The Welsh Government have announced a further £110 million of financial support for businesses affected by the latest restrictions, which came into effect on Sunday 20 December 2020. Hospitality, non-essential retail, tourism, leisure and supply chain businesses will be eligible for financial assistance. Further details of the funding will be announced on the Business Wales website in due course. Please visit the GOV.Wales website to read the announcement.
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UK Trader Scheme launched to support business moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland: The New UK Trader Scheme (UKTS) will help ensure traders don’t pay tariffs on the movement of goods into Northern Ireland from Great Britain, where those goods remain in the UK’s customs territory. For more information about what businesses need to do before their first movement of goods after 1 January 2021, visit the GOV.UK website. Apply for authorisation for...
The furlough scheme has been extended and the UK Government will continue to pay 80% of the salary of employees for hours not worked until the end of April 2021. Employers will only be required to pay wages, National Insurance Contributions (NICS) and pensions for hours worked; and NICS and pensions for hours not worked. Businesses can also access the following loans until the end of March 2021: Bounce Back Loan Scheme Coronavirus Business Interruption...
A video series has been released that explains what businesses need to do to be ready for 1 January 2021. These videos cover what businesses need to know about: exports and imports customs commodity codes controlled goods To view the videos, visit the GOV.UK website. Why not visit the Business Wales EU Transition Portal which provides important advice and guidance for businesses preparing for European transition.
Community organisations and registered charities in Wales can now apply for a share of £1.5 million. The funding is available through the National Lottery Community Fund’s – Supporting Great Ideas Fund. Projects must have a minimum value of £10,001 and no maximum grant amount is specified. Supporting Great Ideas awards grants are to support innovative and strategically important project ideas that encourage positive social change in Wales. Applications are welcomed that meet the priorities below...
The Customs Grant Scheme has been set up to help businesses prepare for new customs arrangements from 1 January 2021. This includes supporting businesses who trade with the EU to undertake training to improve their understanding of customs requirements and working with customs intermediaries. It also helps customs intermediaries increase their capacity to complete customs declarations and accelerate growth of the sector in order to meet the increased demand it will see from 1 January...
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £2 million from the Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Programme (SSPP) for early-stage projects, businesses registered in the UK can apply. The SSPP Challenge aims to establish the UK as a leading innovator in smart and sustainable plastic packaging for consumer products. Its goals are to deliver cleaner growth across the supply chain, with a dramatic reduction in plastic waste entering the environment by...
Higher-level restrictions will come into force to control rapidly accelerating coronavirus rates across Wales. The First Minister, Mark Drakeford, confirmed the current conditions mean Wales has met the criteria in the new traffic-light Coronavirus Control Plan to move to alert level four. The new restrictions will apply to all of Wales: all non-essential retail, including close contact services and all leisure and fitness centres will close at the end of trading on Christmas Eve all...
In response to pressures on local and national supply chains, the Department for Transport has introduced a temporary, and limited, urgent relaxation of the enforcement of EU drivers’ hours rules in England, Scotland and Wales. This temporary relaxation will run until 11:59pm on 30 December 2020. The relaxation applies to anyone driving within Great Britain under the EU drivers’ hours rules involved in the transport of: Food and other essential goods from ports within Great...
Personal data is any information that can be used to identify a person, including names, delivery details, IP addresses, or HR data such as payroll details. Most organisations use personal data in their daily operations. An example of this is a UK company that receives customer information from an EU company, such as names and addresses, to provide goods or services. If you receive personal data from the EU/EEA act now to ensure you can...