Are you in the creative industries? What and how do you want to hear from Creative Wales? Creative Wales is asking you about the industry you work in, how they can engage with you better and what you expect from their marketing and communications team. Creative Wales have put together a short survey which forms part of a research project seeking to inform future engagement with people working within creative industries in Wales, including the...
Archives
2171 results
ION Leadership have been able to extend their fully-funded leadership programmes until 31 March 2022. The project is backed by over £6 million EU funds, and over the past 11 years has supported over 1500 leaders in over 1000 businesses to develop sustainable and profitable enterprises. How can you get involved? It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3: 1. Are you eligible? The fully-funded programmes are available to businesses and individuals across Wales who meet...
UK Research and Innovation’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) challenge has announced a new £7 million fund. This competition is open to projects solving the sustainability of plastic packaging. SSPP is looking for ambitious research and development projects that focus on solving the well-known issues with the sustainability of plastic packaging. Aligning with SSPP’s remit, the aim is to drive a true shift from a linear to a circular economy solution for plastic packaging. The...
Cardiff & District Law Society’s LawTech Committee and Legal News Wales has launched a survey for the legal sector in Wales, to gain a better understanding of how law firms and legal entities use technology, any associated challenges to LawTech, what problems the legal sector would like to overcome, if technology can help and visions for the future. The survey is the first of its kind to focus on the legal sector in Wales and...
First Minister Mark Drakeford will urge everyone to continue to help prevent the spread of coronavirus as he confirms Wales will move to the new alert level zero at 6am on 7 August 2021, following the latest review of the coronavirus regulations in Wales. At alert level zero: There will be no legal limits on the number of people who can meet, including in private homes, public places or at events. Businesses which were required...
HMRC will be closing its Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system on 31 March 2023. From this date, all businesses will need to declare goods through the Customs Declaration Service (CDS). CDS is currently used for Northern Ireland and Rest of World declarations. Ahead of the 31 March 2023 complete closure, services on CHIEF will be withdrawn in two stages: 30 September 2022: import declarations close on CHIEF 31 March 2023: export...
Following changes to the policy on self-isolation, the Welsh Government’s self-isolation support scheme will increase from £500 to £750. The increase in the payment, will come into effect from the 7 August 2021 and will be reviewed by Ministers in three months. The payment is designed to breakdown some of the financial barriers faced by people who are told to isolate by the NHS Wales Test Trace Protect (TTP) service because they have tested positive...
Keep Wales Tidy are calling on everyone to take responsibility for their own rubbish as they make the most of Wales’ beaches, parks and beauty spots this summer. Across Wales, rates of litter have increased as Covid restrictions continue to ease, and the weather improving. The actions of a small minority have had a negative impact on everyone’s enjoyment of nature. Keep Wales Tidy has joined forces with all other local authorities in Wales to...