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New draft guidance, AI Skills for Business , will support businesses to unleash the enormous potential of AI across their workforce, to upskill their workers with the tools they need for jobs alongside AI, developed in partnership with the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme and The Alan Turing Institute The guidance is intended to help employers boost their employees’ understanding of AI so they can use it safely in their day-to-day role, by setting out the...
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Fraud poses a major threat to the UK. It’s a crime that the finance industry is committed to tackling, but it’s also one that requires the combined efforts of every sector, both public and private, to overcome. Take Five is a national campaign that offers advice to help everyone protect themselves from financial fraud. This includes email deception and phone-based scams as well as online fraud – particularly where criminals impersonate trusted organisations. Businesses are...
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Some businesses have been contacted with requests to make payments to organisations purporting to be Business Wales. Business Wales do not request payments for any reason. Anyone who is contacted from a person or organisation purporting to be Business Wales and requesting payment should: not respond and report to the National Fraud Reporting Line Action Fraud by phone or online; keep as much of the detail as possible to include in the report particularly any...
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The Welsh Government want your views on proposals to amend school term dates. So that terms are more equal in length, with more evenly distributed breaks, for maintained schools in Wales. We are consulting on 3 matters: The principle of modifying the school year Options for implementing changes to the school year including being made in the 2025 to 2026 school year Suggested term dates for 2025 to 2026 school year The consultation is open...
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The Welsh Government has a vision to create one of the most sustainable food and drink supply chains in the world. In a world increasingly attuned to the environmental needs of the planet, it is becoming a prerequisite for food and drink manufacturers to be producing their goods with sustainability at the forefront of their thinking. Consumers now expect their food and drink to be sustainably sourced and delivered, relying on manufacturers to ensure this...
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Women make up nearly half of the UK working population, and women over 50 represent the fastest growing segment of the workforce, so there are few workplaces where menopause is not being experienced by your workers or someone in their immediate circle. Without proper support, many women and people with menopause symptoms feel forced to reduce their hours, pass up promotions or even quit their jobs because of a lack of support. Women and people...
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Wales Climate Week 2023 took place between 4 and 8 December 2023 (to coincide with COP28, Dubai on 30 November to 12 December 2023). The week was established by the Welsh Government in 2019 to bring together individuals and organisations across the public, private and third sectors to join in discussion, share learnings, stimulate new ideas and collaborate on solutions for tackling climate change. Wales Climate Week included a virtual conference and supporting programme of...
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Every year on 18 December, the world marks International Migrants Day, a day set aside to recognise the important contribution of migrants while highlighting the challenges they face. Regardless of the reasons that compel people to move, migrants and displaced people represent some of the most vulnerable and marginalised groups in society. Many migrant workers are often in temporary, informal, or unprotected jobs, which exposes them to a greater risk of insecurity, layoffs, and poor...
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Innovate UK have a wide range of funding opportunities open to Welsh business to innovate and invest in RD&I. The Welsh Government Innovation team can help you to access this funding and further support your business: CRISP23 - On-Line Innovation Funding Support Meeting Transforming cancer therapeutics UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million to develop next generation immunotherapies for cancer or life-changing treatments for paediatric cancers. Closing date 24...
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The Welsh Government want your views on our plans to amend the building regulations for Approved Document Part B (Fire Safety). And are proposing to: amend the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on external walls of buildings setting limits on the use of combustible materials on certain buildings over 11m introduce Evacuation Alert System (EAS) introduce Secure Information Boxes in all new blocks of flats with a floor of 11m or...

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