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<div class="topic-head channel-topic"><h1>Crewe</h1><div class="topic-intro" data-mod="updateTimezone"><div class="topic-intro-text" style="width:100%"><p>Here you will find all the news from Crewe, a large railway town in Cheshire. It's home to Bentley Motors, Crewe Alexandra FC and Crewe Lyceum. Its population is 71,722. </p><div class="topic-more-on"><p>We have a free, dedicated newsletter for the Crewe area, which we send twice a week. 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href="https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/business/free-ai-small-businesses-tendendo-31006314" data-articleid="31006314" data-link-tracking="undefinedtitleundefined">Free AI programme launched to unlock opportunity for small businesses</a></div><div class="teaser-label-comment" data-tmdatatrack-index="12-0-0" data-tmdatatrack="section-article__label" data-tmdatatrack-articleid="31006314"><div class="label-line"><a class="label" href="https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/business/" data-link-tracking="undefinedTag|Fireundefined">Business</a></div><a class="description" href="https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/business/free-ai-small-businesses-tendendo-31006314" data-link-tracking="undefineddescriptionundefined">The research, run by Small Business Britain in partnership with BT Group, found a trend of eagerness to be at the forefront of AI adoption and innovation</a><div class="bookmark-btn-pancake" data-tmdatatrack-index="12-0-0" data-tmdatatrack="section-article__bookmark" 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