KTN uses deep sector expertise to make powerful connections across sectors, geographies and skill-sets to drive change through innovation and have established a Covid-19 hub containing information about: funding online events initiatives and resources signposting for businesses guidance (including regulatory) product specifications for equipment such as ventilators, PPE and testing kits Please visit the KTN Covid-19 hub for further information. Please visit the Business Wales Coronavirus advice for businesses pages for information for your business...
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Businesses will be able to benefit from larger loans under the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS). The maximum loan size available under the scheme will be increased from £50 million to £200 million to help ensure those large firms which do not qualify for the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) have enough finance to meet cashflow needs during the outbreak. The expanded loans, which have been introduced following discussions with...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have a coronavirus information hub to help individuals and organisations navigate data protection. New and relevant information will be added to the hub as the pandemic continues. If you cannot find the answer to your query on the hub you can contact the ICO by telephone on 0303 123 1113. For further information please visit the ICO website.
The UK Government has announced key decisions it has taken for the design of the Plastic Packaging Tax in light of stakeholder responses to the previous consultation in 2019. The rate of the plastic packaging tax will be £200 per tonne of plastic packaging that contains less than 30% recycled plastic and there will be a 10-tonne annual de-minimis under which businesses will not be required to pay the tax, to ensure the smallest businesses...
The Future Fund will provide government loans to UK-based companies ranging from £125,000 to £5 million, subject to at least equal match funding from private investors. These convertible loans may be a suitable option for businesses that rely on equity investment and are unable to access the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme. The fund will be delivered in partnership with the British Business Bank. You’re eligible if your business: is based in the UK can...
The order to stay at home can cause anxiety for those who are experiencing or feel at risk of domestic abuse. As an employer, you can play an important role in reassuring staff that they can still leave their home if they are experiencing domestic abuse and that there is still support available, including online support, helplines, refuges and the police. 'Live Fear Free' can provide help and advice to: anyone experiencing domestic abuse anyone...
Barclays' 100x100 UK COVID-19 Community Relief Programme are making 100 donations of £100,000 each to UK charities working to support vulnerable communities impacted by COVID-19, and the associated social and economic hardship caused by the crisis. The programme will focus on supporting charity partners who are meeting the immediate needs of people in our communities, including low-income families, those facing financial hardship, isolated elderly people and key workers. UK registered charities are invited to apply...
The UK government have issued guidance on how holiday entitlement and pay operate during the coronavirus pandemic, where it differs from the standard holiday entitlement and pay guidance. It is designed to help employers understand their legal obligations, in terms of workers who: continue to work have been placed on furlough as part of the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) Furloughed workers Workers who have been placed on furlough continue to accrue statutory holiday...
The webinar will take the form of a panel discussion and explore how organisations are providing opportunities to learn during lockdown, how lockdown has changed the way we think about learning, and what the Bevan Foundation and The Open University in Wales are doing to ensure more people have the ability to learn flexibly and at distance. It will be of particular interest to: employers of workers in the foundational economy employers of newly remote...
The Welsh Government has updated their Guidance under regulation 7A of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) Regulations 2020 for employers. The ‘Taking all reasonable measures to maintain physical distancing in the workplace’ guidance includes: General principles Reasonable Measures Enforcement Review For further information please visit the GOV.Wales website. Please visit the Business Wales Coronavirus advice for businesses pages for information for your business on dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak.