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Innovate UK have a wide range of funding opportunities open to Welsh business to innovate and invest in RD&I. The Welsh Government Innovation team can help you to access this funding and further support your business: CRISP23 - On-Line Innovation Funding Support Meeting UK-US offshore wind collaborative research and development UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for offshore wind research and development projects. Find out more and apply...
First published
6 October 2023
Last updated
5 February 2024
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The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year. The theme of 2023's World Mental Health Day, set by the World Federation for Mental Health, is 'Mental health is a universal human right'. World Mental Health Day is also a chance to talk about mental health in general, how we need to look after it, and how important it is to talk about things and get help if you are...
First published
4 October 2023
Last updated
4 October 2023
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An area of prudent investment for the high growth business, is investment in information technology. While we have all heard - and perhaps even experienced - the horrors of major IT implementations gone wrong, it doesn't have to be like that. Keep it simple. All you really need are some basic, fundamental things: standard monthly management information reports - cash flow, profit, debtors customer records - a database email - fast internal and external communications...
First published
2 October 2023
Last updated
2 October 2023
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From 30 October 2023 there will be a ban on anyone selling or supplying some single-use plastic products in Wales. What is being banned? Single-use plastic plates – this includes paper plates with a laminated plastic surface Single-use plastic cutlery – for example forks, spoons, knives Single-use plastic drinks stirrers Cups made of expanded or foamed extruded polystyrene Takeaway food containers made of expanded or foamed extruded polystyrene Single-use plastic balloon sticks Single-use plastic-stemmed cotton...
First published
2 October 2023
Last updated
4 October 2023
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This year's Gift Aid Awareness Day will be held on Thursday 5 October 2023. The #TickTheBox campaign raises awareness about what Gift Aid is and how vital it is to charities. All charities are invited to share on social media, on your website and in your newsletters, the impact that Gift Aid has on the people and communities you serve. And whatever your charity’s purpose, Gift Aid Awareness Day is another opportunity to show your...
First published
2 October 2023
Last updated
2 October 2023
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Dyslexia Awareness Week from 2 to 8 October 2023, celebrates the diversity of the dyslexic community and the rich variety of lived experiences of dyslexia. This year’s theme is 'Uniquely You'. Each person with dyslexia experiences it in ways unique to them. Each will have their own set of strengths and challenges and tread their own path through life. It is estimated that 15% of the population have dyslexia and/or other specific learning differences (SpLD)...
First published
29 September 2023
Last updated
29 September 2023
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As a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), Welsh Government is able to facilitate an opportunity for a small number of Welsh businesses to attend the following 4/5-day missions. 2023 MIT Digital Technology and Strategy Conference: Harnessing AI to Accelerate Digital Transformation – 25 to 26 October 2023 - Mission date: 23 to 27 October 2023 Digital transformation is revolutionizing the way enterprises develop, produce, promote, and distribute...
First published
29 September 2023
Last updated
29 September 2023
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Written Statement: Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government Today (27 September 2023), I am publishing the summary of responses to the recent consultation on non-domestic rates improvement relief in Wales. The consultation ran for 12 weeks from 16 May until 8 August 2023. Respondents to the consultation were generally in favour of the proposals to provide improvement relief and provided a range of comments. I am grateful for the detailed and considered...
First published
29 September 2023
Last updated
29 September 2023
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Do you have a business succession plan in place? Business owners plan for most things, but often succession is not one of them. With the growth of Employee Ownership (EO) in Wales, this session, on 24 October 2023 at 11am, will give you the information you need to start thinking about EO as your succession option. Aimed at business owners in Wales considering an exit from their company, this online session will give attendees the...
First published
28 September 2023
Last updated
28 September 2023
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are calling for businesses to stop using harmful website designs that can trick consumers into giving up more of their personal data than they would like. Practices include overly complicated privacy controls, default settings that give less control over personal information and bundling privacy choices together in ways that push consumers to share more data than they would otherwise wish to do. Where consumers...
First published
28 September 2023
Last updated
28 September 2023

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