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Employers from across the public, private and third sectors are being urged to support young people in Cardiff by providing a range of work experience placements.

The request is part of the Cardiff Commitment, an initiative which works with external partners to introduce children and young people to the vast range of opportunities available to them in the world of work.

A target of 100 placements is required to enable Year 10 pupils from Cardiff West Community High School to take part in week-long placements next June, 2020.

Cardiff Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Education, Employment and Skills, Cllr Sarah Merry, said: “Work experience placements are an invaluable way for our young people to learn about various industries and experience first-hand the career opportunities available to them in Cardiff and the wider region.

“They also inspire and help young people maintain their enthusiasm for learning, enabling them to look ahead and consider jobs they might not have otherwise thought about. This raises aspirations for what they want to do when they leave school.

In a bid to boost the number to businesses signed up to the scheme, Vicky Poole, the Cardiff Commitment Business Engagement Advisor,will run the Cardiff Half Marathon.

Uniquely, instead of asking people to sponsor her money, Vicky has requested businesses sponsor her with the pledge of a work experience placement for the week commencing 29thJune 2020.

Cabinet Member for Investment and Development, Cllr Russell Goodway said: “The Cardiff Commitment sets out how the Council, together with a wide range of partners, work together to ensure a positive destination for every young person in Cardiff after they finish school, either in employment or further education and training whilst encouraging them totake full advantage of Cardiff’s modern and dynamic economy.

“In addition, it provides businesses with a wealth of benefits include staff development opportunities, brand awareness and business exposure to a younger generation and the chance to demonstrate corporate social responsibility.

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Countingup, the UK’s number one small business banking and accounting app, has announced it is opening a new office on Cathedral Road.

Countingup will focus on providing account management and out-of-hours customer support from the new Cardiff base. The account management team has already seen several team members join with recruitment currently underway for the customer support team.

The office came about following an initial approach from Cardiff City Council who are targeting leading technology companies who are growing rapidly.

Councillor Russell Goodway Cabinet Member for Investment and Development at Cardiff Council said: “Cardiff is one of the top cities in the UK for business growth. Countingup with its innovative business model and a strong focus on micro-businesses and entrepreneurs should help to foster and maintain this growth. We are delighted to welcome such a dynamic company to the city and I am pleased my team were able to work with Countingup and encourage them to invest in our Capital city.”

Countingup already has more than 15,000 small business customers and around 625 accountancy practice partners. It is focused on making business banking and accounting easier for small businesses across Cardiff and the rest of the UK, thereby freeing up their time to focus on their core business, while also helping accountants with micro-business clients.

Andrew Garvey, the Chief Commercial Officer at Countingup, said: “Cardiff is a growth hub for small, fast-growing micro-businesses and also has a great reputation for financial services”.

Cardiff Council is seeking to appoint a developer for the new Cardiff Indoor Arena and hotel brand, Travelodge, as part of the redevelopment of Atlantic Wharf in Cardiff Bay.

Cardiff is now regarded as one of the best places to live in the UK, with its cultural and recreational offer widely recognised. Today, it benefits from some of the best infrastructure in the UK.

Attracting more visitors to stay longer has been a deliberate economic strategy for more than 30 years. Over that period, Cardiff has delivered an enviable reputation as a major events city that surpasses its size and international status.

Delivery of a new top-tier Indoor Arena has been a long-time aspiration of for Cardiff, which forms part of the strategic economic commitments, set out by

Cardiff Council’s political administration, within their strategic policy document, the Capital Ambition.

As part of the redevelopment of Atlantic Wharf, a new Travelodge will be built replacing the existing facility parallel to Hemingway Road. The new Travelodge will be positioned in a prime location to maximise the benefits of a new Arena as well as being within walking distance of Mermaid Quay and a number of visitor attractions.

The process is now at an exciting stage where Cardiff Council are now actively open for business in attracting suppliers.

Any potential suppliers can access the opportunity through the Proactis Portal with the following details:

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THE RACE IS ON TO SECURE WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS FOR CARDIFF’S YOUNG PEOPLE

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SEPTEMBER 2019

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Over 100 businesses from across Cardiff and the Capital Region came together for Cardiff’s MIPIM 2020 partnership launch.

