The Welsh Government will invest £11 million over the next three years in Arfor 2, Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething and Designated Member Cefin Campbell have announced. Arfor 2 is a new programme to be delivered by local authority partners which will help strengthen the economic resilience of Welsh language strongholds. As part of the Co-operation Agreement with Plaid Cymru and building on the experience and evaluation of the earlier Arfor programme launched in 2019, the...
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With a focus on building a more inclusive film and television industry, Disney and The National Film & Television School are looking for six experienced writer and director teams with diverse and varied perspectives, with at least one person in the team being from an underrepresented background, to make a short film as part of the Disney Imagine UK Shorts Incubator programme. Disney Imagine UK is an opportunity to make a short film with creative...
From 1 November 2022, you will not be able to use your existing VAT online account to send quarterly or monthly VAT Returns. You need to sign up for Making Tax Digital for VAT (MTD) and use compatible software to keep your VAT records and file your VAT Returns. Before you sign up to Making Tax Digital for VAT you’ll need either: a compatible software package that allows you to keep digital records and submit...
Recycle Week takes place from 17 to 23 October 2022. This year’s theme is ‘Let’s Get Real’ and will challenge perceptions and myths around recycling, and target contamination to improve recycling behaviours. It’s the one week of the year where retailers, brands, waste management companies, trade associations, governments and the media come together to achieve one goal: to galvanise the public into recycling more of the right things, more often. It's a simple thing everyone...
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). If you are thinking of expanding your business to the EU/EEA, it is essential to know how to manage and enforce your IP as private property rights. IP rights are territorial, and you may need to register your rights through: a regional or international process which allows you to file in...
The COVID-19 pandemic, the UK’s departure from the European Union, increased energy prices combined with the Russia-Ukraine war has and will continue to present challenges to our food systems. These events have highlighted how heavily dependent the UK is on imported foods. We have seen food prices rise, empty shelves in our supermarkets, watched lorries packed with perishable goods queuing at borders and been told that a shortage of labour (i.e., food workers and HGV...
The Brand Labs competition package includes a brand, website and launch campaign design and development worth £15,000. Any Welsh startup, be that a product-based, service-led, grassroots charity or social enterprise is encouraged to apply, as long as they: Are based in Wales Were launched within the last 3 years Are up and running The closing date for applications is 28 October 2022. For further information please select the following link https://designdough.co.uk/branding-competition-brand-labs/
Healthy Working Wales is a free service which supports employers, individuals and a range of health professionals to help working age people in Wales stay fit and healthy so they can remain in employment or return to work following a period of ill health. The programme consists of a range of services which help to improve organisational performance and reduce the costs and burden of ill health and absence through one to one support, training...
The UK Government will end the special status of all retained EU law by 31 December 2023. Under the Brexit Freedoms Bill, all EU legislation will be either amended, repealed, or replaced. For further information please select the following link UK government to set its own laws for its own people as Brexit Freedoms Bill introduced - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Advice, guidance, and webinars to help mitigate increasing prices of feed, fuel and fertiliser. The Welsh Government are aware of the impact increasing input costs are having on agricultural producers. In particular, the price of: fuel feed fertiliser For further information please visit Addressing high production costs in the farming sector | GOV.WALES FarmWell Wales is an online information hub. You can get advice on personal and business resilience for you and your family.