As each premises is different, businesses should read all guidance to understand the measures to be considered to re-open the business safely. Key areas businesses need to remain focussed on are: Ventilation All hospitality businesses should take action to increase ventilation at their premises. This is such an important step that you, as a hospitality business, can take to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus in your pub, bar, café or restaurant.Good ventilation reduces how much virus is in the air. It helps reduce the risk from aerosol transmission when someone breathes in small particles in the air after a person with the virus has been in the same enclosed area.Think […]
The guidance on live performances has been updated and is now available in the UK Hospitality Wales Guidance. https://www.ukhospitality.org.uk/page/WalesGuidanceÂ
Tourist signs are distinctive brown signs with white text used to direct drivers to a tourist destination in the final stages of their journey. Updated guidance for this signage is now available. https://businesswales.gov.wales/tourism/brown-and-white-signs
Visitors are being urged to pack lateral flow tests in their suitcases if they are holidaying in Wales from areas in the UK with higher rates of coronavirus. https://gov.wales/dont-forget-to-pack-your-covid-test-if-youre-holidaying-in-wales
ONS has produced experimental estimates from the voluntary fortnightly business survey (BICS), for single site businesses only, on topics such as trading status, financial performance, workforce and business resilience. Geographical breakdowns include country, regional and local authority levels. https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/articles/businessinsightsandimpactontheukandsubnationaleconomy/may2021
ONS has published the final International Passenger Survey figures for 2020. The headline stats are: Overseas residents made 11.1 million visits to the UK in 2020; this was 73% fewer than in 2019 as travel reduced because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.Overseas residents spent £6.2 billion on their visits to the UK in 2020; this was 78% less than in 2019.UK residents made 23.8 million visits abroad in 2020, which was 74% fewer than the previous year because of the coronavirus pandemic. UK residents spent £13.8 billion on visits abroad in 2020; this was 78% less than in 2019. On the inbound side, the 78% reduction in expenditure equates for […]
June Masterclass workshops to position your business well ready for the summer season and learn how to use local produce to further your business goals.210520-WFD-Workshop_Masterclass_June_Leaflet_01Download Workshops and masterclasses for June 2021
Clarification on who can stay in holiday accommodation From 17 May, Wales moved into Alert Level 2 which means that all holiday accommodation can re-open fully. However, businesses still need to ensure that their holiday accommodation (which includes hotel rooms, bed and breakfast accommodation, hostel or bunk house dormitory, holiday home, caravans and tents) is only occupied by people in the same household and people in their extended household (or anyone who is a carer of a member of the household). Updated Hostels Guidance As we look at a phased re-opening, Hostel owners and managers need to be aware of and following the updated guidance for Hostels which can be […]
Grants of up to £3,000 are available to enable rural pub owners, licensees, and local communities to work together to help support and sustain local services in England, Scotland and Wales. Pub is the Hub’s Community Services Fund will assist projects which support the needs of local communities by using pubs to offer a new service or replace a service that has already been lost, such as a local shop, library, post office or community centre, or encouraging the local sourcing of products, providing school meals, IT training and church services. Funding will support projects where no other local funding for services currently exists. Applications can be submitted at any […]
How the Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales (WCRC) supports businesses in the region. For more information visit www.wcrcentre.co.uk