June 2021 News and Blogs

The Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) Business Council is reaching out to businesses to determine the services they want for future growth. The Business Council board is responsible for articulating the needs of business, identifying priorities for existing support services and designing future support programmes, ensuring that the voice of business is at the heart of the Cardiff Capital Region’s strategy and decision making. Committed to determining and facilitating access to the tools and services needed...

The Welsh Government is reminding retail, leisure and hospitality businesses in Wales they won’t have to pay any rates until April 2022 as full discounts in England come to an end on 1 July 2021. In Wales, the Welsh Government has extended the full 100 per cent discount for all businesses and charities in the leisure and hospitality sectors until April 2022. Retailers in properties with a rateable value of up to £500,000 will also...

The Tenancy Hardship Grant is designed to support people who have fallen behind on their rent by more than eight weeks between 1 March 2020 and 30 June 2021. The grant is designed to help people stay in their homes and prevent them losing their tenancies. People living in private rented accommodation who have developed rent arrears as a direct result of the pandemic may be eligible for the grant. Rent arrears may have been...

Claims under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) are now open for pay periods in June 2021. You must submit your claim for June 2021 by 14 July 2021. Here’s a future claim dates reminder: for furlough days in July 2021 submit claim by 16 August 2021 for furlough days in August 2021 submit claim by 14 September 2021 for furlough days in September 2021 submit claim by 14 October 2021 For further information please...

A new mentorship programme to help UK farmers and food producers boost their exports has been launched by the Department for International Trade (DIT). The programme, run in partnership with Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), and the National Farmers Union (NFU), will match experienced exporters with businesses who are looking to export for the first time. The mentors will give practical help and advice to would-be exporters through roundtables, mentoring sessions and newsletters. For...

Shared Parental Leave and Pay allows working parents across Great Britain to share up to 50 weeks of leave and up to 37 weeks of pay in the first year of their child’s life (or within a year of placement if the child is adopted). A new online tool will help expectant parents share time off in the key, early stages of their baby’s life. The new tool will make it easier for expectant parents...

The Bank of England’s new polymer £50 entered circulation on 23 June 2021. It features the scientist Alan Turing. The new note will start to become available in bank branches and at ATM’s in the coming days and weeks. The polymer £50 note contains advanced security features. The note will join the Churchill £5, the Austen £10 and the Turner £20, meaning all Bank of England banknotes are now available on polymer. There are resource...

Businesses affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will now be protected from eviction until the end of September 2021. As part of interventions the Welsh Government is making to support businesses, the moratorium against forfeiture for the non-payment of rent will now be extended until September 30, 2021. It was originally due to end on June 30, 2021. This measure will ensure businesses will not forfeit their business tenancies for non-payment of rent until 30...

As an organisation or freelancer who actively works within the film and television industries in Wales, you are invited to participate in research led by the University of South Wales in partnership with Creative Wales. The Screen Production Industries within Wales have seen exponential growth across the last ten years and remain a priority growth sector for the Welsh Government. Screen Survey Wales 2021 incorporates a full census of the screen production sector across Wales...

Acas experts run regular webinars on employment law topics and employment relations. They're free to join, you just need to register in advance. Spaces are limited. Small scale redundancies This webinar for employers covers the major elements of a redundancy process, the related laws and good practice. Register now for 'Small scale redundancies' Tuesday 29 June 2021, 2pm to 3pm Wednesday 30 June 2021,10.30am to 11.30pm An introduction to hybrid working Research shows that a...