Street addresses weren’t designed for 2020. They aren’t accurate enough to specify precise locations, such as building entrances, and don’t exist for parks and many rural areas. what3words has divided the world into 3 metre squares and given each square a unique combination of three words. It’s the easiest way to find and share exact locations. Snowdon peak, for example, can be found at ///super.ultra.enhancement. The free what3words app and website are used across the whole of the UK and around the globe. Lizzie, who’s in the partnerships team at what3words, will give an intro to the concept and give examples of how it’s being used in the tourism industry. […]
Ahead of Small Business Saturday, the Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government has announced a £10 million funding boost for town centres, under the £90 million Transforming Towns programme, to support businesses and increase vibrancy and footfall in towns across Wales. https://gov.wales/transforming-towns-programme-provide-funding-boost-towns-and-businesses-across-wales
There are new rules for organisations from 1 January 2021. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-tourism-sector-from-january-2021
Following the Chancellor’s statement yesterday, VisitBritain have received confirmation that they will have a rollover budget for next year plus an additional pot to focus on agreed priorities. This means that there will be a core budget of £19.9 million for VisitBritain and a further budget allocation as they work to support tourism’s recovery. The Government has also confirmed its commitment to continuing the GREAT campaign to build brand Britain, with a budget of £60 million. VB are currently putting in a bid for 2021/22 and are hopeful that they will secure a similar pot to this year for tourism promotion. This has been a tough spending round across Government […]
Welsh Government is pushing forward in its ambition to make active travel a realistic alternative by making it easier for people to tell their local councils where existing routes need to be improved and new routes built. An interactive map to gather opinions from communities about local walking and cycling paths is being launched today in several areas across Wales. Hosted by Commonplace, the website invites people to let their local councils know where they’d like to see improvements to walking and cycling paths. https://gov.wales/have-your-say-about-local-walking-and-cycling-routes https://wgactivetravel.commonplace.is/
PLANED and the Tourism Society Cymru have teamed up with the Next Tourism Generation (NTG) Next Tourism Generation project based at Cardiff Metropolitan University inviting young people and students from across Wales to pitch their best ideas for the future of tourism in Wales. The competition is inviting students enrolled on further and higher education courses that have a component relating to tourism and travel, hospitality, events, heritage, and food and beverage to pitch innovative ideas for the sector to leading industry representatives. The competition is launched this week. For full details please visit: https://nexttourismgeneration.eu/event/ntgwales2021/ English-A4-poster-11.20Download Welsh-A4-poster-11.20Download
On the 31 January 2020, Britain left the EU. Since then, we’ve been in the transition period – remaining in both the EU customs union and the single market. When this period draws to a close on 31 December, UK businesses will need to prepare for a post-Brexit Britain. We know that businesses are facing a great deal of uncertainty. With that in mind, it’s important that all businesses get ready for the end of the transition period, even if you think the change won’t affect you. To help you prepare, Barclays would like to invite you to their regional ‘Brexit and Beyond’ event. In this virtual clinic, they’ll guide […]
Calling all North Wales Businesses We want to showcase all the wonderful delights that we have here in North Wales by encouraging local residents to support local. We are offering a free listing on our website https://yourhomeyourcounty.wales/ to all types of businesses with seasonal offerings, including christmas gift ideas, arts and crafts, food and drink, decorations, gift/days out vouchers and lots more. To run alongside the website listing we will also be running a support local campaign at the start of December across our social media channels. The aim is to help boost the local economy and provide a platform to help local independent businesses promote themselves and their products in […]
This is Welsh Governments draft strategy for the future of transport in Wales. It sets out their ambitions for the next 20 years and their priorities for the next 5 years. To view the consultation document and to respond (deadline 25 January 2021) please follow the link below: https://gov.wales/llwybr-newydd
Copy of the North Wales Growth Deal Presentation which was presented at a very well attended North Wales and Mersey Dee Business Council webinar earlier this week. 2020-11-05-Programmes-and-Project-PresentationDownload