The UK Government’s Together for our Planet campaign, wants to celebrate the small businesses taking the most innovative action to go green and cut their own greenhouse gas emissions to become a net zero business by 2050! The Heroes of Net Zero competition wants to find the UK's best small businesses taking innovative steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The best entries will be invited to attend the COP26 international climate change summit in Glasgow...
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Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has announced the Glastir Advanced, Commons and Organic contracts are being extended until December 2023. The Minister also says it is the intention for the Basic Payment Scheme to continue until 2023, subject to the UK Government’s comprehensive spending review. All existing eligible contract holders will be offered an extension via their RPW on-line accounts. For further information visit GOV.Wales.
Adult Learners’ Week is the UK’s largest annual learning festival. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the value of adult learning, celebrate the achievements of learners and providers, and inspire more people to discover how learning can positively change their lives. This year Adult Learners’ Week will take place from 20 to 26 September 2021. For further information please visit the Learning and Work Wales website. Why not take a look...
If you're bringing back your employees part time, you can claim furlough flexibly for them under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Claims for August are now closed; if you need to make a change because you didn’t claim enough you can do this until 28 September 2021. You can continue to claim for September until 14 October 2021. For the latest information, you can choose between attending one of HMRC’s live webinars, or watch...
Dr Steve Wyatt, Director of RDI at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Chair of the Floating Wind Celtic Sea Cluster, would like to invite you to the free virtual launch of the Celtic Sea Cluster. The event will be broadcast on a live Teams feed from the Voco St Davids Hotel, Cardiff. Attendance at the live event is extremely limited due to COVID restrictions and is at the organiser’s discretion. At this event Ministers...
The UK Government has set out a new timetable for introducing full import controls for goods being imported from the EU to the UK. Full customs declarations and controls will be introduced on 1 January 2022 as previously announced, although safety and security declarations will now not be required until 1 July 2022. Under the revised timetable: The requirements for pre-notification of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) goods, which were due to be introduced on 1...
People will have to show a NHS COVID Pass to enter nightclubs and attend events in Wales from next month, the First Minister announced today. The measure is being introduced to help control the spread of coronavirus – cases are currently very high in Wales but the alert level will remain at zero for the next 3 weeks. Announcing the outcome of the latest 3-week review of the coronavirus regulations, the First Minister today encouraged...
‘Circularity’ is becoming a buzzword for the fashion industry. But what does it mean for fashion & textile businesses? How does circularity fit into wider conversations on sustainable and responsible business? Join specialists from WRAP’s Textiles 2030 team in a webinar demystifying what circularity means for fashion & textile businesses, including: The importance of circularity when developing a robust sustainability strategy. How circularity is key to achieving net zero. Actions you can take to embed...
Welsh companies in five key sectors will be brought together to help each other export more of their products across the globe, as part of a new programme being launched by Economy Minister Vaughan Gething. The Export Cluster Programme is one of a series of new support initiatives being introduced by the Welsh Government as part of the Export Action Plan for Wales, which aims to create a strong, vibrant and sustainable exporting sector to...
The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (RWAS) have announced that this year’s Royal Welsh Winter Fair will be returning to the Showground in Llanelwedd as a two-day event on 29 and 30 November 2021. After not being able to hold event on the Royal Welsh Showground since the 2019 Winter Fair due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Society are excited to be welcoming returning exhibitors and visitors to the Royal Welsh Winter Fair 2021. The Winter...