Held in the iconic Cardiff Castle, delegates from the private and public sector were given the information on the opportunities available to attend the annual property conference as part of the region’s delegation. The launch covered plans and aspirations for MIPIM 2020 and the sponsorship packages available.

A record delegation of businesses attended in 2019 and was Cardiff’s most successful MIPIM to date and now for MIPIM 2020, Cardiff will be jointly partnered by the Cardiff Capital Region and as a collective we will be looking to refine its approach and ensure that next year’s delegation is able to build on this success.

Next March Cardiff and the Capital Region will have a much larger exhibition stand with a robust programme of activity.

“MIPIM is the world’s leading property event in Cannes and it is a unique opportunity to develop new trade and investment propositions with investors from across the world.

Our offer is amongst the best in the UK and MIPIM is the number one event to showcase the city and if we’re not there, we’re not competing.

It’s not local government attending with businesses, it is one delegation representing Cardiff and the city-region together. It’s our businesses, their skills expertise and knowledge that sell us and we look forward to working with everybody is shaping our offering which we will present at MIPIM in 2020”.

Cllr Huw Thomas, Leader, Cardiff Council

“By going to MIPIM again this year, and in future years, we are telling the world that the Cardiff Capital Region and its Capital City is totally open for business.”

The region needs to build on this as the Capital City is the hook for broader investment.

Businesses don’t recognise administrative boundaries, that is why we need to work together to realise the broader impact across the region. It’s about us being inclusive, collaborative and having impact.”

Cllr Peter Fox, Vice Chairman of the Cardiff Capital Region Cabinet

MIPIM 2020 PARTNER CASE STUDY: IMIUM

Imium is a UK leading Commercial Interiors design and build specialist headquartered in Cardiff. We have been working in partnership with UK’s most successful organisations for two decades, helping them to design, develop and deliver fit-out and refurbishment projects, creating spaces that empower its users and help support and grow businesses.

After outgrowing their current space, Optimum Credit approached Imium to Design, Develop, and Deliver a new workplace for them that would accommodate their current staff numbers and also allow them to grow in line with their ambitions.

Imium engaged with Optimum Credit to establish a brief and began to plan an office that would cater for their current and future needs. It was essential that the new office allowed for staff expansion and catered for the varying needs of the workforce going forward, giving them opportunities to work both collaboratively and as individuals.

The finishes are a timeless palette of greys, blacks and pastel tones in various textures ranging from sleek marble to luxurious high pile carpets. Each department is linked via a pathway that offers opportunities for break out and collaboration along the way.

There is a range of agile zones dispersed throughout each floor with powered tables and localised lighting that provide areas for people to drop in and work. Individual study-booths in the larger break out spaces provide areas for quiet study and assist their support of workplace learning, while larger meeting booths alleviate the issue of more formal meeting spaces being used for informal chats.

The various offices can accommodate smaller meetings, meaning that the meeting suite near to reception can be reserved for clients and visitors. In addition to the more functional parts of the office, the break out spaces have been designed to suit large company gatherings and agile working. Large kitchens on both floors comfortably accommodate the needs of the workforce during breaks and provide an area for social events.

The end result has given Optimum Credit a workspace that meets the original brief of accommodating the numbers that they need and that supports a collaborative workforce.

For more information on Imium, please contact:

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THE MIPIM 2020 LAUNCH

For your chance to become a MIPIM 2020 partner and to find out more about the Cardiff and the Capital Region campaign:

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Sound Diplomacy submitted their Cardiff Music City report recently, informing a music strategy for Cardiff. This report has been received incredibly well by the music sector in the city. Another report will be proposed to cabinet in the autumn to look at setting up a Cardiff Music Board to start to deliver the recommendations included in the report. This is the most substantial music ecology assessment ever to have taken place in the UK, where a local authority puts music at the heart of the city’s development.

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Each summer, the Invest in Cardiff team plays host to a student intern from Cardiff’s twin city of Stuttgart.

This year, Steven Knaack, has made the journey from Stuttgart where he is an Economic Development student to work alongside Invest in Cardiff team.

The Leader of Cardiff Council, Cllr Huw Thomas said: “We are delighted to have welcomed Steven to work with us this summer. The scheme has proved to be mutually beneficial with the interns carrying out some very useful research for us but also providing them with a strong sense of the city’s economy and the way that we do business here in Cardiff.”

