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Christmas holidays, how will they affect your business?

The Christmas season has a big impact on most businesses and employees in the UK. It will be a time when there is likely to be extra demand for products, services and sales in some businesses whilst others may experience a quiet period or may shut for the Christmas holidays.

Small Business Saturday Bus Tour 2019

The Small Business Saturday bus tour will be travelling across the UK, calling at 27 different towns and cities over 5 weeks and delivering the mentoring programme at all stops of the 2019 Bus Tour around the UK.

The locations and dates for Wales are:

Welsh Business Awards 2019

The Welsh Business Awards aim to recognise the very best from businesses across Wales. These awards will celebrate success, excellence in best practice and the contribution Welsh businesses make to the wider community.

This year’s categories are:

Preparing for No-Deal Brexit Checklists

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have produced a number of checklist for businesses in various sectors to help prepare them for a no-deal Brexit.

Checklists include:

Tourism Investment Scheme

The Welsh Government’s Micro and Small Business Fund has reopened for applications until 2021.  Following the award of additional Welsh Government capital funding, continued support is available for Welsh tourism businesses.

The fund priorities include (this list is not exhaustive):

.eu domain names - what you need to do if there’s no Brexit deal

The UK Government has produces guidance for individuals, companies or organisations in the UK who have registered .eu domain names or are considering doing so.

If there’s no Brexit deal you’ll no longer be able to register or renew .eu domain names if:

How your business can benefit from free Welsh proof-reading service

Do you want to develop your business’ use of the Welsh language and develop bilingual skills among your workforce?

There's a strong business case for companies to use the language and there's more support than ever before to help businesses, large and small, to do that easily.

Free get ready for Brexit webinars / podcasts

HMRC, the Border Delivery Group and the British Library are hosting free webinars to support businesses prepare for Brexit. These cover a range of topics and are open to all businesses, the webinars are offered several times.

Choose a date and time that works best for you:

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