North Wales Digital Drive are a not-for-profit social enterprise (also termed a Community Interest Company) and the only treatment centre of this kind in North Wales, offering secure and professional recycling, re-use and disposal services for all IT equipment. The social enterprise has provided equipment to organisations across North Wales and needs more businesses and public sector bodies to help them out so they can keep up with the demand. After the secure removal of...
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The Digital Leaders 100 Awards are back for a 9th year! These awards celebrate the individuals and organisations from the public, private and non-profit sectors who are demonstrating a pioneering and sustainable approach to digital transformation in the UK. This year’s categories are: Digital Leader Young Digital Digital SME AI Innovation Digital Skills or Talent Initiative Big Data Innovation Digital Public Service Innovation Geospatial Innovation 5G Innovation HealthTech Innovation Special Categories: Craig Macdonald Memorial Prize...
EU citizens in Wales will still be able to access free and confidential support for their EU Settlement Scheme applications until 31 December 2021, the Welsh Government have confirmed. The Home Office’s EU Settlement Scheme, known as EUSS, offered EU, non-EU EEA and Swiss citizens, and their eligible family members the opportunity to protect their residency since the UK left the European Union. The scheme closed at the end of June 2021, however late applications...
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious awards for UK businesses of all sizes and sectors. The awards can provide: excellent marketing opportunities and press coverage worldwide recognition as an outstanding British company increased turnover and international trade a boost to staff morale, and also to partners and stakeholders The awards are a self-nominating process and are free to enter. The application period is currently open, and will close on 22 September 2021...
Chwarae Teg will be working with employers to create workplace policies, reporting mechanisms and support processes that can be rolled out across organisations to make workplaces safer for everyone and are recruiting 20 employers from across Wales to take part in this pioneering project. They are looking for one individual from each organisation to commit to three ½ day sessions during September and October this year. If you are interested in taking part in the...
Cybercrime is on the rise as is the severity of attacks. Whether you’re a micro business, SME or large corporation, understanding how to safeguard your organisation against a breach is a crucial element to all-round success. Knowing where to start with cyber resilience measures can appear to be a costly and complicated minefield but that’s a myth which the Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales (WCRC) is working hard to eradicate and re-educate business owners and...
A new digital renewals service that slashes bulk renewal time for IP rights from 5 days to 5 minutes has now been opened up to all customers by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). For the first time, customers who need to renew a registered design can do so online. Customers can also renew up to 1,500 IP rights, - including combinations of patents, trade marks and designs - in a single digital transaction. The IPO...
First Minister Mark Drakeford is urging people in Wales to get vaccinated and keep taking familiar steps to help address rising coronavirus cases. It comes as he confirms there will be no significant changes to Covid rules in this 21-day regulations cycle. Three weeks ago Wales moved to Alert Level Zero. This removed legal restrictions on meeting others and enabled all businesses to open, while also keeping key legal protections in place. Face coverings are...
Businesses affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will now be protected from eviction until 25 March 2022. As part of a package of interventions the Welsh Government is making to support businesses, the moratorium against forfeiture for the non-payment of rent will now be further extended. It was originally due to end on 30 September 2021. This measure will ensure that landlords of relevant commercial premises are prevented from forfeiting the leases of such premises...
The NHS COVID Pass lets you share your coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination records in a secure way. It allows you to prove to others that you have been vaccinated. This could be for: travelling abroad showing your employer that you are fully vaccinated and are not required to self-isolate if you’re identified as a contact attending certain events or venues For further information please visit GOV.Wales.