Whether you are a small business, school or other organisation Keep Wales Tidy can help you manage your waste equipment in a safe, compliant and environmentally friendly way. The ICT and WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) reuse and recycling scheme is a partnership with A&LH Environment which enables you to dispose of all your unwanted equipment in one, all-encompassing collection service, in the knowledge you are minimising the impact and maximising your contribution to...
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A Welsh Government scheme supported over 16,000 workers to upskill and retrain during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research has shown. The Personal Learning Accounts (PLA) Programme, a commitment in the Welsh Government’s Employability Plan, aims to support individuals on lower-incomes and those whose jobs are at risk to learn new skills, achieve new qualifications and help to rewrite their careers. Further education colleges across Wales offer courses through PLA in priority areas where there have...
New legislation to restrict the placement and price promotion of products high in fat, sugar and salt is to be introduced in Wales. The new law, which will be introduced in 2024 and will be rolled out across Wales by 2025, builds on the commitment to improve diets and help prevent obesity by restricting the ways foods high in fat, sugar or salt can be promoted. This will include volume-based promotions, such as multi-buys and...
The internet is a place where people can say things without revealing their real identity. This means that sometimes people use it to say mean and hurtful things to others. This is called online hate speech, and it's when someone says things online to make others feel bad because of who they are. There are certain things about a person that are protected from discrimination. These include things like their race, age, gender, disability, religion...
Reducing speed will not only save lives but will help build stronger, safer communities, Deputy Climate Change Minister Lee Waters has said three months before the introduction of the default 20mph speed limit. Described as the ‘biggest step-change in community safety in a generation’, most streets in Wales that currently have a 30mph speed limit will switch to 20mph on Sunday, 17 September 2023. The change comes after four years of work with local authorities...
The Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS, has today (23 June 2023) approved Natural Resources Wales' (NRW’s) proposed regulatory charges for 2023-2024, and for NRW to make the necessary arrangements to implement these charges from 1 July 2023 in the following areas: Industry regulation Site based waste Water quality Water resources Reservoir compliance Introduction of species licensing charges NRW’s regulatory charges are designed to operate on a cost recovery basis to ensure it recovers...
The Welsh Government is making £200,000 available to help strengthen local journalism in Wales, Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Dawn Bowden has announced today (26 June 2023). The Co-operation Agreement with Plaid Cymru has a commitment to fund existing and new enterprises to improve Welsh-based journalism to tackle the information deficit. Independent community media organisations are set to benefit from £100,000. The Welsh Public Interest News Accelerator is supporting up to ten organisations...
The Welsh Government is on track to more than double the number of businesses in Wales that are owned by their employees as part of efforts to ensure Wales based companies remain in Welsh hands, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething said today (23 June 2023). The Welsh Government’s Programme for Government commitment is to double the number of employee owned businesses in Wales during this Senedd term, by providing greater support for worker buyouts. In May...
The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee announced on 22 June 2023 to increase the Bank of England base rate to 5% from 4.5%. HMRC interest rates are linked to the Bank of England base rate. As a consequence of the change in the base rate, HMRC interest rates for late payment and repayment will increase. These changes will come into effect on: 3 July 2023 for quarterly instalment payments 11 July 2023 for non-quarterly...