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There are more than three million of us in Wales. No one can do everything to tackle climate change, but everyone can do something. The Welsh Government has called for a decade of action to tackle the climate crisis with our commitment in law to achieve net zero by 2050. Our Climate Action Wales campaign aims to help people understand what actions they can take to make long-term positive changes. There are communication assets available...

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12 December 2023

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12 December 2023

HMRC publishes the Employer Bulletin 6 times a year, giving employers and agents the latest information on topics and issues that may affect them. The December edition of Employer Bulletin includes articles on: National Minimum Wage, Geographical Compliance Approach - support employers payrolling expenses and benefits for the 2024 to 2025 tax year off-payroll working rules (IR35) - opportunity to pause settlement help to check if work qualifies for Research and Development tax relief make...

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12 December 2023

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12 December 2023

In Net Zero Wales (2021), the Welsh Government re-stated its commitment to affect a ‘just transition’ away from the fossil-fuelled economy of the past to a new low carbon future. Delivering a just transition will mean, as we move to a cleaner, stronger, fairer Wales, we will leave no-one behind. An effective and fair transition needs to be planned and coordinated in a coherent way. We know that meeting Wales’ climate change targets will require...

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12 December 2023

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12 December 2023

Ecology, nature preservation, sustainable development, green business concept. Infinity icon symbol paper.

Up to £1 million is available to fund businesses, third sector organisation or academia to work with the public sector in Wales to develop innovative solutions to reduce single use products. Challenge theme: Designing out waste – reimagining products used in the public sector so that they are designed from the outset to enable more effective reuse, minimise waste and reduce whole-life costs Retaining value for reuse – enabling current ‘waste’ to be repurposed, extracting...

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11 December 2023

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11 December 2023

The Investment Fund for Wales offers a range of commercial finance options with: smaller loans from £25,000 to £100,000 debt finance from £100,000 to £2 million equity investment up to £5 million The fund covers the whole of Wales, including rural, coastal and urban areas. It is increasing the supply and diversity of early-stage finance for smaller businesses across Wales, providing funds to businesses that might otherwise not receive investment and helping to break down...

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11 December 2023

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11 December 2023

Louis Thomas, Openreach specialist engineer (part of team that worked to connect Picton Castle); Dr Rhiannon Talbot-English, Picton Castle Director; Martin Williams, Openreach Partnership Director for Wales.

More than 44,000 homes and businesses across Wales are benefiting from improved connectivity thanks to the Welsh Government’s rollout of fast full fibre broadband. In partnership with Openreach, the four-year project, which has now completed, has given access to full fibre connectivity to thousands more properties than the original target of 39,000. The rollout, which has come in under its original budget of £57 million, was thanks to Welsh Government and EU funding, investment from...

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8 December 2023

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8 December 2023

Scientist computing, analysing and visualising complex data set on computer

The Regulatory Sandbox is a free service developed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), to support organisations who are creating products and services which utilise personal data in innovative and safe ways. If you’re part of an organisation that’s tackling complex data protection considerations as you create innovative new products and services, the ICO’s Regulatory Sandbox team wants to hear from you. The ICO are accepting expressions of interest until 31 December 2023, under the...

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8 December 2023

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8 December 2023

People of different ethnicities uniting to cooperate together

10 December 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 and sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, colour, religion...

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8 December 2023

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8 December 2023

The Welsh Government is making £1 million available to support new projects which can help reduce ammonia emissions with the application window opening today (2 November 2023). The focus of this Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) challenge is the agriculture sector in Wales. The challenge aims to help businesses develop innovative products and services which can make a real difference to lessen the harmful impacts of the pollutant on the land and in the atmosphere...

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8 December 2023

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8 December 2023

The re-launched Volunteering Wales platform is a simple, effective and completely free way for organisations and volunteers to find each other. Managed by TSSW (Third Sector Support Wales), the new Volunteering Wales website links volunteers with the voluntary organisations that need them, and it couldn’t be simpler to take advantage of it. It’s free to use, and over a thousand organisations have already taken advantage to start advertising their volunteering opportunities to the Welsh public...

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7 December 2023

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7 December 2023

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