Information, communication technology (ICT)

PRIME Cymru provides free support for mature individuals in Wales to set up in business, find employment, or develop skills through training and volunteering opportunities. Thinking of starting your own business? Or maybe you’ve already started to explore the possibility of becoming self-employed, but need a little extra guidance? PRIME Cymru can help. Self-employment is often a very viable option for older workers as it can offer: Financial independence The chance to use all the...

Whether you work for yourself or you run a business with employees, cyber security needn't be a daunting challenge. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has advice and information for Small and medium sized organisations (SMEs). NCSC have recently launched their Cyber Security for Small Organisations and Top Tips for Staff awareness e-learning, both of these are enabled to allow you to integrate the package into your own organisation's training platform. For further information on...

Do you know to protect your business name, your products, website content and more? Your Intellectual Property (IP) is one of your most important business assets and the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) want to help businesses across the UK protect and make the most of theirs. The IPO are running bitesize webinars explaining each IP right and the process of applying. This month they are running webinars on 26 May 2022, you can sign up...

Cloud security guidance refreshed to support small businesses to large organisations moving to cloud-based services. The refreshed guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre – a part of GCHQ – will help organisations support the secure migration of their data and online services into the cloud. Public and private sector organisations are increasingly utilising the benefits of cloud solutions to streamline their operations, and the updated Cloud Security Guidance has been made more accessible to...

Health Minister Eluned Morgan has urged all those eligible for the Spring Covid-19 booster to take up their offer of the vaccine before 30 June 2022. A deadline of 30 June 2022 has been introduced to ensure all those eligible for the spring booster will have a long-enough interval between this and the autumn 2022 booster, if they are also eligible. An announcement by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) about which groups...

Check a list of recent letters from HMRC to help you decide if a letter you've received is a scam. Contents: Letter OCA300 — repayment of Student Loan deductions Overpaid Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grants Research about employee experience of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Research about the digitisation of Child Benefit Refund of Income Tax from changes to your Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant Other letters you should check If your letter...

The announcement by the UK government on a new approach to import controls confirms that the remaining import controls on EU goods will no longer be introduced this year. Instead, traders will continue to move their goods from the EU to Great Britain as they do now. The UK government will now review how to implement these remaining controls in an improved way that harnesses innovative new technologies, with further details to be published in...

The North Wales Regional Skills Partnership (RSP) is one of four regional partnerships across Wales. The RSP has been developed to inform Welsh Government’s strategic approach to the delivery of skills and employment provision by identifying skills gaps and shortages in the region, based on employer-led insight. We are currently undertaking research to understand business skills and employment needs of the region to develop our next three-year regional Skills and Employment Plan 2022-25. We are...

Together with Meta, Nat West are offering 50 women business owners the chance to win a package of support which will aid their business growth, including a creative session with digital experts, mentorship and networking opportunities, exclusive training, and much more. Enter for your chance to win: A creative session with a Meta digital expert to help produce a tailored ad campaign £1,000 Meta ad credits to run the campaign on Facebook and Instagram 1:1...

A new Cyber Innovation Hub to help Wales become a global leader in the sector will be operational later this year, thanks to a £3 million investment from the Welsh Government, First Minister, Mark Drakeford announced today (10 May 2022). The Welsh Government is making a £3 million investment in the new Hub over 2 years, with £3 million of co-funding from Cardiff Capital Region and £3.5 million of in-kind match funding from consortium partners...