Regions
Cardiff
Education
News
Cardiff Mum of four shows value of Adult Learning in Adult Learners Week
A Cardiff mum is supporting Adult Learners’ Week 2018 after education restored her confidence and helped her build a career. After agreeing to an arranged marriage at the age of 18, education was the furthest thing from Aqsa Ahmed-Hussein’s mind. By 28 she had lost her confidence, seeing herself as just a wife and mum, […]
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Manufacturing
News
Swansea
AB Glass appointed for new Swansea University development
Aluminium manufacturing and installation company AB Glass has been contracted by Kier Construction to provide its services at a new development at Swansea University’s Bay Campus. The IMPACT (Innovative Materials, Processing and Numerical Technologies) building forms part of the university’s college of engineering and will deliver a high impact, transformative research environment for conducting world […]
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Aerospace
Caerphilly
News
Welsh CEO among those honoured in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
AerFin CEO Bob James has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to exports in the aerospace industry. The latest ceremony saw many welsh award recipients, honouring them for their services to industry, medicine, sports and community. Bob James is an established entrepreneur who has continuously succeeded to influence the […]
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News
Swansea
Welsh Local Government Pension Funds boost for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project
Swansea’s hopeful tidal lagoon project has been boosted by a major vote of confidence while the UK Government considers whether or not to support it. Fund Managers for billions of pounds of Welsh public sector pension funds have announced their provisional support for the scheme. The endorsement by the eight members of the Joint Governance […]
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Brexit
Import & Export
Manufacturing
Swansea
Transport
Why Welsh Exporters need Brexit Contingency Plans
Importing and exporting to and from the UK brings billions to the economy every year, along with thousands of jobs in the process. However, the uncertainty surrounding Brexit could have major implications for the import and export industry. That was a key conclusion of a recent Wales Exporters Association event held in Swansea. The discussion […]
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Cardiff
News
Transport
New £100m state of the art train depot to open in Taffs Well
A new state of the art train depot for Taffs Well has been announced as part of plans for the South Wales Metro. The Welsh Government will invest nearly £100m in the new Transport for Wales depot which will house and service 36 of the new Metro vehicles operating on the Taff Vale lines. The depot will also […]
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Bridgend
GDPR
IT Support
News
Concerns for Welsh Businesses as researchers find 39% of EU companies have already suffered data loss
As Welsh businesses continue to wait for the impact of new GDPR legislation, DNS Security specialists EfficientIP has revealed the result of its 2018 DNS Threat Report – and it’s a worrying picture. On average, just under 40% of European companies have experienced data loss, higher than the global average which is still a huge […]
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Corwen
Manufacturing
News
North Wales business set to revolutionise poolside life saving with new training dummy
Pool life-saving is about to be transformed thanks to a new rescue training aid launching this month. Europe’s leading manufacturer of rescue training manikins, Ruth Lee Ltd, is launching a Pool Rescue Manikin on Friday, June 29th at the Royal Life Saving Society UK’s (RLSS UK) Annual Conference in Hinckley, Leicestershire. In the UK, drowning […]
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News
St. Asaph
Tech
Welsh fingerprint tech specialist recognised as a global key player in Fingerprint Technology
Disruptive fingerprint technology company Touch Biometrix has been recognised as one of the Top 20 global key players in a new report. The Welsh company made it on to the newly published market forecast report for the fingerprint sensing industry alongside other leading players including Apple. The new research report predicts the fingerprint sensor market […]
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Bridgend
IT Support
News
Tech
Research shows UK leaders would 'rather pay a hacker's ransom than invest in IT Security'
Like most of Britain’s IT Leaders, Welsh IT Specialists ITCS are acutely aware of the importance of robust IT security systems and the threat posed by the growth in cyber-attacks and ransomware. However, research indicates that outside the IT department, business leaders are not giving adequate priority to the risks they face from IT security […]
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