Please find below which may be of use during the Covid pandemic, a list of remote courses for businesses available through Bangor Uni, WGU, GLLM, Coleg Cambria and the OU. Some of the bodies are also open to discussing with employers about bespoke online training during this time.
Dear Member, each day brings new headlines about Covid-19 and its impact on our communities and businesses. The safety and wellbeing of our team and our members is always our biggest priority. We have continued to represent you as you navigate your way through this crisis. We have with the full support of our Board been lobbying our MPs, AMs and councils, sharing insights and intelligence into Welsh Government from your feedback and talking with them about strategy for safe reopening. We have been pushing particularly hard on the unfairness experienced by bona fide self-catering accommodation businesses not getting the support they so badly need. This is not a situation […]
Update from Visit Britain. https://www.visitbritain.org/helping-tourism-industry-recover-covid-19?utm_source=VB_Only_Enews_06_05_2020&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=VB_06_05_2020
HMRC has introduced a temporary measure to help in the destruction of spoilt beer, cider, wine or made-wine during coronavirus for: brewerscider producerswine or made-wine makerspublicans Find out more at the https://www.gov.uk/guidance/destroying-spoilt-beer-during-coronavirus-covid-19
Food Innovation Wales has launched a tool kit of useful templates and links to support Welsh food and drink manufacturers during the COVID-19 outbreak. Developed in collaboration with the Food & Drink Wales Industry Board, the resource includes over 20 templates which companies can use including observation checklists, visitor and return to work questionnaires, change of use guidance, contingency planning and measures to take when restarting a factory following shutdown. To use the Food Innovation Wales COVID-19 tool kit, visit: http://foodinnovation.wales/covid-19-considerations-for-good-manufacturing-practice-in-the-welsh-food-and-drink-processing-sector/ To contact Food Innovation Wales for support, please contact: North WalesFood Technology Centre, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai:Paul Roberts: 07810 647432 / robert5p@gllm.ac.uk
Business leaders in North Wales are calling for a new £3 million hardship fund to be set up provide urgent help for companies who don’t qualify for any of the emergency Covid-19 support. The plea has come from the North Wales and Mersey Dee Business Council, the umbrella body for the private sector in the region, who say many firms are falling through the cracks and are on the verge of going bust. Read the full press release here: https://businessnewswales.com/business-leaders-in-north-wales-call-for-3m-sme-hardship-fund/