If you manufacture, design or develop products in Wales, then why not enter the Made in Wales Awards 2020. The Award’s celebrate the great products, innovations and ideas from companies of all sizes across Wales. These are the categories for 2020: digital engineering / technology award manufacturing innovation award export award food and drink award sustainable / ethical manufacturer award manufacturing apprenticeship / training scheme apprentice of the year medical, life sciences and healthcare award...
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The PopUp Business School Summer Photo Challenge is for anyone who runs a business, is self-employed, or has the first inkling of a business idea. Take part for the chance to win a £200 Amazon voucher or one of four £50 runner-up vouchers. To enter, just take one picture that illustrates some part of what you do, or want to do, for your business this summer. Whether you make, bake, clean or cook, fix cars...
The UK government wants to change the law to make ‘smart’ products - like televisions, cameras and household appliances which connect to the internet - safer and more secure for people to use and are seeking views on their proposals. Views are welcomed from all interested parties, including individual organisations impacted by the proposed regulation, trade associations, consumer groups and cyber security subject-matter experts. The closing date to submit your views is 6 September 2020...
Wearing a lanyard or badge bearing the ‘Iaith Gwaith’ logo is a great way of showing customers that you and/or your staff speak or are learning Welsh. To order your free merchandise, all you need to do is: Log into or create an account on the 'Helo Blod' website by registering with SOC here Click on ‘New Request’ within your 'Helo Blod' and Me account Select ‘I have a question/query’ and then follow the instructions...
BT have launched a Small Business Support Scheme, introducing a range of new measures to help small businesses including: boosting connectivity – funding ultrafast business connections, bursaries for UK start-ups, helping small businesses to go cashless better cash flow – prompt payment for BT’s small business suppliers, financial flexibility for the hardest hit building confidence – mentoring, accessing digital and social media advertising, acquire new digital skills, wellbeing support For further information please visit the...
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published an online survey and a call for evidence to seek views about Capital Gains Tax (CGT). The OTS wants to hear directly from individuals and businesses as well as professional advisers and representative bodies about which aspects of capital gains tax are particularly complex and hard to get right, and to hear any suggestions for improvements. The call for evidence comes in two sections: the first seeks...
The Childcare Offer was suspended in April to allow resources to be refocused, to support the childcare needs of critical workers and vulnerable children through the Coronavirus Childcare Assistance Scheme (C-CAS). As Wales moves to ease more lockdown restrictions and with schools set to return from September, the Offer will reopen for applications enabling families to start accessing the funded childcare. Parents who would have been eligible for the Offer in the summer term, but...
Employers can claim the Job Retention Bonus (JRB) for all eligible employees who have been furloughed. Businesses will receive a one-off payment of £1,000 for every previously furloughed employee if they are still employed at the end of January 2021. Further details on the JRB can be found here, full guidance will be published in September 2020.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is encouraging motorists whose MOT is due this autumn to get their vehicle’s MOT done as soon as possible to beat the expected rush for tests. Cars, motorcycles and light vans that were due an MOT between 30 March and 31 July 2020 were given a 6-month extension to help keep motorists moving during the coronavirus pandemic. Vehicles that are due an MOT from 1 August 2020 will...
Employees with more than 2 years’ continuous service who are made redundant are usually entitled to a statutory redundancy payment that is based on length of service, age and pay, up to a statutory maximum. The UK Government have brought in legislation from Friday 31 July 2020 that will: ensure that furloughed employees receive statutory redundancy pay based on their normal wages, rather than a reduced furlough rate mean those furloughed under the Coronavirus Job...