FOR Cardiff

Share your feedback on police funding in South Wales. Following South Wales Police & Crime Commissioner Emma Wools' recent consultation on the development of her Police & Crime plan, she would like to understand your views in relation to your contributions to policing via your Council Tax. Take the survey at https://lnkd.in/exkgeVED by Monday 13th January.

Wrapping up the week ✨ 🎅 We celebrated Christmas in the office this week with an office room decorating competition, a Christmas quiz, and our festive social at PASTURE and The Head of Steam. 🏆 Emily Cotterill attended the Cardiff Cycle City Annual Awards to present the Most Cycle Friendly Business Award to Pedal Power. Emily also spoke at the 'Improvement of Service System Capability for Shanghai SMEs Programme' run by Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd where she explained about BIDs in the UK and discussed how some of the projects we deliver support local SMEs. ℹ️ Louise Taggart, Ian Tumelty, Georgia Lindsay and Rhi Vaughan attended our Counter Terrorism and security workshop for a range of partners and businesses at the Principality Stadium, where Ian gave a talk on City Net radio and communication. 💜 We hosted the Purple Flag assessors reception at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama before they commenced their city centre walkabout last Friday. It was a great turnout despite the severe weather warning. 🥂 Abbie Dix visited BAR 44 (CARDIFF) LIMITED to capture content of their new ‘No & Lo’ drinks menu. 🤩 There are two new offers on The Card from Basecamp Indian Kitchen – 15% off when dining in and 20% off takeaway orders! Login to our website or The Card app for details.

FOR Cardiff and our Cardiff Purple Flag Partnership colleagues were delighted to host the Purple Flag assessors at a reception at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama before they commenced their city centre walkabout last Friday. Thanks to all who came.

FOR Cardiff members are invited to attend The Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales and Cyber Innovation Hub's FREE incident response event on 30th January. The session offers attendees the opportunity to experience a realistic cyber-attack scenario designed to help them prepare for a potential cyber incident on their own business. The session will also include a panel discussion from a host of industry professionals from Bridewell, Capital Law Ltd, Thomas Carroll and the Information Commissioner's Office. ℹ️ Find out more and reserve a spot at: https://lnkd.in/euYGUVzB We also invite our members to help inform future Welsh Government support for businesses by completing The Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales Supply Chain Cyber Security Survey. The survey should take between 5 and 10 minutes to complete. https://lnkd.in/eACiYDEZ

FOR Cardiff Wrapped ✨

Wrapping up the week ✨ 🎁 We hosted a VIP shopping event for The Card members at John Lewis & Partners. It was a great evening with festive shopping, live music and goodie bags! 🎓 Emma Vaughan gave a guest lecture on City of Arcades to final year Marketing Communications students studying Tourism, Hospitality and Events at Cardiff Metropolitan University. 🏆 We received a Business and Partner Award from Cardiff and Vale College. 🎉 We shared that we have recently reached 10K followers on Instagram! To celebrate, we are giving away a £100 Cardiff Gift Card. Enter here to win: https://lnkd.in/eByuNuPY 📣 There are two new NCP car park offers on The Card. Log in to our website or The Card app for details. ℹ️ Carolyn Brownell attended the House of Commons Business & Trade Committee round table. 💭 Chelsea Clements distributed Ask For Angela posters to her businesses, and we shared an e-Newsletter with refresher training in preparation for the busiest weekend for Christmas parties. 👋 Our Business Engagement and Marketing teams met with Hilton Hotel Cardiff, Studio Tarw, The Queer Emporium, and Zerodegrees - Microbrewery & Restaurant to discuss the value we can bring to their business. They also visited Treetop Golf and Basecamp Indian Kitchen to create promotional content. 💜 Carolyn Brownell and Ian Tumelty will be hosting the Purple Flag Assessors Reception at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama this evening. 

This year’s City of Arcades celebrations were the biggest and best yet with footfall in the Morgan Quarter increasing by 25% and Cardiff Night Market attendance increasing by 71% on the previous year.👏 Discover all the highlights in our event recap: https://lnkd.in/eXNnTRJU

Our Pontyclun Mega 6 screen, located on the busy A4222, is lighting up the season with a festive favourite - Cardiff’s enchanting ‘Light of Winter Trail’ ✨ A must see this December, it brings the city to life with 11 dazzling installations until the 5th of January ❄️ Visit Cardiff FOR Cardiff 🎄 #OOH #Cardiff #Advertising #Media #Christmas #Winter #December

A huge thank you to Cardiff and Vale College for awarding FOR Cardiff one of the Business & Partner Awards at their Annual Awards last night, it's been a pleasure working with you and particular thanks to Chris Duffy MCIPR & Leanne Waring for supporting us in the delivery of these collaborative projects. Thanks also to Chambers Wales South East, South West and Mid for the invite to the House of Commons Business & Trade Committee round table event yesterday, we discussed the lack of confidence from Welsh businesses to expand & grow and I advocated for a the need to educate young people on how to start a business and having the right support mechanisms in place for them and established businesses on how to access funding & support as this landscape can be confusing and overwhelming to many and will hinder entrepreneurship and economic growth in Wales.

We were thrilled to receive a Business and Partner Award from Cardiff and Vale College last night. 👏 The enduring relationship between FOR Cardiff and CAVC now spans almost a decade. During that time, CAVC has become a trusted training partner with FOR Cardiff, delivering a range of training courses for employees of our member businesses. In recent years, we became sponsors of CAVC’s Catering & Hospitality Skills Academy. The academy enables individuals from challenged socio-economic backgrounds to gain valuable skills and improve their chance of employability.