The UK Government has published its Spring Budget, here are some key points: An extension of the Coronavirus Job Support Scheme to September 2021 across the UK. An extension of the UK-wide Self Employment Income Support scheme to September 2021, with 600,000 more people who filed a tax return in 2019-20 now able to claim for the first time. A new UK-wide Recovery Loan Scheme to make available loans between £25,001 and £10 million, and...
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Pitchfest supports innovative and ambitious UK SMEs to get investment ready and develop their investor pitch in order to raise finance. A funded offering, Pitchfest will support innovative SMEs to accelerate their progress towards scale. The following dates apply for Wales: Applications deadline: 5pm 1 April 2021. Notification of application outcome: 14 April 2021. Prep session: The Pitchfest Champion will arrange a date. Training day 1: 6 May 2021. Training day 2: 20 May 2021...
Join Chwarae Teg for their upcoming Hive webinar where employers across Wales will discuss Chwarae Teg’s recent ‘Society is the Disability’ report, which looks at disabled women’s experiences in the Welsh economy. Find out the business benefits of employing a person with a learning disability and in addition, how the ‘Engage to Change’ model programme can support employers and workers with a learning disability. The webinar takes place on Thursday 18 March 2021 from 10.30am...
The UK Government is phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, with all new cars and vans to be zero emissions at the tailpipe by 2035. Join this online event where Innovate UK will provide an update on the UK Government’s zero emission vehicle R&D programme, as well as potential future funding opportunities. Relevant areas include development of zero emission vehicle technologies and the supporting charging infrastructure required...
Changes to the Off-payroll working rules (IR35) come into effect on 6 April 2021. If you engage contractors who work through their own limited company or other intermediary, and you are a medium or large sized non-public sector organisation then you need to take action to prepare. If you supply contractors who work through their own limited company or other intermediary, and you are an employment agency, you need to understand the changes and may...
International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Why not register for a free one-day online conference which aims to highlight the many inspirational female role models working within the UK, support the next generation of female innovators through workshops and expert advice sessions, and strengthen the UK as a world leader in innovation and gender inclusion. The event takes place on 8 March...
International Women's Day (IWD) takes place on 8 March annually and is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. IWD 2021 theme is #ChooseToChallenge For further information please visit the IWD website.
NEW: The National Cyber Security Centre is running a series of free cyber security webinars and talks aimed at UK businesses of all sizes, educational institutions and charities. NEW: Exporting goods from Great Britain to the EU via the short straits: A webinar and Q&A session on the issues arising from goods moving from GB to the EU, via the short straits, has been published. More information can be found on GOV.UK. Video content to...
On 1 March 2021, the law around where people can smoke in Wales is changing. This means that hospital grounds, school grounds, public playgrounds, and outdoor care settings for children will be required to be smoke-free. It will be an offence to smoke in a smoke-free area and anyone caught breaking the law could face a £100 fine. The legislation will also make changes in the tourism sector. There are currently exemptions that allow smoking...
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), in collaboration with Innovate UK, have launched the next opportunity to bid for funding from the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF). Businesses in Wales, England and Northern Ireland will have a further opportunity to bid for up to £40 million in grant funding through the IETF Phase 1: Spring 2021 competition window. The applicant guidance contains all the information necessary for applying for the Phase 1...