From mobile payments and delivery to sustainability and food waste, the Restaurant & Takeaway Innovation Expo brings the whole restaurant industry together! This is a unique opportunity to interact and connect with the industry’s visionaries who are shaping the takeaway and restaurant scene of the future. Find out how to boost your profits, build your brand and grow your business. The event takes place on 10 and 11 October 2023 at the ExCel London. For...
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The UK Government announces the new 'Energy Bills Discount Scheme’ for UK businesses, charities, and the public sector from April. For eligible non-domestic customers who have a contract with a licensed energy supplier, the UK Government is announcing the following support: From 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, all eligible non-domestic customers who have a contract with a licensed energy supplier will see a unit discount of up to £6.97/MWh automatically applied to their...
Applications for the next round of New Landscapes: Catalyst Research & Development Grant Scheme are now open. The New Landscapes: Fashion, Textiles and Technology Catalyst R&D Grant Scheme, will provide five collaborative grants of up to £6,000 cash and up to £15,000 in-kind support to proposals that: Grow global networks to enable development of practice, experimentation and testing of sustainable design and production solutions that inspire positive environmental change. Support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
The Community Fund is a chance for communities to boost fundraising efforts for good causes in their area. If you live in an area where work is taking place – and you’re fundraising for projects to benefit the community – you could receive funding from Welsh Water up to a value of £1,000. Priority will be given to those projects where Welsh Water are, or have been, working. The decision to award funding is entirely...
The StartUp Awards is a collaboration between the founders of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards and the Wales Start-Up Awards, the only national and regional awards currently celebrating new businesses in the UK. The StartUp Awards recognises the achievements of those amazing individuals who have had a great idea, spotted the opportunity and taken the risks to launch a new product or service. With 30 categories to choose from, get your entries in before the...
UK registered micro and small businesses in the creative industries sector, can apply for funding up to £50,000 with a package of support to grow their business. The aim of this competition is to support business innovation within the creative industries by providing a package of targeted and continuous support to help businesses to grow. Your project must: be related to and for the benefit of the creative industries in the UK demonstrate a clearly...
Brought to you by the Department for International Trade, the UK Export Academy is a free training programme, delivered through a hybrid of online and face-to-face learning. The UK Export Academy is open to any business in the UK who has a product or service that can be sold internationally. It is for businesses who know that they want to reach international customers and contracts in the future, as well as those who might already...
Stress, anxiety and depression is the biggest cause of work-related illness in Great Britain and numbers continue to rise. According to the latest statistics (PDF) there were 914,000 workers suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2021/22. 17 million working days were lost due to stress in this period. The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) stress website has plenty of advice and includes examples of stress risk assessments tailored to different business sizes, as...
Welsh Government Ministers have visited credit unions across Wales as they announced continued funding of just over £422,000 a year for the organisations which offer vital support to those struggling with their finances. Credit Unions are not-for-profit, and owned by the people who use their services, rather than by external shareholders or investors. Actively involved in communities throughout Wales, credit unions contribute to the economy and the financial wellbeing of members, who can save safely...
A world renowned contemporary circus is heading to Swansea while an international crime fiction festival will be held in Aberystwyth in 2023, thanks to funding from the Welsh Government. The Circus Village is coming to Swansea for the first time, led by the internationally acclaimed NoFit State Circus in a partnership with leading circus companies and artists, and an international crime fiction festival in Aberystwyth will receive Event Wales funding for the development of the...