A Cardiff-based teacher training provider has successfully navigated the challenges of COVID-19 by moving its business from face-to-face to online only. Dragonfly Training, one of the largest teacher training providers in the UK and internationally, adapted its business model at the start of the pandemic after securing a £50,000 Bounce Back Loan from NatWest. The funding allowed the business to invest in the technology required to continue delivering its sessions virtually to teachers across the globe. Before the pandemic, the…

A team of business-savvy school children from Bridgend have won a national competition looking to find and nurture entrepreneurial young talent from Wales, beating hundreds of pupils across the country to the post. Pupils from Garth Primary School picked up the top title at the annual Enterprise Troopers competition held by Welsh Government which took place at Cardiff Metropolitan University. After impressing the judges with their business acumen and entrepreneurial flair, Garth Primary School were presented with the top prize…

NatWest has created a new fund for charities, social enterprises, community groups, state-funded schools and colleges across the UK and Ireland, to enable them to support disadvantaged communities, helping people to learn new skills, get into the world of work or set up their own business. The Skills & Opportunities fund launches on Monday 11 May. Representatives of qualifying organisations can apply for funding of up to £35,000 for their projects via a new website http://skillsandopportunitiesfund.natwest.com. £2.5m of funding is…