The UK Government has published the draft Target Operating Model (TOM), outlining how it intends to deliver the 2025 Border Strategy. This will affect the import of sanitary and phytosanitary goods (SPS) from the EU (mainly the Republic of Ireland) through Welsh ports. SPS goods include: Plants Products of animal origin Live animals High risk food and feed not of animal origin They will be subject to extra checks at points-of-entry to safeguard biosecurity and...
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Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has announced that it is opening its travel scholarship for applications and that the hunt for their 2023 Scholarship winner is now on. Open to anyone above the age of 18 working in the red meat sector in Wales, the HCC Scholarship awards engaged and enthusiastic individuals with a Scholarship worth £4,000 to study an aspect of red meat production or processing anywhere in the world. Previous...
The Welsh Business shows are Wales’ largest business to business exhibition comprising of three national shows. The shows provide a platform for businesses of all sizes to showcase their products and services. The shows are an opportunity for you to acquire new business techniques, listen to inspiring keynote speakers, seek expert advice, gain knowledge from other delegates and exhibitors and improve business contacts through networking. This year’s dates and venues are: 25 April 2023 –...
Whilst digital technology and video calling make it much easier to maintain customer relationships, businesses tell us that people do business with people, and nothing builds new relationships better than face to face contact. Visiting markets to meet new and potential customers is a crucial element of winning and keeping business. To support businesses in Wales to do that, Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething, recently unveiled a packed programme of international trade missions and exhibitions. The...
Free school meal holiday provision will continue to be available to children from lower income families for the Easter and Whitsun school holidays. The funding is an agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru. During the Easter holidays individual local authorities will decide how to administer the free meal provision, either by creating lunches or by providing vouchers or direct payments to eligible families. With the cost-of-living crisis continuing to have an impact on...
Numbers of HGV, bus and coach drivers could be boosted through proposed reforms to driver training rules. Some of the proposed changes aim to help make it more affordable and more efficient for drivers to renew their qualifications or return to the industry. The new consultation proposes reforms to the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC). The consultation closes on 27 April 2023. For further information please select the following link Driver Certificate of Professional...
Welsh communities will be better supported to address high levels of second home ownership and empty properties as new local tax rules come into force today (1 April 2023). It marks another milestone in the implementation of a series of measures being introduced as part of the Welsh Government’s Co-operation Agreement commitment with Plaid Cymru to address the impact of second homes and empty homes on communities across the nation. The rules have become operational...
Greenwashing is the practice by which companies claim they are doing more for the environment than they actually are. Greenwashing has increased as: companies’ climate commitments are on the rise consumers increasingly seek to buy more sustainable products companies are incentivised to make products more attractive to consumers employees are attracted to work for companies with strong sustainability credentials Making false environmental claims hampers decarbonisation progress and impact. If greenwashing is not addressed, it will...
Smart Manufacturing Data Hub (SMDH), led by Ulster University, aims to support 10,000 UK manufacturing SMEs to uptake, learn and implement digital transformation technology in their factories through a range of support initiatives and funding measures. The programme is supported by £50 million of funding under the Made Smarter Initiative from Innovate UK. Support for SMEs will include education and expert advice on digitalisation pathways, implementation of data driven technology and funding to help manufacturing...
The customer focused company talks to customers in their language. Their language is the language of benefits - how your product or service improves their lives. It's also the language of impact - how does this give me a return on my investment. And finally, it's the language of evidence - show me the proof. In Winning Pitch, we use the acronym F.B.I.E: Features Benefits Impact Evidence It really is amazing how often customers, even...