DECEMBER 2020
Welsh Government Coronavirus Regulations: Frequently Asked Questions
The Welsh Government have published a Guidance on how you can keep safe during the outbreak and what rules are in place to protect people.
The FAQs are updated regularly and are relevant to the public and businesses
Click HERE for the FAQs
Guidance to support food businesses who have diversified their business model during COVID-19.
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many existing food businesses have diversified and adapted their business model.
Some established restaurants, pubs, bars and mobile caterers have switched to food delivery, collection-only or selling food online. This has allowed them to continue to operate during the pandemic.
As part of our Here to Help campaign The Food Standards Agency are providing support and guidance to help food businesses further adapt during COVID-19.
They have published guidance on reopening and adapting your food business during COVID-19, along with a reopening checklist for food businesses.
Save the High Street.org
The future of the high street depends on how we all act now.
SaveTheHighStreet.org provides support for high street businesses, community champions, trade associations, local authorities, landlords, industry innovators and others, across the UK, through the Coronavirus-era and beyond.
Diverse, successful high streets benefit everyone. The more of us who join, the stronger we all become.
Join the movement. Stay in touch. Spread the word.
Do you live in
rural Conwy?
Do you suffer
from low broadband speed?
The UK, and Welsh Governments have a Gigabit Broadband Voucher scheme designed to help you:
Rural residents and businesses in Wales with broadband speeds of less than 30 Mbps available may be eligible for additional funding from Welsh Government towards the cost of installing gigabit-capable broadband to their premises when part of a group project.
Welsh Government will pay up to an additional £1,500 per resident and £3,500 per small to medium-sized business (SME) in order to help connect harder-to-reach rural properties in Wales
Check if you are eligible HERE
Please register your interest in accessing better broadband speed by clicking this link
Everything you
ever wanted to know about digital
A Superfast Business Wales Q&A
Throughout the pandemic digital has been a lifeline for small business owners, helping them stay in touch with customers, sell online and keep their business going while they’ve been limited by COVID-19 restrictions.
If you want to survive COVID-19 using digital, click HERE to read the answers to SFBW’s most frequently asked questions
New Apprenticeship Vacancy Service
The Welsh Government has invested in a new, bespoke Apprenticeship Vacancy Service (AVS) to showcase apprenticeship opportunities in Wales and making it easier than ever to recruit apprentices.
The AVS allows businesses the opportunity to advertise, manage and track their apprenticeship vacancies, offering a cost-effective tool for recruitment and the chance to reach out to a wide pool of talent.
Employer profiles are also available giving you the opportunity to promote your business and the opportunities that you have available.
Make a genius decision and recruit an apprentice.
For more information, visit https://gov.wales/recruit-apprentice-guidance-employers
Advertise your apprenticeship vacancies HERE
Business Wales Barriers Grant
The Welsh Government’s Covid-19 commitment, put in place a programme of employment and skills support to help people back to work.
Part of this programme includes additional support for individuals considering self-employment. In addition to the existing start-up service, a grant to support unemployed individuals that face greater economic barriers to starting a business is being made available. This discretionary grant will help up to 600 individuals become self-employed or start a business, between December 2020 and March 2021.
The grant will be open to all unemployed individuals, however priority in allocating funding will be given to those most affected by the Covid-19 outbreak:
Women
Disabled people
People from BAME backgrounds
Young people not in education or training (NEETS) aged 18-24 or a College and University leaver in 2019 or 2020
Individuals will be able to apply for up to £2,000 to contribute towards the essential costs of starting a business.
The grant will be managed through the Business Wales service.
The fund will open for applications on 1 December 2020.
Conwy Excellence Fund
Do you have a talented family member or friend?
The Conwy Excellence Fund provides grant aid to those competing at a national level in sport or for those gifted in the arts, dance, music, drama and education.
The Fund aims to help them reach their potential through training and development.
Applications for this current round of funding are open from 1 December until 1 February 2021.
Click HERE for more information and details of how to apply.
The announcement about possible pre-Christmas vaccine rollout comes as Adventure Parc Snowdonia’s landmark new Hilton Garden Inn Snowdonia and Wave Garden Spa enter final build phase
The stunning new Hilton Garden Inn Snowdonia and Wave Garden Spa launch on 26 March 2021
There will be 106 bedrooms with big views on all sides, including standard rooms, wheelchair accessible, larger suites and interconnecting family rooms.
On the ground floor, Zephyr’s Restaurant & Bar will offer relaxed dining with a focus on seasonal local produce.
The Wave Garden Spa will feature indoor and outdoor treatment areas, including warm vitality pools, a yoga studio, hammam and Himalayan salt sauna.
The Hilton Garden Inn Snowdonia and the Wave Garden Spa represent a £11 million additional investment into the site
Click HERE for more details of the hotel and spa
Conwy County
Borough Council
Have your say
If you want to tell us what you think of our services or make a complaint, want to take part in consultations about Council services and plans for the future, or want to comment on things like local planning applications you can find out how to do so in this section of our website.
What’s On
Business
Wales And Superfast Business Wales events in Conwy
Click HERE for full details of all forthcoming business events
WEBINAR
TENDERING MODULE 1:
USING SELL2WALES TO SOURCE SUPPLIER OPPORTUNITIES
3 December 2020
11.00am - 1.00pm
BOOK HERE
Superfast Business Wales
Webinar - Selling Online
2pm - 4pm
