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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
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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
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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
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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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Funding Wales has been created by Third Sector Support Wales to help you find funding for your charity, community group or social organisation. Third Sector Support Wales is a network of support organisations for the whole of the third sector in Wales. It consists of the 19 local and regional support bodies across Wales, the County Voluntary Councils (CVCs) and the national membership body for voluntary organisations in Wales, Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)...
First published
17 July 2024
Last updated
17 July 2024
Ysgol Llanrug
A new Welsh Language and Education Bill to ensure that no child misses out on the opportunity to become a confident Welsh speaker. The Welsh Government has published the new Welsh Language and Education Bill, aimed at giving every child in Wales a fair opportunity to speak Welsh independently and confidently, whatever their background or schooling. Currently, pupils' ability to speak Welsh varies significantly depending on which school they attend- the Bill sets out to...
First published
17 July 2024
Last updated
17 July 2024
Huw Irranca-Davies Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, has, today (Wednesday, 17 July 2024), confirmed a number of schemes to support farmers and landowners before the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) is introduced in 2026. In May, a new timeframe for the Sustainable Farming Scheme was introduced as part of a Welsh Government commitment to listening to farmers and rural communities. The scheme will now begin in 2026, giving more time to engage with...
First published
17 July 2024
Last updated
17 July 2024
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The Growth Guarantee Scheme is the successor to the Recovery Loan Scheme. It is designed to support access to finance for UK smaller businesses as they look to invest and grow. The Growth Guarantee Scheme launched with accredited lenders on 1 July 2024, with a wide range of products supported by different lenders, including term loans, overdrafts, asset finance, invoice finance and asset-based lending. The Growth Guarantee Scheme can generally support facility sizes of up...
First published
16 July 2024
Last updated
16 July 2024
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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 July edition of the Employer Bulletin includes articles on: PAYE Settlement Agreement calculations 2023 to 2024 paying Class 1A National Insurance contributions improving the Self-Serve Time to Pay service for PAYE and VAT customers Self Assessment threshold change Spotlight 64 — warning for employment agencies using umbrella companies employment related...
First published
16 July 2024
Last updated
16 July 2024

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