The Taste Cumbria's Wigton festival, which took place on Saturday, kickstarted the Taste Cumbria calendar. The festival was free to attend and took place right in the town centre. As well as the ...

WCF Pet & Equestrian, a pet specialist with eight stores including five in Cumbria, has teamed up with the Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs Association (LDMRSDA) to support its work. The ...

A rural town is planning to turn its lights off to showcase the beauty of the night sky. The Big Switch Off is taking place ...

Cumberland Council is backing a Big Switch Off dark skies event by turning off around 70 street lights in Keswick on Monday.

"Everything at the festival is free, apart from any shopping you want to do at the town’s businesses, and in the Producers ..

Donald Trump has defended his sweeping tariffs by claiming to be a president “who stands up for Main Street, not Wall Street,” but it is small businesses that are already bearing the brunt of ...

President Trump’s on-again, off-again trade war is forcing small businesses of all kinds — from wholesalers to restaurants to startups — to decide whether to stick to their plans or hunker down.

Hugh Cameron is Newsweek U.S. news reporter based in London, U.K. with a focus on covering American economic and business news. Hugh joined Newsweek in 2024, having worked at Alliance News Ltd ...

Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman suggested small businesses will be crippled by President Trump’s sweeping tariffs if a pause on global import taxes isn’t implemented by the ...

However, the project, hailed as a gem of economic development, is disrupting businesses still open at the indoor mall. Some say they are seeing a drop in sales, accelerated by the recent ...