The Welsh Government’s EU funded SMART Cymru programme is offering eligible businesses the chance to apply for a new SMART Cymru Decarbonisation grant. It offers eligible businesses a non-repayable grant of up to £50,000 to contribute towards exploring the feasibility of decarbonisation ideas.

Application required for firebreak lockdown Non Domestic Business Rates Grant.

With increasing Covid cases in the region we have been discussing cleaning and recovery options with Adapt, a commercial cleaning company based in South Wales employing over 350 people. They have a range of clients spreading through Powys and up to Mid / West and North Wales and across the M4 corridor.

Leading supplier of innovative flexible packaging solutions, Wipak UK1, has unveiled plans for a major, multi-million pound strategic investment to significantly enhance its capabilities and sustainable product offering.

This is being developed as a significant innovation asset for Wales. The aim is for the Wales DNA to be an open forum with other research and learning institutions being involved in is constituent projects. It aims to support and facilitate co-creation of data driven innovation with industry, and crucially its application within key industries in Wales, as well as developing a strong, dynamic talent pool

Do you have vacancies within your company to employ an apprentice and would like to advertise the positions? Or are you looking for a company to become an apprentice?

Consultation workshops if you wish to hear more information about the Framework and how you can contribute. Also, have your say on the Consultation website.

Welsh Government have launched a new strand to the Flexible Skills Programme aimed at encouraging employers to recruit an IT/Computer Science/Digital graduate called the DigiTALent programme.

Award-winning Tarian Technology, based in Buttington, near Welshpool, has teamed up with Dyfed Powys Police to prevent cyber-criminals using the Covid 19 pandemic to scam local businesses and individuals from Mid and West Wales.

For funding opportunities that are available when you employ a young person, create a new job or take on some one who has been made redundant please click for further information.

Confederate Chemicals in Newtown where operations manager John Hextall said “Confederate Chemicals has had a very positive experience with JGW.

Information on support available to employers through Jobcentre plus and Working Wales including the Rapid Response to Redundancies (RRS) and REACT funding.

There are now two options in the way companies, organisations or individuals can gain know-how and insight into the methods and processes of Innovation Management and apply it directly where it’s most needed - into the core of the company or organisation.

A member company has invested in a rapid test system for COVID-19 and have now conducted the second of a series tests to check the whole workforce in Welshpool.

Careers Wales are looking for employers to deliver a presentation using Skype, Microsoft Teams or similar either as a live event, with the opportunity for a Q&A session or as a pre-recorded session?

The Welsh Government has published Guidance to help manufacturing businesses understand what kind of reasonable measures they can take to ensure that persons on their premises stay two metres apart.

Control Techniques has available to let, two internal staff canteens that are not open to the public. Both facilities, based across two separate sites in Newtown, Powys, feature a canteen and food preparation area which can be used to prepare food for sale offsite.

Member Company Welshpool Printing Group, which recently celebrated their 60th Birthday, have offered local companies free social distancing floor signs.

Member Company Control Techniques have kindly shared their 3Q6S Approach to Social Distancing that has been implemented at their production facility in Newtown

The WG, Life Science Hub, Industry Wales are working together with NHS Wales SSP to support the supply chain for various equipment needs for both Health, Care and other front line workers.