AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoLocal Business Spotlight: Wrexham’s The Sweet Box is celebrating nearly a decade in business, with Claire Harrington preparing orders from home and delivering via a van—popular pick-and-mix bags and personalised treats keep customers coming back. Community & Foot Traffic: Lancaster’s Red Rose Run turns 50 this Saturday, with 2,000 expected runners, 1970s costumes, and more than $27,000 in prizes—aimed at driving real business for local shops and restaurants. SME Survival Risk: Ghana’s small firms face a “quiet” threat: weak customer retention, with slow responses, poor follow-up, and lack of tracking letting repeat buyers drift away. SME Growth & Energy: A new Ireland report says SMEs are pushing into solar and energy efficiency, with “Solar-as-a-Service” gaining traction to overcome upfront cost barriers. Payments for Small Businesses: Nigeria’s CBN is rolling out PSV 2028, and leaders say the next step is building credit on top of payment flows using transaction data. Cross-Border Payments: Bank of America plans next-quarter cross-border real-time payments for corporate and commercial clients via Swift or CashPro, targeting faster, more transparent global transfers. Regulatory Pressure: Jordan suspends recruitment of non-Jordanians across most sectors, with exemptions—an immediate staffing and cost issue for employers. Tech in the Shop: A robot barista in Shanghai beat a human on speed and weight accuracy, a sign of automation pressure hitting service businesses.
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