Entries are welcome from all sectors across the Communications and Content industries, including publishing, paper, printing and packaging, office products, marketing, software and games, communications, education, broadcasting, journalism and digital media. Nominations are encourage from commercial companies, start-ups, charities, trade associations, educational institutions and public bodies such as museums, libraries, galleries and archives. The awards remain free to enter. In total there are six Awards: Business Process Communications and Marketing Customer Experience Product Design Service...
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The Welsh Government is calling on people across the country to join a national consultation that will shape its strategy to make Wales smoke-free by 2030. Tackling health inequalities and increasing support to help people quit are key to the Welsh Government’s ambitions to see Wales become smoke-free within the decade. Around 14% of people in Wales currently smoke and there are strong links between smoking and deprivation, with those in more deprived areas more...
The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) is part of the Global Britain Investment Fund, of which £354 million will support life sciences manufacturing. The LSIMF itself will provide £60 million in capital grants for investment in the manufacture of: human medicines (drug substance and drug product) medical diagnostics MedTech products They are particularly encouraging applications from companies ready to deploy their emerging technologies at scale in commercial manufacturing. More detail on eligibility criteria and...
HMRC is warning individuals not to share their personal information online to avoid their identities being used to claim bogus Self Assessment tax refunds. Individuals, ranging from teenagers to pensioners, are being targeted on social media platforms by fraudsters seeking to ‘borrow’ their identities. In return, the individual is promised a cut of the tax refund ‘risk-free’. Handing over sensitive personal information to criminals like this, even inadvertently, risks individuals involving themselves in tax fraud...
Chambers Wales South East, South West and Mid has opened entries for its highly anticipated Wales Business Awards 2022, providing SME businesses across the country with the opportunity to compete for Wales’ most prestigious accolades. Creating a better applicant experience, the nomination process has been simplified this year and introduces video entries across the range of categories below: Digital business of the year Global business of the year Green business of the year Innovative business...
The Information and Commissioner’s Office (ICO) new video surveillance guidance provides organisations in the public and private sectors with an updated resource, that addresses new applications of video surveillance technologies, and a more comprehensive description of how the UK GDPR and DPA 2018 applies. Technologies include: Traditional CCTV ANPR Body Worn Video (BWV) Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) Drones and More commercially available technologies such as smart doorbells and dash cams The guidance does not cover...
Businesses recruiting full time disabled apprentices over the next year can expect to receive an additional incentive of £2,000, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has announced today. The Welsh Government Employer Incentive Scheme for disabled apprentices, which was designed to encourage employers to get first-hand experience of the benefits of recruiting disabled people, is being extended from 1 April 2022 until the end of March 2023, and increased by £500. The commitment supports the Welsh Government’s...
HMRC is contacting employers for their assistance to help their employees understand that the increased National Insurance contribution of 1.25 percentage points from 6 April 2022 is helping fund the NHS, health and social care. They are requesting that employers include a message for affected employees on all payslips between 6 April 2022 and 5 April 2023, explaining the increased National Insurance contribution. The message should read; "1.25% uplift in NICs funds NHS, health &...
A new Welsh Government plan to help more people in Wales to find and stay in work has been unveiled by Economy Minister Vaughan Gething. The new plan for employability and skills sets out the actions Ministers will take to deliver the Young Persons Guarantee, support people furthest away from the labour market to find work – and focus on improving labour market outcomes for disabled people, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic people, women, and...
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) are carrying out a call for views as part of a review of the designs system to make sure it remains fit for the future. The designs system enables rights holders to protect designs and enforce their rights. The IPO are seeking views and evidence from users of the system so that they can ensure the UK’s designs framework works for the businesses, consumers and professionals that use it. This...