Goods export values by Welsh businesses have recovered beyond pre-pandemic levels and totalled £19.4 billion for the year ending September 2022, an increase of more than a third compared to the previous 12-month period and £1.7 billion higher than the year ending September 2019, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has announced. The latest provisional figures show Welsh goods exporters have demonstrated significant resilience amid ongoing challenges in the global trading environment, from the war in Ukraine...
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45,000 visas for seasonal workers will be available for businesses next year, the UK Government confirmed, providing a boost for the UK’s horticulture industry. The allocation will allow businesses to recruit foreign workers to come to the UK for up to six months through the Seasonal Worker visa route – an uplift of 15,000 compared to what was available to businesses at the start of 2022. For further information please select the following link Government...
Working in partnership, Business Wales and Visit Wales have now launched Sustainable Tourism Wales. The new business support scheme provides advice and support on how to save money, promote your business using sustainability practices and realise your green ambitions. If you’re unsure where to start when it comes to sustainability or maybe you've started making changes but want to take it to the next level, you can download our short, handy resource packs, which include...
Upcoming bank holidays in Wales and England. 2022 Date Day Bank Holiday Name 26 December Monday Boxing Day 27 December Tuesday Christmas Day (substitute day) 2023 Date Day Bank Holiday Name 2 January Monday New Year's Day (substitute day) 7 April Friday Good Friday 10 April Monday Easter Monday 1 May Monday Early May Day bank holiday 8 May Monday Bank holiday for the coronation of King Charles III 29 May Monday Spring bank holiday...
The Welsh Government has launched a new initiative to encourage more local spending on food by the Welsh NHS, schools and local government to help support Welsh producers, create more jobs and boost prosperity in local communities. A new online food procurement resource, ‘Buying Food Fit for the Future’ is part of wider Welsh Government plans to support Wales’ everyday local economies. Estimates suggest the Foundational Economy accounts for four in ten jobs and £1...
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) launched the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing in January 2020. The strategy is designed to bring partners together to transform the country’s financial wellbeing in a decade. Since then, MaPS has been coordinating proposals for a Delivery Plan for Wales, with input from over 90 stakeholders. The result is a plan co-produced with Welsh Government, which covers practical and deliverable initiatives that can both make a difference to people...
As the cost-of-living crisis continues, more people may be forced into debt and will turn to or consider borrowing money from illegal lenders or loan sharks. Illegal money lending is a criminal offence, and loan sharks often target vulnerable people. Loan sharks lend money and charge interest on the loan without the legal authority. They operate within our communities often taking advantage of vulnerable people. Not always violent criminals, loan sharks seem friendly and helpful...
Lee Waters, Deputy Minister for Climate Change One of the main factors deterring people from walking and cycling is not feeling safe. Improving road safety will not only help to reduce the number of people who are seriously injured and killed on our roads every year, but it will also help to encourage more people to cycle or walk, instead of using the car for shorter journeys. We will be developing a new road safety...
Wave 7 of the Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP) offers up to £170,000 of grant support to ambitious micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. The programme supports SMEs that are developing early-stage net-zero enabling on or off-vehicle technology, products or services that want to accelerate their route to market and grow. TDAP does this over a 17-month phased programme through a combination of grant funding, invaluable technical support and business mentoring, with industry networking opportunities. Applications...
Guardians of Grub: Becoming a Champion is WRAP’s one-stop-shop for hospitality and food service professionals seeking the know-how needed to save money by driving down food waste in their business. Combining learning and skills development with knowledge checks, certificates and evidence based data reporting, this unique online learning programme will equip you and your team with knowledge when it comes to food waste. If you want to reduce your impact on climate change, join the...