Since launching the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) Employment and Skills Plan 2019-22 in 2019 there has been a huge change in the way people work and the types of jobs on offer. However, more importantly there has been a significant change in the skills now required by industry to drive forward their businesses in a post pandemic world. The turbulent times over the last two years has meant that many new skills have been identified...
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The UK will celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s 70th anniversary as monarch with a blockbuster weekend of celebrations. The May Bank Holiday Weekend will be moved to Thursday 2 June and an additional Bank Holiday on Friday 3 June will see a four-day weekend to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. A Jubilee medal will be created and awarded to public services workers. Related content: UK bank holidays - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Platinum Jubilee Royal...
It has been over one year since the off payroll working rules (IR35) changed in the private and voluntary sectors. Some organisations who engage contractors in those sectors who didn’t need to apply the rules for 2021-22 as they didn’t meet the size conditions — may now need to apply the rules. Make sure you check the Employment Status Manual for whether the rules apply to your business every year. This is particularly true if...
Grants of up to £3,000 are available to enable rural pub owners, licensees, and local communities to work together to help support and sustain local services in Wales, Scotland and England. Pub is the Hub’s Community Services Fund will assist projects which support the needs of local communities by using pubs to offer a new service or replace a service that has already been lost, such as a local shop, library, post office or community...
The UK has announced new measures to support Ukraine in its conflict with Russia by removing all tariffs covered by the existing UK-Ukraine trade deal. The measures include: UK to cut tariffs on all goods from Ukraine to zero under the UK-Ukraine FTA, providing much-needed economic support. New export ban on products and technology that Russia could use to repress the people of Ukraine. Tariff measures are part of broad UK economic support to Ukraine...
A new law will help UK firms do business while maintaining strong protections for consumers, will come into effect on 1 June 2022 the UK government has announced. Currently, the UK has retained EU rules that exempt businesses from competition law in certain circumstances. The UK government has received expert advice from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, which recommended a new, bespoke competition law exemption for the UK, replacing the retained EU rules, which...
Across the globe, young people are stepping up to innovation challenges, using their energy and ingenuity, their curiosity and creativity to steer a course towards a better future. This year, the World Intellectual Property Day 2022’s theme focuses on IP and Youth innovating for a Better Future. Find out how young inventors, creators and entrepreneurs can use intellectual property (IP) rights to achieve their goals, generate income, create jobs, tackle local and global challenges and...
Claiming the right business expenses means you’ll pay the right amount of tax, find out by joining HMRC’s live webinars – during which you can ask questions using the on-screen text box. Car expenses and the self-employed If you’re using your own car for business, HMRC can tell you about ways to work out simplified and actual cost expenses, plus leasing a car and personal contract purchases. Register here Business expenses for the self-employed HMRC...
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £7.6 million (inclusive of VAT) to develop demonstrators that enable lower emissions and a greener railway, innovations in rail freight, and cost efficiencies and performance priorities for a reliable railway. This competition aims to demonstrate innovations to stakeholders and railway customers in a representative railway environment. This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition funded by the Department for Transport (DfT). This competition is part...
Hay Festival has unveiled the full programme for its 35th spring edition in Hay-on-Wye, from 26 May to 5 June 2022, with more than 500 in-person events. Returning for its first in-person spring event since 2019, Hay Festival is the world’s leading festival of ideas, bringing readers and writers together in sustainable events to inspire, examine and entertain. Events begin with the free Programme for Schools before HAYDAYS and #HAYYA events for families encourage young...