The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have published new principles and guidance to support businesses to create an inclusive approach to workplace health. Employers can use the simple principles to create an enabling workplace culture, where disabled workers and workers with long-term health conditions feel valued and thrive. Their Talking Toolkit can help structure conversations with workers and potential recruits. HSE has developed the guidance to help support Health is Everybody’s Business. Working closely with...
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Wales’ international food and drink trade event, BlasCymru/TasteWales, will take place on 25 and 26 October 2023. The two-day event organised by the Welsh Government’s Food & Drink Wales division brings together food and drink producers with national and international buyers and food industry professionals. The event, which will be held at ICC Wales in Newport, has been key in previous years in creating new business opportunities for Welsh businesses and has seen produce from...
Did you know that as of December 2022, over 450 organisations have signed up to the Welsh Government’s Code of Practice on Ethical Employment in Supply Chains? Since the Code was launched in 2017, the number of organisations signing up has steadily increased. Signatories represent a wide range of sectors. These include public bodies, third sector organisations, and businesses from sectors as diverse as construction, healthcare, cleaning services, and TV and film production. What does...
The Photonics21 Innovation Award is a competition for business ideas at an early stage. It can be a simple thought, an idea you cannot get out of your head or an idea that you have been working with for a while. Photonics21 aims to support talented makers, students, and young entrepreneurs, who have a real interest in developing an idea into a product by combining creativity with photonics. The contest consists of a cash prize...
Fairtrade Fortnight will be back from 27 February to 12 March 2023. During Fairtrade Fortnight, thousands of individuals, companies and groups across the UK come together to share the stories of the people who grow our food and drinks, mine our gold and who grow the cotton in our clothes, people who are often exploited and underpaid. For further information visit Fairtrade Fairtrade Fortnight 2023 - Fair Trade Wales If you run a business find...
The deadlines for paying your tax bill are usually: 31 January - for any tax you owe for the previous tax year (known as a balancing payment) and your first payment on account 31 July for your second payment on account Make sure you pay HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by the deadline. You’ll be charged interest and may have to pay a penalty if your payment is late. The time you need to allow...
Success is built on dreams - but it won't happen by magic. So many people fail to reach their full potential, the main reason being that they just keep thinking and neglect to remember. "They need to do the doing!" Some thoughts: Success is 20% strategy - 80% doing. Work on the basis of "life is unfair and owes you nothing" - a great starting point. Are winners born or made - THEY ARE MADE...
Moneyworks Wales is a collaboration of 10 not-for-profit financial cooperatives, working together to build a brighter financial future for Welsh employees. Are you an employer who wants to improve staff financial wellbeing? Did you know that 1 in 4 workers say money worries have affected their ability to do their job? Moneyworks is designed to build financial wellbeing for employees – a vital part of their overall wellbeing, productivity and performance at work. Simple to...
Llwybrau. Wales, by Trails’ picks up from the success of Visit Wales’ previous five themes to date (Adventure, Legends, Sea, Discovery, Outdoors). There are many ways you can use trails to breathe new life into your activities, events, marketing materials and other areas of your business. In 2023 the year is all about: finding forgotten treasures embracing journeys of the senses making memories along pathways around attractions, activities, landscapes and coastlines From Monet (Amgueddfa Cymru)...
Businesses will be given an additional 2 years to apply new product safety marking. The UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking has been introduced as part of the UK’s own robust regulatory framework. It shows that products comply with product safety regulations which are designed to protect consumers. However, given the difficult economic conditions the UK Government does not want to burden business with the requirement to meet the original (31 December 2022) deadline. The UK...