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theguardian. com > backed-to-grow > 03/10/2026 > how-spice-kitchen-became-a-successful-export-business

Always scary, always exciting: how Spice Kitchen turned a hobby into a thriving export business

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (718+ words) From selling at food markets in Manchester to exporting around the world, Spice Kitchen's co-founder shares the advice and support needed for global growth "It's expanded and moved from a kitchen table idea into a proper business and then a…...

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theguardian. com > money > 02/21/2026 > making-tax-digital-ready-hmrc-self-assessment-shake-up

Making Tax Digital: are you ready for HMRC's self-assessment shake-up?

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1503+ words) Tax authorities warn sole traders and landlords to act, as the biggest change to self-assessment in decades looms Spring is "the time of plans and projects, wrote Leo Tolstoy in Anna Karenina. For hundreds of thousands of self-employed people and…...

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theguardian. com > lifeandstyle > 12/08/2025 > new-start-after-60-moved-to-boat-fell-in-love-opened-restaurant

A new start after 60: I moved on to a boat, fell in love " then opened my own restaurant

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (690+ words) After a lifetime of working for others, Rich Baker threw caution to the wind. The result was a national award for his pizza and a surprising surge in confidence When his kimchi fiorentina pizza won a national award, Rich Baker…...

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theguardian. com > lifeandstyle > 12/11/2025 > you-be-the-judge-should-my-wannabe-influencer-friend-stop-using-me-for-content

You be the judge: should my wannabe influencer friend stop using me for content?

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (816+ words) Marielle says being recorded is part of being her friend, but Beth is fed up of being a muse. Who should reel it in? Get a disagreement settled or become a YBTJ juror Sometimes she films me while I'm eating....