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		<title>WORST FULL-YEAR PERIOD FOR SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH FORECASTS SINCE 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Only 26% of UK small businesses say they are forecasting growth for the final three months of 2026, with 50% forecasting no change in trading outlook &#8211; and 23% of enterprises fearing they will either contract or struggle to survive the winter months, according to new research from Novuna Business Finance. Further, 2026 as a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>AFRICAN ROUTES FESTIVAL RETURNS WITH PACKED PROGRAMME OF FREE EVENTS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[African Routes Festival returns to Liverpool this November, bringing three packed days of dance, music, conversation and creativity to The Black-E. Taking place from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th November 2026, this year’s festival, African Routes 2026: Fair Play, will bring together leading dancers, choreographers, academics, artists and community practitioners for a programme of workshops, panel discussions, masterclasses [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Access to Autism and ADHD Assessments Improved for Young People as Momenta Connect awarded place on national NHS framework</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Access to Autism and ADHD Assessments Improved for Young People as Momenta Connect awarded place on national NHS framework]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This place on the National NHS framework will enable Momenta Connect to provide additional, clinically governed autism and ADHD assessment capacity for children and young people, working alongside NHS organisations and existing local services. Momenta Connect has been awarded a place on the national NHS Framework Agreement for the Provision of Autism and ADHD Assessment [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>LIVERPOOL MASTERCHEF MAKES HISTORY AT WORLD RECORD EVENT IN TURKEY!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Halewood’s multi-award-winning Masterchef Kemal Coşkuncay has added another incredible international achievement to his growing list of accolades after travelling to Turkey to take part in a spectacular Guinness World Record event! The Casa Rima chef joined fellow award-winning chef Tacim Yetiş at the 8th International GastroAfyon Tourism and Taste Festival. The huge festival made history [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>First look at Station Meadow as Forge New Homes launches new bungalows and family homes in Beckingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 05:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[First look at Station Meadow as Forge New Homes launches new bungalows and family homes in Beckingham]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[South Yorkshire-based Forge New Homes is set to launch sales at Station Meadow – its peaceful new collection of single-storey and dormer homes in Beckingham, a rural village in north Nottinghamshire close to the Lincolnshire border.   The first 13 of 57 new homes will be released when sales launch on Friday 16th of October. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>CLEANING TRAINERS WAS A SIDE HUSTLE BUT NOW I WORK WITH SPORTS STARS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Wirral man has turned his lifelong love of trainers into a hugely successful business – cleaning up to 70 pairs every week for customers including professional footballers and MMA stars. Brad Vernon, 35, is the man behind The Trab Lab, a specialist trainer cleaning and restoration business which has grown from a small side hustle [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>WIRRAL KITCHENS &#038; INTERIORS DOUBLE FINALIST AT UK SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Hoylake kitchen business is celebrating another incredible achievement after being named a double-finalist in prestigious national awards! Wirral Kitchens &#38; Interiors has been shortlisted in not one, but two categories at The UK Small Business Awards 2026 — with the independent local company in the running for both Best Family Business and Best Small Business. CLICK HERE TO BOOK A FREE [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>NEW SANDWICH SHOP TAKING WIRRAL BY STORM!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new sandwich shop has opened in Bromborough – and judging by the queues already forming down the road, Wirral has a serious new lunchtime obsession. Orlo Sandwiches opened on Allport Lane last month, promising to re-invent the humble sandwich and give the people of Wirral some truly unique options. From generously filled deli classics to internationally [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pulsant ESG report highlights responsible growth amid rising demand and scrutiny of digital infrastructure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Annual report outlines progress across environmental stewardship, investment in ourpeople, community impact and responsible governance Maidenhead, UK – 6th October 2026 – Pulsant, the UK data centre and digital infrastructure platform, has published its 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, outlining how the company is delivering responsible growth as demand for digital infrastructure and AI continues to accelerate. The report details continued progress across Pulsant&#8216;s environmental, social and governancepriorities, underpinned by a commitment to responsible stewardship, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Carnoustie Moonshine Maker Angus Alchemy Enters The Dragon’s Den</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Angus Alchemy, the Carnoustie-based moonshine, gin and spirits producer, has revealed that it successfully pitched to the Dragons in BBC’s Dragons’ Den in its most recent series. It is one of only a handful of Scottish businesses to pitch successfully on the show, across its entire run,  although viewers never got the opportunity to see [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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