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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...
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2 October 2023
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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)...
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29 September 2023
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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...
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29 September 2023
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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
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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
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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
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28 September 2023
A lake in the shape of the world's continents in the middle of untouched nature. A metaphor for ecological travel, conservation, climate change, global warming and the fragility of nature.
Every year 27 September is celebrated as World Tourism Day (WTD) all over the world with the aim to raise awareness of the important role that tourism plays in building social, cultural and political values worldwide. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is a special agency of the UN established to promote sustainable, responsible and universally accessible tourism. Every year a theme is decided by the UNWTO to celebrate WTD. This year will be...
First published
27 September 2023
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27 September 2023
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It's important that all businesses are ready for the Carer's Leave Act becoming law. Find out how Carers Wales can help you get prepared. The Carer’s Leave Act 2023 received Royal Assent in May 2023 and the law will be enacted in 2024, by which time you need to be prepared to deliver changes to the way you offer support to all unpaid carers in your workforce. Carers UK and Carers Wales will be providing...
First published
27 September 2023
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27 September 2023
Minister for Finance, Rebecca Evans
The Welsh Government has heralded France as ‘destination numéro un’ for Welsh food and drink exports at a gastronomic celebration in Lyon. An industry valued at a delectable £150million to Wales’s economy, the Welsh Government has joined forces with Hybu Cig Cymru, Food Innovation Wales and Welsh food and drink companies to host a delicious showcase event as part of their presence in France during the Rugby World Cup and the Welsh Government’s ‘Wales in...
First published
27 September 2023
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27 September 2023
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Scaling businesses play a key role in the UK's economy. It is vital that business voices are heard and the barriers that hold back continued growth are removed. The ScaleUp Institute works to make the UK the best place in the world for a business to scale up and grow and their Annual Scaleup Survey provides important data and evidence to help ensure that you receive the support you need to maintain, achieve and exceed...
First published
26 September 2023
Last updated
26 September 2023

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