CARDIGAN Castle will be the venue for Ceredigion’s first ‘Welsh in the Workplace’ Fair held to encourage and support businesses who want to increase their bilingual provision in their daily work.

With the 2020 Ceredigion National Eisteddfod on the horizon, Cered: Menter Iaith Ceredigion’s Welsh in the Workplace officers are busy assisting the county’s businesses in benefiting from the use of Welsh in their business.

Huw Marshall from ‘Yr Awr Gymraeg’ (The Welsh hour) will lead the special event in how to raise your business profile and how to effectively market in order to attract more customers.

During the day there will be opportunities to quiz a panel of businesses who already operate bilingually while learning from their experiences and the challenges they faced. The panel will consist of Emlyn Jones (Diogel Events), Kerry Ferguson (Gwe Cambrian), Eleri Davies (Blaenwaun Caravan Park) and Sioned Thomas (Ffenestri Kevin Thomas Windows), chaired by Keith Henson (Coleg Ceredigion).

Cllr Catherine Hughes, cabinet member with responsibility for culture, said: “It is heart-warming to see a valuable and important fair such as this being held in Ceredigion for the first time by Cered. It’s a very special opportunity to see businesses in one place and hear the experiences from those who use the Welsh language daily in their work.”

Later in the afternoon, there will be opportunities for businesses to visit an array of information stands from Learn Welsh, Ceredigion Training, Cynnal y Cardi, Business Wales, Antur Teifi, the Welsh Language Commissioner, Coleg Ceredigion and Cymraeg Byd Busnes.

The fair takes place on Thursday, October 4, between 10.30am-3.30pm at Cardigan Castle. Limited spaces are available, so register and reserve your place on tocyn.cymru. Simultaneous translation facilities and refreshments including tea and coffee will be available.

For further information, contact Pat Jones, Welsh language business development officer, Cered, Menter Iaith Ceredigion on Pat.jones@ceredigion.gov.uk or 01545 572350.