New programme offering FREE support to help small business owners through the pandemic

link.Mr Majid is widely seen as being a driving force behind the restructuring of the SGF in 2015, which saw Pete Cheema taking the reins as chief executive and re-established the federation as a major force within the industry.Mr Cheema said:“This is a thoroughly well-deserved award. Abdul’s contribution to the community and to charity has been outstanding.“On a personal level I am delighted at this news.

coronavirus lockdown.Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed last night (January 4) that England would be entering a new lockdown due to surging coronavirus case numbers and hospital admissions.

Shia LaBeouf's Pieces of a Woman co-star Vanessa Kirby has become the latest celebrity to voice her support for FKA twigs after she filed sexual battery charges against the actor. The singer and actress, real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett, raised claims against her ex-boyfriend, LaBeouf, last month, alleging that he abused her throughout their relationship, choked her, assaulted her at a gas station, and knowingly gave her a sexually-transmitted disease.

Rep.-elect Michelle Steel saw firsthand how crushing taxes hurt her mom's Los Angeles clothing shop, and she's determined to stand up for small businesses in Congress. Steel got her start in politics in 2006 by successfully running for the California State Board of Equalization that hit her mother with an "unwarranted" tax bill years ago.

@RedneckRiviera @rnrbarnash performer @Buckstergop #BuckMcCoy just recovered his guitar, and his cat from the debris from the #NashvilleBombing We all love ya bro! I know you're so happy to have them back

Howard Rubenstein, the public relations expert who guided the paths of high-profile clients like George Steinbrenner, Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump, has died at his home in Manhattan.

Us Weekly can exclusively reveal the identity of Joe Giudice‘s new girlfriend, two months after he hinted that he’d found love with a lawyer in Italy after finalizing his divorce from Teresa Giudice.Us confirms that the former construction business owner, 48, has been dating Daniela Fittipaldi for a few months — and the twosome have already taken a big step in their budding romance.“They have been together since the summer,” a source tells Us. “They’re doing great.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A financial cashpot of £185million to help small businesses has been welcomed but Jackie Baillie MSP says the fund needs to be made available now - not next month.And the Labour member said that local firms were struggling to get access to some of the existing support grants.Finance secretary Kate Forbes last week announced the package of £185 million in additional targeted support will be made available to

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAnother front in the war between Facebook and Apple has erupted, with the two tech giants fighting over Apple’s move to implement a new opt-in requirement for users with iOS 14 devices to grant permission to be tracked for advertising purposes.Facebook is framing the dispute as one that will harm millions of small businesses that use its social networks to reach potential customers, and alleges that Apple is making it harder for advertisers to track consumers in

EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Mitchenor (Lethal Weapon) is set as a new series regular opposite Ryan Michelle Bathe, Jill Scott and Michelle Buteau in the upcoming second season of BET+’s The First Wives Club. Additionally, Gary Dourdan (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Jordan Carlos (The Drew Barrymore Show), Essence Atkins (Ambitions) and Mikhail Keize (She Had To Ask) join in recurring roles.

Gracie Abrams has returned today with a commanding new single, ‘Brush Fire’, as she prepares to close out what has been a banner year for her.The first new music since the release of her debut EP, ‘minor’, ‘Brush Fire’ was written alongside Tobias Jesso.

After months of trying to communicate the devastating impact of Covid-19 to pandemic-weary Angelenos, County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer’s moment of televised emotion might have emphasized the urgency of the crisis more powerfully than the all the numbers, charts and data visualizations put together.

is frightening is the lawmaker's blatant disregard for working families. Not only is a new round of still up in the air, but there is currently no language suggesting the plan will extend the that are set to expire at the end of December.As it currently stands, the policy passed in the guarantees 12 weeks off for parents with children attending school virtually or who can't be sent to daycare. Only 10 of those weeks are partially paid time off.

Stacey Solomon is the crafting queen, but as well as dressing her home with items she made this Christmas, she has also bought some fabulous decorations. The Loose Women panellist has cherry-picked a selection of very unique and personal festive delights to transform the Essex home she shares with her boyfriend Joe Swash, their baby Rex, and her sons Zachary, 12 and eight-year-old Leighton.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWhen local newspapers complain about traffic jams caused by Nicole Kidman filming (in New South Wales’ picturesque Byron Bay) and Natalie Portman stopping Sydney traffic by wearing revealing shorts, there is a sense that normality has returned to everyday life in Australia.