Increasing Employers’ Costs: How to Mitigate Potential Financial Impact

Cost: Free

Attendees of this webinar must be food and drink producers who are registered with the Cywain programme. The Cywain programme offers high-quality support to food and drink producers, from start-ups to micro, small and medium size businesses. Click here to Register.

 

Employer expenses are on the rise — and more changes are coming in April 2026. This webinar will give you a clear, practical overview of what’s ahead, including:

• New National Insurance contribution rates and thresholds
• National Minimum Wage (NMW) increases and their impact on payroll

But we won’t stop at the headlines. You’ll gain actionable strategies to adapt your business plans and reduce financial risk.

 

What you’ll learn:

• How the updated National Insurance framework will affect your bottom line
• The combined impact of NI changes and NMW increases on payroll, budgeting, and operations
• Practical steps to stay compliant while optimising your financial planning

Don’t just react — prepare. Join us and turn these challenges into opportunities for smarter growth.

 

Led by: Matthew Davies, Landsker Business Solutions

Matthew Davies is an experienced accountant and business consultant with over 15 years of expertise in financial management, business planning, taxation, and funding. As a Financial Controller and Senior Business Consultant at Landsker Business Solutions Ltd, he has worked with hundreds of businesses across various sectors, securing over £26 million in commercial funding and £1.3 million in grant funding. Matthew’s deep understanding of business finance and regulatory changes makes him the ideal expert to guide you through the new National Insurance updates and their implications for employers.

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Content Delivery by Programme

·         Presentations will be shared with WG Stakeholders after the event and through the WG Food and Drink Insight Hub

·         For specific projects or ad hoc pieces of work, Welsh companies attending/registering for the events may access the presentations. Depending on the data supplier agreement, the data will not be made available on the Insight hub for other companies to access for 6 months.

·         For other outputs, including downloads from data providers’ on-line portals, parts of reports, presentations or data may be shared with Welsh companies e.g. individual slides, depending on the data agreements with each data provider.

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·         Companies cannot share slides or data to any 3^rd party; they can only use it internally within their company.  The only exception is that a company may share a few slides/ or some data as part of their presentations to customers. No whole presentations or reports can be forwarded to any 3^rd Party.

·         No data can be shared onto any public forum.

·         Any company that is found to break these rules will be liable for any subsequent action pursued by the data provider.

·         If in doubt, please seek advice from the Brookdale team.

No variation to these conditions shall be binding unless agreed in writing between the authorised representatives of the training provider and the delegate and/or their sponsoring organisation. The delegate and their sponsoring organisation acknowledge that these terms and conditions supersede any written or verbal communication.