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Open Your Eyes Week will be taking place the week commencing 17 November 2025. This city-wide virtual event, hosted by Cardiff Commitment , connects Year 5 and Year 6 pupils with the diverse world of work, sparking their aspirations and future ambitions. Employers from all sectors are encouraged to register their interest in taking part in this virtual week. The benefits of Open Your Eyes Week are listed below: Provides pupils with a developed understanding...

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10 June 2025

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10 June 2025

Over 600 small and medium sized hospitality businesses will receive free energy and carbon reduction assessments to cut energy costs, support productivity and boost growth as part of a 12-month trial, fully funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). Funded by the government and delivered by Zero Carbon Services, one of the UK’s leading net-zero advisers for the hospitality sector, the trial is expected to save businesses over £3 million. The...

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10 June 2025

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10 June 2025

Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Established in 1998 in the UK, Refugee Week takes place every year around World Refugee Day (20 June) and has since grown into a global movement. Refugee Week has evolved into an international movement, with events spanning the globe. In 2025, the week takes place from 16 to 22 June and the theme...

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10 June 2025

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10 June 2025

A teacher has transformed her passion for education into a thriving enterprise, as Business Wales assistance enables Llandrindod Learning Pod to launch and quickly grow its support for learners from a variety of backgrounds, including additional learning needs. Angela Costain-Williams, who has over 25 years of teaching experience, created her service to provide flexible homeschooling support for all children including those with learning difficulties and special needs. Business Wales has played a vital role in...

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9 June 2025

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27 November 2025

A teacher with a mission to increase opportunities to learn through the medium of Welsh has enlisted Business Wales support to launch a private tutoring company, dedicated to providing tailored academic support to Welsh-speaking learners. Recognising that local demand for tutoring delivered in Welsh outweighed existing provisions, Dafydd Jones, from Hawarden, Flintshire, founded Tiwtora ATOM in January 2024, offering personalised tutoring in maths, science, and biology, for Welsh-speaking learners. Qualified teacher, Dafydd, turned to Business...

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9 June 2025

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24 November 2025

World Refill Day is a global campaign to prevent plastic pollution and help people live with less waste. A day of action uniting a global community every year on 16 June, the campaign is designed to create an alternative vision of the future and accelerate the transition away from single-use plastic towards refill and reuse systems. From a coffee on your commute, to drinking water on the go, or even shopping with less packaging, Refill...

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9 June 2025

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9 June 2025

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Is your social enterprise balancing profit with tangible benefits in Wales?  The 2025 Social Business Wales Awards are officially open - and we can’t wait to find out more about your organisation and find out about the fantastic work you’re doing. Whether you’re just starting out or are leading the charge to tackle social challenges and create opportunities in communities across Wales, there’s a category for you. This year, you can enter: One to Watch...

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9 June 2025

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9 June 2025

The UK government has launched a call for evidence to understand how to harness the untapped potential of solar in car parks across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Supermarkets, retail parks, and offices could also save money on their energy bills by turning their carparks into ‘solar carports’, saving up to £28,000 a year and powering businesses and homes across the UK. The call for evidence closes at 11:59pm on 18 June 2025. Petrol and...

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9 June 2025

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9 June 2025

Research on how property, street, and business names are changing across Wales shows a clear shift towards using Welsh language place names. The report commissioned by the Welsh Government collected a wide range of valuable evidence, including: Local authorities received three times more applications for Welsh language street names than English language names between 2018-2023. Most changes to property names do not involve a change in the language of the property name. When they do...

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6 June 2025

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6 June 2025

The UK government will scrap border checks on fruit and veg imported from the European Union in an early move to ease trade ahead of its new SPS (sanitary and phytosanitary) deal with the EU. This means that checks on medium-risk fruit and vegetables (including tomatoes, grapes, plums, cherries, peaches, peppers, and more) imported from the EU will not be required – and will therefore not be brought into force this summer. In the short...

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6 June 2025

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6 June 2025

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