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Small Business Britain is excited to deliver the Small and Mighty Enterprise Programme to help grow small businesses with expert guidance and mentoring. The free six-week CPD accredited programme to supercharge sole traders and micro businesses, concludes with a growth plan to support the next year of business opportunity. It will be delivered entirely online, allowing access from anywhere in the UK with flexible learning enabling opportunities for all. What does the course include? Live...

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6 March 2025

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6 March 2025

The UK Government’s Plan for Neighbourhoods will empower local people to take back control of their future with a long-term, flexible funding pot of up to £20 million of funding and support over the next 10 years. 75 places across Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been selected to receive funding through the Plan for Neighbourhoods. In Wales Barry, Wrexham, Rhyl, Cwmbrân and Merthyr Tydfil will receive the funding. The Plan for Neighbourhoods has...

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6 March 2025

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6 March 2025

The Welsh Government have published an overview of the strategy, policy, and funding for business decarbonisation in Wales. The decarbonisation of the business sector in Wales will be delivered by initiatives across Welsh Government, public sector partners and the business sector. There are many ways that the carbon impacts of businesses can be reduced to create potential pathways to decarbonisation. Pursuing these pathways also provides SMEs throughout supply chains with the opportunities that come with...

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5 March 2025

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5 March 2025

The Senedd has approved the Welsh Budget 2025-26, releasing £1.6 billion of extra funding for the NHS, councils, schools and public transport, benefitting people and communities throughout Wales. In total, the Budget sets out £26 billion of spending commitments with substantial increases across all government departments. More than £3 billion of capital funding will be allocated in 2025-26 to upgrade vital equipment in the NHS and schools and to build new homes, modernise public transport...

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5 March 2025

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5 March 2025

The UK Government will table amendments (on 4 March 2025) to the Employment Rights Bill following weeks of consultation and responses from business groups, trade unions and wider civil society. This Bill will extend the employment protections already given by the best British companies to millions more workers. The amendments carefully consider different views and needs of workers, businesses and the whole economy and looks to deliver measures that support the mutual interests required to...

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5 March 2025

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5 March 2025

The annual Inspire! Adults Learning Awards celebrate the achievements of exceptional individuals, families, community projects and organisations who have shown outstanding passion, commitment, and drive to improve themselves, their community or workplace through learning. The awards highlight the impact of lifelong learning in Wales and is a chance to demonstrate the value of investing in life changing opportunities. 2025 Award Categories : Skills for Work Award Young Adult Learner Award Life Change Award Essential Skills...

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4 March 2025

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11 April 2025

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This year, the UK’s biggest annual food waste reduction campaign will run from 17 to 23 March 2025. Food Waste Action Week is Love Food Hate Waste's flagship annual campaign which brings businesses, government organisations and global partners together to support citizens to develop the tools they need to cut food waste in their homes. Their mission is simple – they want to get more and more people across the UK talking about why buying...

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4 March 2025

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4 March 2025

Matthew Davies, a Team Manager at Merthyr Tydfil Children’s Service

A social worker from Blaenau Gwent has created an award-winning app with the potential to revolutionise social services operating in Wales and beyond. Matthew Davies, a Team Manager at Merthyr Tydfil Children’s Service, has applied his 18 years of experience to build an app that addresses the challenges faced by social and support workers as they deliver essential services. While Matthew’s training, personal experience, and technology skills made him uniquely qualified to create the app...

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3 March 2025

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24 November 2025

The UK Government is bringing forward strengthened support for millions of households to help pay their energy bills next winter. Due to global gas price spikes this winter and the continued impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the energy regulator Ofgem has announced today (Tuesday 25 February 2025) an increase in the energy price cap for April to June 2025. This price is set independently of the government, reflecting changes in wholesale prices and global...

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3 March 2025

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3 March 2025

In the UK there are a wide range of different religions that both employers and employees may need to have some understanding of and how they may occasionally affect the workplace. One of the holiest months of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan, is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, spiritual reflection, and community. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and Ramadan is expected to begin Friday 28 February 2025 or Saturday 1 March...

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3 March 2025

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3 March 2025

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