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@maker@handmade.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

handmade.social is a place for all handmade artisans to create an account for their businesses and shops in the Fediverse. If you would like an account dedicated to promoting your creations, consider handmade.social for that.

#Handmade#Artisans#Crafts#Handcrafted#SmallBusiness#Fediverse#ShopLocal#MakersCommunity
Roasting House Coffee
@roastinghouse@mastodonapp.uk  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

If you've been thinking of switching from Stripe to an EU/UK based payments processor, we've been using Mollie for the last few months and it's been working well. The rates are slightly lower than Stripe and they pay out on transactions the next day whereas Stripe makes you wait for 3-7 days.

Signing up with our referral link gets you and us £100 but we wouldn't recommend them if we didn't genuinely like their service https://my.mollie.com/dashboard/signup/referral/f1af02f5a2

#SmallBusiness#UKBusiness#BoycottUSA
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

The woman, who did not want to be identified, told KTLA in Spanish that she knows one of the men & that he’s not a criminal.

Witnesses reported that the same group of #FederalAgents returned to the corner at around 9:30AM, though it’s unclear if anyone else was arrested.

The random #immigration ops have people in the community living in fear, acc/to reporting from KTLA’s Elina Abovian, who spoke to Fernando Banuelos, owner of Dena’s Burgers.

#law#StateSponsoredAbduction#Trump#AbuseOfPower
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

“I’ve lived in #LA for 35 years already & I’ve never seen anything like this,” he said, adding that more than half of his Hispanic [& Latin] clientele are afraid to leave their homes. “Our business has been down I would say 60% to 70%.”

Asked for comment, city leaders in #Pasadena said that they are aware of Wednesday’s #arrests & the officer pulling his #gun on a resident….

#immigration #law#StateSponsoredAbduction #economy#SmallBusiness#Trump#AbuseOfPower #tyranny#AmericanAutocracy
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

"... When you don't have enough money to buy yourself a coffee, the person running that small business making coffees doesn't get that income, so ... there's a contracting effect. Every time the government reduces the ability of people to earn money, that has a flow-on effect, affecting everybody."

#RachelMackintosh, National Secretary, E tū Union, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mata-with-mihingarangi-forbes?share=f95324c4-276f-4f4c-ae14-d95b75c546ba

#TradeUnions#Etū#SmallBusiness