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Somerset childminders to be given cash grant as county tackles early years care shortage
Somerset
The number of registered childcare businesses in the county has fallen by more than 31% since September 2015
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Breward's Coffee Shop helps young people with learning disabilities find out about the world of work
Education
Students have been excited to get back to work and create new recipes to share with customers who can finally dine-in again.
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How the Work Wallet health and safety app is helping businesses get back to normal post-Covid
SMEs
It can track work permits, site safety briefings, RAMS, audits, accident reporting, risk assessments and digital inductions
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Bristol tech start-up hoping to halve food waste in education sector wins £10,000
Technology
Four university students have developed an innovative new app
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People news: Latest movers and shakers from across the East Midlands region
Marketing
Updates from think3, British Business Bank, AtomicMedia, Marketing Derby, Allestree Pet Supplies, Ƶ Flooring Direct, PwC
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£700k boost for Humber's aspiring entrepreneurs as British Library rolls out resources
SMEs
Grimsby, Goole, Beverley and Bridlington to gain new facilities to aid start-ups
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From bodybuilder to SEO expert: Entrepreneur swaps growing muscles for growing firms
North West
It's been quite the journey for Liverpool entrepreneur Daniel Luke
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Why Ikea, Kopparberg cider and Octopus Energy have pulled ads from “anti-woke” GB News
Marketing
Veteran broadcaster Andrew Neil launched new channel to shake-up current affairs and take on so-called "cancel culture"
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£54m plan to kick-start Leicester economy – including £22m rebuild of Leicester station
Economy
City council also supporting plans to create a factory to make next generation of space and satellite technologies
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How Innovation Week 2021 will showcase just what a great place Leicestershire is for new tech and ideas
Technology
Events will feature work being done at Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester and Horiba MIRA
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Teen entrepreneur overcomes bullying, anxiety and depression to launch business and open first office
North West
Oliver left school without any GCSEs just two years ago - but has quickly turned his life around
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The Outrageous Bride magazine that is tapping into new trend for zombie, Goth and even Viking weddings
Events
'The wedding industry has been decimated, but people are still planning, and finding quirky ideas are not that outrageous'
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The VP that went from Rolls Royce engines to the Rolls Royce of patisseries with bold new venture Mmacaron
Food and Drink
Senior engineer follows dream and swaps jet engines for eclairs in bold career change
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Dragon’s Den: Success for Willsow's plantable children’s books that grow into vegetables
Dragons Den
BBC Dragon's verdict: “It’s a unique concept. I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this before, so it seems like a great idea”
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The Dorset entrepreneurs turning waste plastic into bricks for houses in developing countries
SMEs
Greenbrick Workshops believes its sustainable product could help tackle ocean plastic pollution
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Husband and wife team behind Colleague Box gift service celebrate £1m in lockdown sales
Retail
'There have been challenges – we’re a family and had to endure months of home-schooling which has been a balancing act'
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Why the world’s first hydrogen-powered hypercar, the Viritech Apricale, is being developed in Leicestershire
Automotive
Viritech hopes it will be the starting point for a “cleantech revolution” based on zero emissions hydrogen fuel
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Loughborough University spin-out that makes testing technology for the drinks industry wins £180k funding
Technology
Rapid testing technology help the drinks industry improve the quality and consistency of its ingredients and products
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Ex-Uttoxeter racecourse boss goes back to musical roots
Music
David MacDonald once booked The Smiths – only for the police to turn thousands of fans away
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Marie Jeanne’s Pink Gin wins big at 2021 Gin Guide Awards
Food and Drink
The fruity pink gin is made by the Massingberd-Mundy Distillery on the South Ormsby Estate in the Lincolnshire Wolds
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The £13m space-tech ‘skills factory’ that could help revitalise the Leicester economy
Technology
High-tech Leicester and Leicestershire Institute of Technology could help get region back on its feet post-Covid
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Ƶ doughnut maker Project D talking to airports about departure lounge kiosks
Food and Drink
Project D co-director Max Poynton reveals post-lockdown plans on back of spiralling online sales
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The beauty brand that hit its £50,000 first year target in its first month
Retail & High Street
Laura Mallows founded Mallows Beauty because she believed many products on the market gave false promises to the people buying them, so she started a brand that she has vowed to be honest
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University of Nottingham spin-out businesses bring millions in external investment to East Midlands
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Nottingham Technology Ventures businesses work on eye conditions, mental health, hospitality, TB testing and nanomaterials
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