Introducing Colin James-Davies

Growth Strategy Project Development Officer (Property)

Community Development Service, Conwy County Borough Council.

Colin joined CCBC in March 2019 after previously working as an estate agent for Anglesey & Bangor based agents Dafydd Hardy before moving to Colwyn Bay based Sterling Estates whilst working at towards his construction degree. Gaining 6 years’ experience in property sales and lettings.

Colin’s role in CCBC is to find and facilitate inward investment for businesses looking to make Conwy home. Colin can also help your business to relocate within Conwy.

If you are moving your business to Conwy, or simply growing within Conwy, please contact Colin on 07935074418 for help and advice.

For CCBC commercial property currently for sale or let in Conwy please go to our dedicated Rightmove page 

Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme. 

Full fibre broadband connections offer the fastest and most reliable speeds available, and the government is committed to a vision of a full fibre Britain.

As part of this commitment in March 2018, the government announced the £67m Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme. 

Gigabit vouchers can be used by small businesses and the local communities surrounding them to contribute to the installation cost of a gigabit-capable connection.

Businesses can claim up to £2,500 against the cost of connection either individually or as part of a group project. Residents can benefit from the scheme with a voucher worth £500 as part of a group project. 

From May 2019, premises in the harder-to-reach places in the UK may be eligible for additional funding. Find out more HERE 

Brexit Countdown

11pm 31 October 2019

How prepared is your business?

Business Wales have developed a tool which will take you through six key business areas with four questions each to assess your business’ readiness for Brexit.

You will receive a report of your assessment with further support and guidance available to you.

Click HERE for more information and to assess your business

GDPR - How well do you comply with data protection law

The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) have devised an online self-assessment checklist which has been created with small business owners and sole traders in mind.

Use the ICO checklist to improve your understanding of data protection and find out what you need to do to make sure you are keeping people’s personal data secure.

Once you have completed the checklist a short report will be created suggesting some practical actions you can take and providing links to additional guidance you could read that will help you improve your data protection knowledge and compliance.

Click HERE for more information.

IP Health Check

People are becoming more aware of IP (Intellectual Property) enforcement issues. To help with this, the Welsh Government IP Office have developed a new module to help businesses understand what to do if somebody infringes their IP.

The IP Health Check allows businesses to identify and assess the IP they own. Since its launch in 2009, there have been more than 20,000 health checks completed.

What is the IP Health Check

The IP Health Check is a free ‘IP for Business’ online support tool. It consists of 9 individual modules on different areas of IP:

· Copyright

· Trade marks

· Designs

· Patents

· Confidential information

· Licensing your IP

· Trade marks overseas

· Franchising

· Enforcement

The IP Health Check provides you with a tailored confidential report based on your answers to a series of simple questions.

For more details and to start your Health Check, visit the IP Health Check.    

Forthcoming Events 

Business Wales Workshops held in Conwy County 

from August 2019