The British Library’s Business & IP Centre (BIPC) has relaunched its 'Reset. Restart' programme of free webinars, designed to help you overcome obstacles and thrive in the current climate. Restart began during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with the aim to support small businesses to adapt and weather the storm. Even though the set of challenges business owners are facing today have changed, help is just as necessary now as it was then. Meet...
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Ensure you accurately reflect increased NIC thresholds in your July payroll. On 23 March 2022 the UK Government announced that from 6 July 2022 National Insurance thresholds would be increased. To accommodate this change, payroll software, including HMRC’s Basic PAYE Tools, will need to be updated. This may happen automatically, or you might need to take action. It is important that payments due to be made on 6 July 2022 or later use the correct...
MADE Cymru and University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) have organised a series of free online and in-person events to inform, engage and inspire businesses. The Industry Summit from 21 to 23 June 2022 will discuss how Welsh manufacturing businesses can turn post Covid challenges into opportunities through collaboration with academia. The summit will be opened by Julie James, MS, Minister for Climate Change, who will deliver the keynote speech entitled, ‘What is the...
The UK government is closing the plug-in car grant scheme, from 14 June 2022 to new orders after successfully kickstarting the UK’s electric car revolution and supporting the sale of nearly half a million electric cars. To continue the UK government’s drive towards net zero and ensure effective use of taxpayer funds, £300 million in grant funding will now be refocused towards extending plug-in grants to boost sales of plug-in taxis, motorcycles, vans and trucks...
Nominations are now open for the Park Protector Awards 2022! Campaign for National Parks has once again teamed up with BBC Countryfile Magazine for the Park Protector Awards 2022. National Parks are facing huge challenges, from the impact of the climate crisis to over a decade of funding cuts, making it harder to cope with record visitor numbers. Park protectors ensure the landscape is cared for and more people can enjoy National Parks sustainably: from...
Research and development funding for feasibility studies and technology trials in clean maritime technologies to accelerate maritime decarbonisation in the UK. The Department for Transport will work with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, to invest £12 million in innovative feasibility studies and pre-deployment projects. This competition is part of a suite of interventions to be launched by the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE). UK SHORE aims to transform the...
We want to help your business reach a Green Goal and receive up to £5,000 for your business or start up idea*. Do you think your business could be greener or are you looking for help to start a greener business? We’re here to support you. We are offering fantastic awards to help you start or improve your early start business and build in some green steps. 1st award £5,000 2nd award £2,000 13 x...
This year’s International Women in Engineering Day takes place on 23 June 2022 and the theme is Inventors and Innovators #INWED22 This year we’ll be celebrating the amazing work that women engineers around the world are doing to support lives and livelihoods every day and are profiling the best, brightest and bravest women in engineering, the inventors and innovators who dare to be part of the solution and are helping to build towards a brighter...
Under the BFI Network Wales offer, Ffilm Cymru commissions world-class live-action, documentary and animated short films in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales. Beacons provides funding as well as creative and practical support, training and mentoring opportunities to help filmmakers advance their careers. Beacons short films have achieved success at festivals, won numerous awards, been broadcast on BBC Wales and released on iPlayer. Who can apply? We accept applications from: Writer, director (or writer-director) and producer...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Accident Book is a valuable document that organisations can use to record accident information. The Accident Book can be used to record details of all work-related accidents including injuries from accidents at work that employers must report under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 ( RIDDOR). The book contains 50 perforated accident record forms and is designed to support users in being GDPR compliant. For...