Amazon, WRAP and EIT Climate-KIC, Europe’s leading climate innovation hub have teamed up to support entrepreneurs with sustainable consumer products and recycling technologies. The Sustainability Accelerator is open to start-ups who are creating more sustainable consumer products and, for the first time, those developing technology that can help the industry recycle products more effectively and efficiently. The programme is now accepting applications from early-stage start-ups in Europe. The closing date for applications is 17 March...
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Find out about methods fraudsters use to try and get your personal information by viewing examples of scams identified by HMRC. HMRC will sometimes contact customers by telephone, email, letter and also sometimes use research companies to contact customers. If you’re not sure the contact is genuine then take a look the updated guidance on examples of HMRC related phishing emails, suspicious phone calls and texts. The guidance includes: QR codes Text messages Coronavirus (COVID-19)...
A new scheme which aims to support over 10,500 people who are in recovery from substance or alcohol misuse, or have mental ill-health, to get into education, training or work has been launched by the Welsh Government. The programme, the only Wales-wide service of its kind, helps participants develop their confidence by participating in activities and supports them to access training, qualifications and work experience or volunteering. Participants are supported by peer mentors, who draw...
Skills Cymru the careers and skills events for Wales, will be in Llandudno and Cardiff this October. The highly interactive event welcomes up to 10,000 visitors, providing them with the vast range of career opportunities available as well as the routes to get there. Each year over 100 companies and organisations enjoy meeting and influencing the next generation of Wales' leaders and workers. They are able to inspire and motivate young people face-to-face and inform...
A toolkit for coastal businesses in Wales has been designed to help businesses market their products and services through the pulling power of the Path and how it can benefit them. The free, easy to use online resource gives businesses access to a wide range of material and information in one place – including logos, news items, posters and videos for use in online and offline marketing and promotion. For further information please visit the...
From 2025, ISDN (integrated services digital network) and PSTN (public switched telephone network) telephone lines will be permanently turned off and applies to business and home customers. You need to start planning your move today because there could be a lot to do. Remember, it’s not just about your phone services, you need to review everything you’re connecting to your phone lines, like alarms, EPOS machines, door entry systems, CCTV, and faxes. Many businesses have...
The UK Government launches competition for businesses to bid for share of £1 million to stimulate innovation in Occupational Health (OH). Successful bidders will receive up to £100,000 to back their projects from 19 May 2023, with the UK Government looking for innovative solutions to drive better access for SMEs and the self-employed to OH services. Applicants are being encouraged to demonstrate how they would deliver improvements to OH, harnessing technology such as artificial intelligence...
With summer arriving and the subsequent increase in seasonal work, workers are as likely to have an accident in the first six months at a workplace as during the whole of the rest of their working life. The extra risk arises due to: lack of experience of working in a new industry or workplace lack of familiarity with the job and the work environment reluctance to raise concerns (or not knowing how to) eagerness to...
More two-year olds in Wales are set to benefit from funded childcare as scheme expands with £10 million of further Welsh Government funding. The extra funding is part of a phased plan to expand early years provision to all two-year-olds in Wales, with a particular emphasis on strengthening Welsh-medium provision. This is a commitment in the Co-operation Agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru. The new investment will see an additional 2,200 children benefit...
The National Eisteddfod, Wales’ largest cultural festival, will take place in Llŷn and Eifionydd, Boduan, Gwynedd from 5 to 12 August 2023. Traditionally a competition-based festival, which attracts over 6,000 competitors each year, the Maes (site) itself has grown and developed into a vibrant festival with hundreds of events and activities for the whole family. The festival attracts some 150,000 visitors each year, so take this opportunity to promote your business to a largely Welsh-speaking...