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Stashed Products team members
A Powys-based manufacturing company with a customer base that includes Olympic gold medallists, formula one drivers and celebrity cyclists, is celebrating reaching £2 million sales, a significant milestone for the company since receiving export support from Business Wales. Elliot Tanner launched Stashed Products in 2021, after spotting a gap in the market for his bike storage solutions system. But what started as a lockdown side project, now sees product manufactured in the small village of...
Helo Blod, a free Welsh translation and advice service, is celebrating translating 1 million words having introduced more than 1000 businesses across Wales to the benefits of using more Welsh as part of a push to help double the daily use of Welsh by 2050. Launched in March 2020 to support the Welsh Government’s Cymraeg 2050 strategy, Helo Blod offers businesses and charities up to 500 words a month translated, free of charge. The fast...
20mph sign
New data shows casualties have reduced on roads since the introduction of the new 20mph speed limits in September last year. The data, which provides the total number of casualties in police recorded collisions, shows that in the last quarter of 2023 (October – December) road casualties on 20mph and 30mph roads reduced by 218, from 681 in 2022 to 463 in 2023. The total number of casualties on 20mph and 30mph roads in Q4...
Dog friendly pub - person and dog in a pub
Quality Assurance and Approved schemes are official, credible and recognised by customers as an indication of quality and level of services they can expect to receive. Being quality assured by Visit Wales gets your business benchmarked against other Welsh and UK businesses to help you develop that competitive edge. Visit Wales Welcome Awards recognise businesses who have provided added facilities, services and information to meet important specific tourism clientele requirements. This is a great opportunity...
Lon Las Cefni
Taking place from 10 to 16 June, Bike Week 2024 promises to be even bigger and better than 2023 when more than 220 businesses and organisations across the UK took part. Organisations have a huge role to play in decarbonising the economy and ensuring net zero targets are met. And, while transport remains the largest single source of emissions in the UK, an important part of this comes down to looking at how we get...
Find out more about your rights under the Equality Act 2010 and how it protects different characteristics. Everyone in Britain is protected. This is because the Equality Act protects people against discrimination because of the protected characteristics that we all have. This information is for employees, employers, individuals using a service, any organisation using a service and the public sector. Under the Equality Act, there are nine protected characteristics: age disability gender reassignment marriage and...
Health Workers completing a form
A call for evidence to explore reforming the fit note process to support those with long term health conditions to access timely work and health support. This call for evidence will inform a programme of work announced by the UK Government at the autumn statement in 2023, to explore reforming the fit note process to support those with long term health conditions to access timely work and health support. The call for evidence is to...
Food production safety inspectors
World Food Safety Day takes place on 7 June 2024 (WFSD) and will draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agricultural production, market access, tourism and sustainable development. Food safety incidents are situations where there is a potential or confirmed health risk associated with food consumption. A food incident can happen, for example, due to accidents, inadequate controls, food fraud or...
Wales is the 2nd best recycling nation in the world
Wales has been named as second in the world for recycling nation in a new study published today. Wales by far leads the way in the UK and is listed just behind Austria in the global rankings published by Eunomia Research and Consulting and Reloop. Northern Ireland is ranked 9th, England at 11th and Scotland at 15th among the 48 countries included in the comparison. ‘Global Recycling League Table - Phase One Report’ examined the...
Entrepreneur - wheelchair user
Are you a disabled entrepreneur with a clever business product or service? Have you already started a business but need a little extra boost to move to the next level? The Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs are back with three prizes of: £100,000 £60,000 £40,000 Applications must be submitted by 5pm on Tuesday 11 June 2024. For further information please select the following link: How to apply for the Stelios Awards | Leonard Cheshire The...

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