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It’s All in the Tea Leaves
Jason Hastain and Amanda Clark opened Paradise Playdium on February 10. In the seven weeks the 7,500-square-foot family-fun center has been open. They’ve donated the use of the facility’s party rooms to local youth sports teams for board meetings and team events.
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Read more at Chico Enterprise-Record
USDA Rural Development Programs Invest $4,780,000
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced that the Agency is investing $4,780,000 in five grants and $23,829,320 in eight loans to projects in Iowa that promote rural small businesses. The 13 investments in 11 projects were made through three different USDA programs. This project will replace aged components and remove accumulated sludge. Once completed, the project will mitigate an imminent health and sanitation hazard.
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Read more at KSOM
The Benefits of Working With a Mid-Size Bank
Signature Bank is Chicago’s business bank, focused exclusively on serving the needs of privately owned businesses and their owners. You have the advantage of knowing your banker personally and have the ability to connect in-person and establish a high level of trust and service 24/7. Signature Bank supports more than three dozen local organizations, including Misericordia, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
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Read more at Daily Herald
Iowa Business Notes - The Week in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor. Information and photos can be submitted to business notes by email to businessnotes@thegazette.com. Katie Adams, owner of Cedar Witch Goods, won the 2024 Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year award from NewBo City Market. The Eastern Iowa Health Center will host a “
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Baltimore, Maryland - The Long Term Impact of the Bridge
Baltimore is one of only four on the East Coast with the 50-foot channel depth needed to welcome the “New Panamax” class of ships. By virtue of its location on the Patapsco River at the top of the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore is farther inland than any other rival port. Advertisement For the United States as a whole, the port closure will have “no significant effects” on economic growth or inflation, according to Capital Economics.
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Read more at The Washington Post
The Price of Easter Eggs Continues To Rise
The average price for a dozen grade A eggs in cities across the United States sat at around $2.99, according to February data provided by the Federal Reserve. In recent weeks, eggs have dropped slightly in price but remain high compared to 2021 prices. The USDA has reported that prices for eggs have been dropping since February and are down about 33%.
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Read more at Fox Business
Hitachi's UK plant in County Durham faces a six-month drought of work
HS2 contractor Hitachi Rail is drawing up plans for job cuts at its UK plant. Labour has indicated it will go ahead with the contract should it win power. Train building at the plant in Newton Aycliffe is expected to peak over the summer. Remaining work, mostly in testing, will take other employees through only next spring.
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Read more at The Telegraph
Aldi's Next Big Thing
Adnaan, 42, and Manny Malik, 37, will feature on 'Aldi's Next Big Thing. The pair run Malik Butchers, a family-owned butchers and street food operation producing halal takes on British classics.
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Read more at Express & Star
Has Your Business Been Impacted by a Cycle Lane?
Business owners in Castleton, Greater Manchester claim a new bike path is preventing customers from parking on the road and near their stores. It took around 18 months to build but despite the time and money put into the path, local shopkeepers say it has killed off their businesses. Stephen Thomas, 60, owns Smith's Bakery And Confectioners Ltd in the village, but has been forced to close one of his branches because of the lack of footfall.
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Read more at Daily Mail
Wyedean’s Diamond Jubilee
Wyedean Weaving was awarded the contract to manufacture the British Armed Forces’ new regimental flags ahead of King Charles III’s Coronation. The seven-year £5million contract has helped fuel the company’s recent investment in a £300,000 refurbishment to future proof its 150-year-old Grade II listed mill building in Haworth.
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Read more at Telegraph and Argus