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The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has launched a period of public engagement to seek views on how the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) can remain a ‘gold standard’ trade agreement. The UK signed up to the vast CPTPP trading group last July, kickstarting the UK’s membership of a trade deal spanning 12 economies across Asia, the Pacific, and Europe when the UK accedes. DBT are now seeking views from businesses...

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6 February 2024

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6 February 2024

From April 2024 building inspectors and building control bodies will be required to comply with standards, codes and rules under changes to the Building Act 1984, as inserted by the Building Safety Act 2022. The Building Safety Act 2022 introduced new requirements about registration and licensing for building inspectors and building control approvers. Welsh Ministers have appointed the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) to oversee and enforce new requirements from this legislation. Registration for those who...

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6 February 2024

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6 February 2024

A recently formed team at Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is set to inspect over 800 farms in 2024 to mitigate the impact of agricultural pollution. The initiative, funded by the Welsh Government, involves thorough assessments of farms throughout Wales to ensure compliance with the Control of Agricultural Pollution Regulations (CoAPR). The inspections cover all aspects of CoAPR including the construction standards and capacity of silage, solid manure, and slurry structures, required calculations, risk maps, nitrogen...

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6 February 2024

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6 February 2024

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Safer Internet Day 2024 will take place on 6 February 2024, with celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’. Safer Internet Day is the UK’s biggest celebration of online safety. Created in consultation with young people across the UK, this year Safer Internet Day will be focusing on change online, this includes covering: young people’s perspective on new and emerging technology using the internet...

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5 February 2024

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6 February 2024

The UK Government have announced 12 winners from the Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plan competition, who will each benefit from a share of up to £6 million to develop plans for a low carbon future. This funding will give winning businesses and partners the chance to work together on plans to cut their emissions, learning from each other while also having access to technical advisors to prepare for adopting measures such as using hydrogen or carbon...

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5 February 2024

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5 February 2024

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The Awydd Antur campaign – meaning Let’s get out there – launched on Boxing Day with a new advert designed to appeal to multiple audiences featuring iconic products and locations from across Wales including the Ffestiniog Highland Railway, the spa pool at St Brides Spa Hotel, beach fun in Ceredigion and activities in Cardiff and Portmeirion. The advert, designed to grab attention and give a 30 second taster of Wales, is running on linear TV...

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5 February 2024

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5 February 2024

Race Equality Week takes place from 5 to 11 February 2024, is an annual UK-wide movement, organised by Race Equality Matters, uniting thousands of organisations and individuals to address the barriers to race equality in the workplace. The theme for this year is #ListenActChange was selected by the Race Equality Matters community. If we all commit to #ListenActChange, then real change can take place. Everyone has a role to play in the fight for racial...

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2 February 2024

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2 February 2024

The well-known and much loved Porters in Cardiff has recently had a new lease of life following a move to a new premises in the city centre. The Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Dawn Bowden has announced during Independent Venues Week that £718,000 has been offered to 17 grass roots music venues across Wales, from the Creative Wales Music Capital Fund. Porters is one of 17 venues to benefit from the fund which...

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2 February 2024

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2 February 2024

Apprenticeship Week Wales 2024 is taking place from 5 to 11 February, a week-long event dedicated to raising awareness and showcasing why apprenticeships are a genius decision to individuals, employers, and the future of our workforce. Throughout Apprenticeship Week Wales, we’ll be sharing updates about job opportunities available in Wales through the Apprenticeship Vacancy Service . If you, your network, or any organisation you work with have any opportunities in the pipeline then we’d encourage...

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2 February 2024

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2 February 2024

LGBT+ History Month is for everyone; whether you work in education, a museum, a library or an art gallery, a business, a service, or are a member of a network/social group or an individual. It is celebrated every February across the UK. Every year Schools OUT sets a different theme for LGBT+ History Month and provides free resources for education settings, businesses, services and organisations to help them celebrate and ‘Usualise’ LGBT+ lives in their...

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2 February 2024

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2 February 2024

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