For more information on The Cardiff Music Strategy, please contact:

Ruth Cayford Creative Industries and Culture Manager rcayford@cardiff.gov.uk

Our involvement with our international partners takes many forms from knowledge sharing on issues such as achieving a carbon neutral Europe, to supporting Cardiff and Vale College’s international college in Shanghai and educational exchanges.

Once again this year, Cardiff hosted sixth form students from Hordaland, our twin city region. The students spend a year at one of five schools in Cardiff, Barry, the Vale of Glamorgan, sitting AS level exams alongside their new Welsh school mates.

Since 1997, over 300 Hordaland students have taken advantage of the opportunity to live and study in Cardiff, some of them returning as undergraduates at Cardiff University.

As well as Hordaland, the other cities Cardiff is twinned with are: Xiamen, Nantes,Stuttgart and Luhansk.

INTERNATIONAL LINKS We’re working hard within the Invest in Cardiff team to strengthen our international links by recognising how important it is for Cardiff to continue to develop our position as a vibrant forward-thinking and outward-looking city, to secure the city’s future economic success.

CARDIFF SET TO HOST UNIQUE FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND CULTURE WITH A SOCIAL IMPACTCardiff will for the first time host its own unique cultural festival as part of a groundbreaking global movement involving more than 150,000 people in over 100 cities across the world this November.

he city has agreed to take part in Fair Saturday, a global mobilisation that aims to create a positive social impact every last Saturday of November, the day following Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year and a date seen as a symbol of modern consumerism. This year’s Fair Saturday will take place on Saturday 30 November.

The Fair Saturday movement was started in Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain in 2014 as a response to the rising tide of materialism and consumerism. It is a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the world through arts and culture.

Fair Saturday aims to celebrate the arts and spread support for social causes across the world, and help people reflect on the essential role of culture to build stronger societies, in an age of turbulence and uncertainty and the day after many people will have been tempted to spend on Black Friday offers.

Cardiff is one of seven new official cities joining the movement. All the cities commit to boost the celebration of Fair Saturday and wants to connect to other international cities doing so. Other new participating cities include Lisbon in Portugal; Leeuwarden in the Netherlands and Atlanta and Quincy in the US. Previous cities that have participated in previous years, and will be doing so again this year, include Bilbao, Malaga, Santander, Lima, Bristol and the whole nation of Scotland, celebrating Fair Saturday linked to its St. Andrews’s celebrations.

“I am delighted that Cardiff is joining the Fair Saturday initiative. In Cardiff, we feel passionately about community and about culture, and Fair Saturday is an opportunity to celebrate both.

“By being part of this fast growing global network we will help shine a light on the thriving cultural sector in the city and will encourage more people to get involved in activities across Cardiff.”

Councillor Huw Thomas, Leader of Cardiff CouncilFor more information, visit: www.fairsaturday.org

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Cllr Merry added: “Ultimately, the goal of the Cardiff Commitment is to ensure that all young people in the city eventually secure a job that enables them to reach their full potential whilst contributing to the economic growth of the city and provides businesses with the opportunity to make a real difference to young people’s lives

“I think that Vicky’s commitment to recruit as many businesses as possible is absolutely fantastic and I wish her the best of luck for the marathon.”

Martin Hulland, Headteacher at Cardiff West Community High School said: “Working with our nine Creative Partners, our students currently benefit from a range of experiences linked to the creative economy, as we focus on a work centric curriculum.

“As a lead creative school, with a huge variety of talents to offer potential employers, we would be delighted to work with employers to offer all our students that first hand taste of the workplace, that only a placement can offer.

“The Cardiff Commitment will allow us to develop partnerships across the city to widen and extend our connections with many different aspects of the thriving Cardiff economy. Our wonderful new building and enriched curriculum will ensure that our students are uniquely placed to take advantage of the opportunities provide by this great initiative. Many thanks to Victoria Poole for demonstrating real ambition and resilience, two of our core values, as she prepares for the half marathon!”

Vicky said: “This would be a great opportunity for companies and organisations however big or small, to provide much-needed work placements which can help young people to access apprenticeships, traineeships, internships, volunteering and job opportunities as well as offering career insight and advice.”

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The deadline for the Submission of the Supplier Questionnaire (SQ) document is the 27th September 2019.

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