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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million in grant funding to deliver AI demonstrator projects to enhance supply chain efficiency and boost productivity. This competition is an excellent opportunity for organisations passionate about leveraging AI to tackle business supply chain challenges in key sectors such as construction, transport, logistics warehousing, and agriculture and food processing. Who should apply: Enthusiasts spearheading AI solutions and teams tackling business supply chain challenges...
First published
23 July 2024
Last updated
23 July 2024
Llandeilo nursery
A small business owner has urged parents to sign up for the Welsh Government’s Childcare Offer before the autumn term starts. Lisa Jones, who runs Y Diod café in Llandeilo, said the Childcare Offer was easy to apply for and has made a huge difference to her life. The Childcare Offer provides up to 30 hours of funded early education and childcare for parents in work, education or training with children aged 3 to 4...
First published
23 July 2024
Last updated
23 July 2024
Food and drink
Statistics published today show the food and drink industry in Wales grew by 10% last year. Businesses in the sector had a total turnover of £24.6bn in 2023, compared to £22.3bn in 2022. The statistics are for the food and drink supply chain, which contains manufacturing and packaging, agriculture and fishing, retail and wholesale, and non-residential catering. The number of businesses increased by 1%, to 28,768 in 2023. The food and drink supply chain employed...
First published
22 July 2024
Last updated
23 July 2024
Woman being harassed - hand up to stay top
The law on preventing sexual harassment in the workplace is changing. On 26 October 2024 the new Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 will come into force. The Act introduces a new positive legal obligation on employers to take reasonable steps to protect their workers from sexual harassment. If an employer breaches the preventative duty, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) will have the power to take enforcement action against the...
First published
22 July 2024
Last updated
22 July 2024
Green arrows and Welsh flag
A brand new series of events from Business Wales supporting the Foundational Economy in Wales. Explore local opportunities for your business at our exclusive Expos presented by the Foundational Economy team and Business Wales. With a focus on key foundational economy sectors like food, social care, construction, housing, retail, and transport decarbonisation, including many opportunities for SMEs that supply and cater for these sectors, there's something for everyone. Join us for a revolutionary, free to...
First published
22 July 2024
Last updated
22 July 2024
Text - Wales now has the most community awarded Green Flag sites in the world
Keep Wales Tidy is the charity committed to working with local communities across Wales to protect our environment now and for the future. Wales is flying more Community Green Flags than any other country worldwide. A new record number of Green Flags are flying at green spaces across Wales, following Keep Wales Tidy’s announcement of Green Flag and Green Flag Community Awarded spaces for 2024/25. The Green Flag Award, delivered in Wales by Keep Wales...
First published
19 July 2024
Last updated
19 July 2024
20mph road sign
New guidance to support highways authorities when making decisions on local speed limits has been published. The guidance has been co-developed with highways authorities, the Welsh Local Government Association, and the County Surveyor’s Society for Wales, following a National Listening Programme led by the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport, Ken Skates. From September, highway authorities can start to apply the new framework to assess speed limits on roads where a change is considered...
First published
19 July 2024
Last updated
19 July 2024
Unimaq staff using a measuring tool - manufacturing
Businesses and landowners are invited to participate in a significant new opportunity. Working with Ambition North Wales, Flintshire and Wrexham Councils have announced an open call for projects and sites to inform the development of an Advanced Manufacturing Investment Zone for North East Wales. An understanding of suitable sites and investment projects will help set out the scope and ambition for what the Investment Zone can achieve. The chance to be involved is an incredibly...
First published
18 July 2024
Last updated
18 July 2024
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Gain essential skills, training, advice, mentorship, and access to interest-free financing needed to launch your own business or enterprise. The Assadaqaat Community Finance (ACF) Women Entrepreneurship Programme is designed for women from all communities in Wales, with a special focus on those from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. Whether you’re a refugee, asylum seeker, or from a migrant community, if you have a business idea or are considering starting your own business, this programme...
First published
18 July 2024
Last updated
18 July 2024
Royal Arcade Cardiff
A Bill to reform the local tax system in Wales, including non-domestic rates and council tax, has today (16 July 2024) been passed by the Senedd. The Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill establishes a series of changes to improve the tax systems. It will make them fairer and work better for the future needs of Wales, by ensuring local taxes reflect economic circumstances more regularly. For non-domestic rates (also known as business rates), the Bill...
First published
18 July 2024
Last updated
18 July 2024

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