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Buttermarket Shrewsbury: Prison Owners Take Over in January
Cove Group, owner of Shrewsbury Prison, takes over The Buttermarket from January 2027. Existing tickets stay valid and the venue's team stays on.
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Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Food Festival Ends After 13 Years in the Quarry
Shrewsbury Food Festival will not return. Its organisers say rising costs, Martyn's Law and tighter household budgets make the June event in the Quarry unviable.
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Soup Maker Wins £40,000 Dragons' Den Deal
Soul Kitchen's Bella Acland asked for £40,000 and four Dragons said no. Susie Ma then offered the lot for 15 per cent, on BBC One on Thursday night.
Shropshire
Shropshire Claimant Count Up 5.3%, Whitchurch Up a Fifth
4,675 people claimed out-of-work benefits in Shropshire in August, up 5.3% in a year, over twice the UK rise. Whitchurch is up 22% since January.
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Town Takeover: Scottish FA Clears the Dual Interests
The Scottish FA approved the dual interests on 6 October and all four buyers have now cleared the regulator. The sale has not completed; no date is set.
Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth bakery's £65,000 grants: scheme now closed
Two grants worth £65,000 turned a derelict Bridgnorth bank into a bakery that doubled its staff. Every Shropshire UKSPF scheme is now closed to applications.