North America through HS2 – its long-standing joint venture with U.S.-based Hickory Springs Manufacturing (HSM).

North Yorkshire furniture specialist Hill Cross Furniture has presented £1,500 to Overgate Hospice after taking on a 1,042-mile cycling challenge inspired by the team’s work on the hospice’s new Inpatient Unit.

Rathbones, one of the UK’s leading wealth and asset management groups, launches its first major brand campaign.

Leading accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael's partnership with the ICAS Foundation is helping talented young people from diverse socio-economic backgrounds into the profession, with four Foundation students set to return to the firm as graduate trainees.

A major new report from professional services firm Deloitte has found that most Scottish workers are now using GenAI at work, with those who have adopted it making clear productivity gains. However, while Scottish adoption and usage is broadly in line with the rest of the UK, a clear gap with London remains.

Green-fingered allotmenteers in the north of Glasgow will soon have a new central space to come together, thanks to improvements planned at Hamiltonhill Allotments.

East Kilbride hospitality entrepreneur Struan Barclay has been recognised as a rising star of Scotland’s licensed trade after being named the winner of the Black Ivy and Montpeliers Rising Star Entrepreneur.

UK manufacturers remain confident about their future prospects, despite rising energy costs and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty.

Cobham came alive with the sound of stories, ideas and conversation this weekend as the inaugural Cobham Literary Festival took place from 11–13 September.