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Join Detective Inspector Paul Hall from the Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales (WCRC) and Cyber Essentials Analyst Joe Checketts from IASME as they host an online workshop to help you understand the Cyber Essentials accreditation process. The session will include: An introduction to what Cyber Essentials is and the benefits The difference between Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus How to apply and the process to complete the assessment The WCRC’s Cyber Essentials partner Morgan...
First published
17 October 2024
Last updated
17 October 2024
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Beat the festive rush and get all your letters and parcels in the post on time. Allow plenty of time for posting and post items and gifts for Christmas early, particularly for international deliveries: This year’s latest recommended posting dates below: Wednesday, 18 December 2024 – 2nd Class, 2nd Class Signed For Friday, 20 December 2024 – 1st Class, 1st Class Signed For, Royal Mail Tracked 48® Saturday, 21 December 2024 – Royal Mail Tracked...
First published
17 October 2024
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17 October 2024
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Trustees are the people in charge of a charity. They play a vital role, volunteering their time and working together to make important decisions about the charity’s work. Trustees’ Week is an annual event to showcase the great work that trustees do and highlight opportunities for people from all walks of life to get involved and make a difference. This year Trustees week takes place from 4 November to 8 November 2024. Events all around...
First published
17 October 2024
Last updated
17 October 2024
Awards
You can nominate businesses or companies for the Eisteddfod Legacy Business Awards 2024. The categories are: Use of Welsh Visible use of Welsh Special award Local Diolch award Croeso i’r ŵyl award The closing date for nominations is Friday 8 November, and the shortlist will be published on Monday 18 November, to mark 100 days since the Rhondda Cynon Taf National Eisteddfod. The awards will be presented at a special breakfast ceremony at the Lido...
First published
16 October 2024
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16 October 2024
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The Wales Book of the Year Award is an annual prize celebrating outstanding literary talent from Wales across many genres and in both English and Welsh. There are twelve awards in total with a collective prize fund of £14,000. In both Welsh and English there are four category winners, one People’s Choice winner and one overall winner. Submissions are now open for the 2025 award. Publishers and self-published authors are invited to read the eligibility...
First published
16 October 2024
Last updated
16 October 2024
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Living wage week takes place from 4 November to 10 November 2024 and is the annual celebration of the Living Wage movement in the UK. The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate that is voluntarily paid by over 15,000 UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a wage which meets everyday needs – like the weekly shop, or a surprise trip to the dentist. What happens in living wage week? Events up...
First published
16 October 2024
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16 October 2024
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On Diwrnod Shwmae Su’mae, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, Mark Drakeford has urged community groups to apply for funding to help the Welsh language thrive from the Perthyn Small Grants Scheme. Community groups are able to apply for a small grant to help them set up a new social enterprise, and/or community-led housing projects. The grant aims to create economic opportunities, provide affordable housing, and support Welsh-speaking communities with high numbers of...
First published
15 October 2024
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15 October 2024
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Show Racism the Red Card's annual Wear Red Day (WRD) will be taking place on Friday 18 October 2024. WRD is a national day of action which encourages schools, businesses and individuals to wear red and donate money to help facilitate the delivery of anti-racism education for young people and adults. Every penny raised during WRD enables the campaign to work with more young people and adults across the UK to challenge racism in society...
First published
15 October 2024
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15 October 2024
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The Small Business Commissioner , with the support of the Department of Business and Trade, will be launching a new Fair Payment Code later in 2024. The new Code will reward business for adopting fair payment practices for suppliers of all sizes and small suppliers in particular. The new Code will include a set of fair payment principles that companies are required to sign up to, as well as three award categories: Gold – For...
First published
15 October 2024
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15 October 2024
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The First Minister Eluned Morgan will meet multinational businesses and investors at the International Investment Summit in London today. The Summit is the UK Government’s flagship investment event, bringing together 300 industry leaders to discuss investment and showcase the strengths that exist across the UK nations. The First Minister will meet current and prospective investors to Wales at the Summit. Wales is home to 1,480 foreign-owned companies, employing almost 175,000 people, including in growth industries...
First published
14 October 2024
Last updated
14 October 2024

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