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Electric car charging
The Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) is a voucher-based scheme that provides eligible businesses with support towards the upfront costs of the purchase and installation of electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints. All businesses can use it to help provision chargepoints for their staff or fleets. Charities and small accommodation businesses can further use it to provision chargepoints for their guests or visitors. The grant covers up to 75% of the total costs of the purchase and installation...
Good planning and organisation are essential to putting on an event that is both safe and enjoyable. You can get started with the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) guidance for organisers on how to plan, manage and monitor your event. It will help you make sure workers and the visiting public are not exposed to health and safety risks. Whether you're an organiser, venue owner or volunteer, find out more about your responsibilities. Depending on...
Find out how your business can become more dementia-friendly and get a free guide. From retail to housing, utilities to entertainment, finance to transport, all sectors have a part to play. All businesses can contribute to tackling the social and economic impact of dementia. Businesses and organisations can make a big difference for people with dementia and their carers by making a commitment to become more dementia-friendly. Becoming a dementia-friendly business is not only a...
The Insolvency Service has launched a new online information hub to support company directors. The hub hosts guidance and information on a range of business themes commonly faced by companies and aims to help company directors to push their business forward by being more aware of potential pitfalls. It is specifically designed for directors of micro, small and medium-size limited companies, although it will also be useful to others. Directors of limited companies, unlike sole traders...
Whether you are a small business, school or other organisation Keep Wales Tidy can help you manage your waste equipment in a safe, compliant and environmentally friendly way. The ICT and WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) reuse and recycling scheme is a partnership with A&LH Environment which enables you to dispose of all your unwanted equipment in one, all-encompassing collection service, in the knowledge you are minimising the impact and maximising your contribution to...
Small business owner
The Find a Grant service offers a free central place on GOV.UK for business, individuals and organisations to find and apply for UK government grants. You can use this service to: access UK government grant funding search and filter to find a grant that matches your needs find out if you are eligible to apply for a grant find out how to apply for a grant For further information please select the following link: Home...
Understanding your role as a company director and your responsibilities to Companies House. As a director, you’re legally responsible for running the company and making sure information is sent to Companies House on time. This includes: the confirmation statement the annual accounts, even if they’re dormant any change in your company’s officers or their personal details a change to your company’s registered office allotment of shares registration of charges (mortgage) any change in your company’s...
Find out more about your rights under the Equality Act 2010 and how it protects different characteristics. Everyone in Britain is protected. This is because the Equality Act protects people against discrimination because of the protected characteristics that we all have. This information is for employees, employers, individuals using a service, any organisation using a service and the public sector. Under the Equality Act, there are nine protected characteristics: age disability gender reassignment marriage and...

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