Employers have a legal duty to protect employees’ health, safety and welfare. Understanding the signs of drug and alcohol misuse (or abuse) will help you manage health and safety risk in your workplace. The Health and Safety Executive website has step-by-step guidance to help you manage drug and alcohol misuse at work. This includes advice on how to develop a drugs and alcohol policy and what you can do to support your employees.
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There has always been debate and discussion as to whether entrepreneurs are born or made. It seems like there are distinctly two schools of thought – those that adamantly believe they are born and those who say they are made. We believe that entrepreneurship can be taught. Everyone has a flicker of a great idea in them; it's just that many individuals need to find the switch to turn on the light. Listening to someone...
The St David Awards are the national awards of Wales and recognise and celebrate the exceptional achievements of people from all walks of life in Wales and abroad. There are 10 St David Awards, the first 9 of which are nominated for by the public: Business Bravery Community Spirit Critical Worker (Key Worker Culture Environment Champion Innovation, Science and Technology Sport Young Person First Minister's Special Award The deadline for submitting nominations is 21 October...
North Wales Digital Drive are a not-for-profit social enterprise (also termed a Community Interest Company) and the only treatment centre of this kind in North Wales, offering secure and professional recycling, re-use and disposal services for all IT equipment. The social enterprise has provided equipment to organisations across North Wales and needs more businesses and public sector bodies to help them out so they can keep up with the demand. After the secure removal of...
The Digital Leaders 100 Awards are back for a 9th year! These awards celebrate the individuals and organisations from the public, private and non-profit sectors who are demonstrating a pioneering and sustainable approach to digital transformation in the UK. This year’s categories are: Digital Leader Young Digital Digital SME AI Innovation Digital Skills or Talent Initiative Big Data Innovation Digital Public Service Innovation Geospatial Innovation 5G Innovation HealthTech Innovation Special Categories: Craig Macdonald Memorial Prize...
EU citizens in Wales will still be able to access free and confidential support for their EU Settlement Scheme applications until 31 December 2021, the Welsh Government have confirmed. The Home Office’s EU Settlement Scheme, known as EUSS, offered EU, non-EU EEA and Swiss citizens, and their eligible family members the opportunity to protect their residency since the UK left the European Union. The scheme closed at the end of June 2021, however late applications...
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious awards for UK businesses of all sizes and sectors. The awards can provide: excellent marketing opportunities and press coverage worldwide recognition as an outstanding British company increased turnover and international trade a boost to staff morale, and also to partners and stakeholders The awards are a self-nominating process and are free to enter. The application period is currently open, and will close on 22 September 2021...
Chwarae Teg will be working with employers to create workplace policies, reporting mechanisms and support processes that can be rolled out across organisations to make workplaces safer for everyone and are recruiting 20 employers from across Wales to take part in this pioneering project. They are looking for one individual from each organisation to commit to three ½ day sessions during September and October this year. If you are interested in taking part in the...
Cybercrime is on the rise as is the severity of attacks. Whether you’re a micro business, SME or large corporation, understanding how to safeguard your organisation against a breach is a crucial element to all-round success. Knowing where to start with cyber resilience measures can appear to be a costly and complicated minefield but that’s a myth which the Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales (WCRC) is working hard to eradicate and re-educate business owners and...
A new digital renewals service that slashes bulk renewal time for IP rights from 5 days to 5 minutes has now been opened up to all customers by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). For the first time, customers who need to renew a registered design can do so online. Customers can also renew up to 1,500 IP rights, - including combinations of patents, trade marks and designs - in a single digital transaction. The IPO...