The Minister for Economy launched the new Plan for Employability and Skills: Stronger, fairer, greener Wales, in Plenary on the 8 March 2022. The plan focuses efforts to ensure no […]
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CCR invests £1.6million into FinTech Wales At the beginning of June the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) announced a £1.6 million, five-year investment into FinTech Wales, the independent not for profit […]
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Skills Survey We’d like to remind you all about the Regional Skill’s Partnership Skills and Employment survey. The survey will close to responses at the end of July so there […]
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Welsh Government have recently launched its new employability programme ReAct+ at the start of June, which is a new programme that offers free, personalised employment support to help people progress […]
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The DWP Restart Scheme (serviced by Serco and its delivery partners in Wales) offers a joined-up approach to employability provision and shared outcomes within the community. Its aim is to […]
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The Welsh Government has made available up to £120k funding to support increased economic co-operation with the regions of Baden Württemberg, Brittany and Flanders. The initiative is open to applications […]
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These are the latest available headline figures for the performance of the ESI funded operations within the SE Region. If you would like more detail on the data please email […]
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The Achieving Change through Employment project (ACE) has now come to an end. The East Wales delivery having already closed in August last Year. The West Wales and the Valleys […]
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Mr W was made redundant from his previous job role due to ongoing health conditions. Due to this and not knowing where to turn, Mr W struggled financially and experiencing […]
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Emma Sheffield Communities for Work made the referral to NET, as I was in insecure employment and my current role was beginning to make me feel stressed and anxious. Having […]
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JP has been a bricklayer for over 20 years. However, at the time of referral, he had been claiming Employment and Support Allowance for several years and suffered with Anxiety […]
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Phoebe joined the Citizen’s Advice Merthyr Tydfil (CAMT) AIF project whilst being homeless and living in a local hostel. Phoebe had suffered Domestic abuse and had lost self-confidence because of […]
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UK Horizon Europe Guarantee extension. The UK’s safety net for applicants applying to Horizon Europe has been extended. It covers grant agreements expected to be signed up to the end […]
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We are pleased to say that our next film celebrating the impact of structural funds is now ready to share with you. Produced by Orchard Media, the short film illustrates […]
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11th-20th March was British Science Week 2022. This annual event is a ten-day celebration of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics taking place through our communities and Twitter rose to […]
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The Wales Innovation Network (WIN) is a new initiative that has been set up by Universities Wales to deliver a step change in the depth and breadth of Wales’ collaborative […]
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The Cardiff Capital Region are developing a new £50m innovation Fund to provide patient capital for innovation-led businesses looking to scale-up in the Capital Region. The Fund will be managed […]
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CEMET Case Study – Temporal Junction, Sports & Events Commentary Management Technology: Data Analysis Sector: Sports Entertainment Location: Cardiff Today sports and events commentators still rely on outdated systems such […]
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MAGMA – taking the ERDF project into schools MAGMA at Cardiff University has been part funded by ERDF to establish a world-class research capability with recognised expertise in the processing, […]
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SPECIFIC’s awards keep coming Last year the long running SPECIFIC project led by Swansea University was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize in recognition of its Materials Science and Engineering research […]
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A New Era for Electron Microscopy in Cardiff In late December 2021 the Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) took delivery of Cardiff University’s first Aberration Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (AC-STEM). […]
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SMART Expertise supports collaborative projects, between industry and Welsh research organisations. The projects address strategic industrial technical challenge/s with a clear focus on commercialisation and exploitation of new products, processes […]
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WEFO will not be developing a centrally led social media or communications campaign to promote EU Structural funds projects on Europe Day. However, as the UK is still participating in the […]
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There will be elections to Welsh Local Authorities on 5 May 2022. This will be preceded by a formal pre-election period for the Welsh Government, commencing on 14 April 2022, in […]
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UK Shared Prosperity Fund Prospectus Published The UK Government has published the full Prospectus and supporting documents for the Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF). The Prospectus builds on the pre-launch guidance […]
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