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Take Away food - beef stew
From mobile payments and delivery to sustainability and food waste, the Restaurant and Takeaway Innovation Expo brings the whole restaurant industry together! This is a unique opportunity to interact and connect with the industry’s visionaries who are shaping the takeaway and restaurant scene of the future. Find out how to boost your profits, build your brand and grow your business. The event takes place on 30 September and 1 October 2025 at the ExCel London...
First published
18 July 2025
Last updated
18 July 2025
Pride Cymru parade
The Welsh Government are looking to expand the Grassroots Pride Fund to more rural areas and smaller towns. We want to help create opportunities for people to come together and be their true selves throughout Wales. The fund will help smaller Pride events across Wales engage and support LGBTQ+ people and broader communities. The Welsh Government Grassroots Pride fund is administered by Pride Cymru, apply via their website . (Applications need to be submitted by...
First published
18 July 2025
Last updated
18 July 2025
Electric car charging
The Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) is a voucher-based scheme that provides eligible businesses with support towards the upfront costs of the purchase and installation of electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints. All businesses can use it to help provision chargepoints for their staff or fleets. Charities and small accommodation businesses can further use it to provision chargepoints for their guests or visitors. The grant covers up to 75% of the total costs of the purchase and installation...
First published
17 July 2025
Last updated
17 July 2025
Jonathan and Louise Petrie, Co-Founders of Dot On
Monmouth-based Dot On is transforming the retail industry with its next-gen Sales and Supply Chain Management System - helping businesses streamline operations, grow faster and unlock circular economy initiatives through Welsh Government’s Innovation Support. Founded in 2015 by Jonathan and Louise Petrie, the company helps retailers manage their sales and supply chain operations in one simple system. Many businesses struggle with outdated, fragmented technology that slows them down. Its technology enables retailers to connect all...
First published
17 July 2025
Last updated
22 July 2025
Barber trimming a client's beard
Find out if you or the people who work for you should be employed or self-employed for tax purposes while working in the hair and beauty industry. There are different ways of working in the hair and beauty industry. For example, being employed by a salon, barbershop or working freelance as self-employed. Working freelance could mean you’re: offering services from your own salon working as a mobile hair stylist or beauty therapist either at your...
First published
17 July 2025
Last updated
17 July 2025
paint and brushes for art
The Ashley Family Foundation (formerly The Laura Ashley Foundation) is a registered charity founded by Sir Bernard and Laura Ashley following the success of the Laura Ashley fashion and interiors business. The Foundation funds organisations based and working with people in Wales with a strong focus on arts, crafts (particularly heritage) and education for the benefit of all persons but in particular those who are isolated or most in need in their community. The Foundation...
First published
17 July 2025
Last updated
29 July 2025
Entrepreneurs looking at a laptop
Creo, forged in partnership with Motability Operations, exists to amplify and connect disabled and neurodiverse founders, and entrepreneurs innovating around disability, and to provide them with the knowledge, connections and tools to scale their startups. The Creo Programme is for pre-seed to pre-series A tech startups based in the UK. The company must have at least one founder who self-identifies as disabled or neurodiverse, or the company must be innovating around disability or neurodiversity. It...
First published
16 July 2025
Last updated
16 July 2025
farmer and daughter in a field of cows
Welsh farmers will benefit from a new partnership with the people of Wales that supports sustainable food production and responds to the climate and nature emergency, under the Sustainable Farming Scheme published today (15 July 2025). The scheme is designed to secure the future of food production while also protecting the environment for generations to come. It recognises farming's vital role in Welsh communities and culture and addresses challenges like climate change and restoring nature...
First published
16 July 2025
Last updated
16 July 2025
handshake business deal
The highly anticipated Business Wales Expo returns for 2025! This free-to-attend event offers a unique opportunity to connect with leading organisations from across Wales, all actively seeking to enhance their local supply chains. Last year’s event attracted 97 exhibitors, showcasing 872 contract opportunities worth an impressive £36.1 billion. This year, we’re bringing even more buyers, suppliers, and support organisations together to drive collaboration and growth.​ Explore local opportunities for your business at our exclusive Expos...
First published
16 July 2025
Last updated
17 July 2025
Worried person looking at business accounts
The Charity Commission for England and Wales has published refreshed guidance and an updated online form to help anyone who wants to raise a concern about a charity. The guidance ‘Raising a concern with the Charity Commission’ (CC47) sets out when to raise concerns about a charity with the Commission as well as what it can do or cannot do within its remit of helping charities in England and Wales be accountable, well-run and meet...
First published
15 July 2025
Last updated
15 July 2025

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