This year’s Autolink event will be held at Cardiff City Stadium on 19 October 2021. It’s an opportunity for businesses involved in the Welsh automotive industry to come along and hear about innovation, supply chain opportunities and challenges. Speakers include: Vaughan Gething MS, Minister For Economy Ian Henry, Autoanalysis HMM (Europe) LTD Professor Dr Richard Keegan BE, CENG(R), MCOMM, PHD, FIEI(R) Meritor HVBS and the APC For further information and to book your place, visit...
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The First Minister, Mark Drakeford, will today publish new plans to help keep Wales open and safe during the difficult autumn and winter months ahead. The Welsh Government is publishing an updated Coronavirus Control Plan, which outlines the key actions, which could be put in place to control the spread of the virus. Wales will remain at alert level zero for the next three weeks, following the latest review of the coronavirus regulations. This means...
Taking place from 18 to 22 October 2021. This year’s event provides a fresh opportunity to celebrate apprenticeships in the sector and bring the whole hospitality community together to showcase the unique and diverse career pathways that the fantastic and exciting sector offers. The week will seek to challenge the misconceptions linked to careers in hospitality and how working in hospitality is ‘#MoreThanAJob’. There will be a different theme each day during Hospitality Apprenticeships Week...
A new flexible programme focused on helping young people aged 16-18 reach their full potential and take their first steps into the world of work is being launched by the Welsh Government. The innovative Jobs Growth Wales+ programme will aim to create life changing opportunities for those who are not in education, employment or training. It will also become a fundamental element of the Welsh Government’s Young Person’s Guarantee, which is determined to ensure there...
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to support the development of outstanding women, trans and non-binary songwriters and composers of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career. The funding is available to support touring, recording, promotion and marketing, community projects involving high-quality music creators, music creator residencies and live performances featuring new UK music. The funding is being made available through the Performing Rights Society (PRS) for Music Foundation’s Woman make...
Are you an SME based in Wales with intellectual property you’d like to take to market? AgorIP is inviting small to medium businesses to apply for support and funding! They can help you bring new technologies and ideas to the market and facilitate the commercialisation of your research. AgorIP is a unique innovation project working to bring ideas and inventions to life. Part Funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government and...
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has announced dates for a new series of webinars designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises work with the defence sector. They are free to attend and businesses do not need to have worked previously with Dstl or in the defence sector. Attendance is welcomed from equipment and material manufacturers, engineers, innovators, researchers, academics, and others who have a genuine interest and ability to work with Dstl. Webinar...
World Mental Health Day celebrates awareness for the global community in an empathetic way, with a unifying voice, helping those feel hopeful by empowering them to take action and to create lasting change. Mental health problems can affect anyone, any day of the year, but 10 October is a great day to show your support for better mental health and start looking after your own wellbeing. The Mental Health Foundation have a coronavirus mental health...
The Healthy Working Wales (HWW) programme, delivered by Public Health Wales on behalf of Welsh Government, is delighted to announce their virtual Covid-19 commendation event taking place on Wednesday 8 December 2021. This event will celebrate employers across Wales, who have demonstrated innovation, creativity and dedication to their staff wellbeing in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The event will be a place where businesses can learn from each other and showcase their achievements during this...
There have been a lot of discussions and debate around the theme of self-employment. How and why do individuals become entrepreneurs or decide to go into self-employment or start their own business? Obviously some people are forced into it as a result of redundancy or job losses in the current climate, however, others that have well paid secure jobs also decide to go it alone! The latter group are the ones that really interest us...