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Big interview with Welsh tech billionaire Sir Terry Matthews 👇
It was great catching up again with tech billionaire Sir Terry Matthews to talk about the next tech wave (and the impact that Chinese AI disrupter Deep Seek has had in recent days, reinforces that the next wave will not be all about the cloud and huge energy sapping data centre, etc) as well his attitude to wealth, advice to start-ups and the growth of his hotel and hospitality venture The Celtic Collection.......
2025 is a crunch year for the proposed £400m Global Centre of Rail Excellence project....
Plans for Europe's first integrated train and rail infrastructure testing facility in the Dulais Valley were first mooted by the Welsh Government seven years ago. The Global Centre of Rail Excellence is now in discussions with a debt funder which it hopes will ensure delivery of the project, that would create more than 1,000 jobs.
Cutting the number of regions in Wales makes sense commercially and will ensure a greater concentration of talent for success on the pitch says Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE in an analysis of calls last week by former Welsh international Jonathan Davies OBE for the WRU to urgently implement a new strategy for the game from the professional to the grassroots level.
Wales saw a strong rise in 2024 for industrial space over 50,000 sq ft shows new research from Knight Frank Neil Francis
Nearly three years since planning approval from Cardiff Council the Welsh Government has still to make a final decision on Cardiff Parkway project.
More than two years and waiting for a Welsh Government planning decision on the Cardiff Parkway project is indefensible and only serving to deter investment into Wales says Huw Thomas leader of Cardiff Council in seen letter to the First Minister.
Phase two of Cardiff Crossrail vital for transforming public transport in the capital and realising the full potential of the S Wales Metro says Mark Barry
The latest appointments in Welsh business Bernie Davies Dylan Matthews Felicia Meyerowitz Singh Maria Timon Samra Caro Wild Hannah Williams FCCA
Coffi Lab eyeing up significant growth on back of £1.7m investment Coffi Lab Ltd James Shapland Hannah Gillard FCA Bethan Cousins
The consultation ends on Monday 👇
Yes, it isn't a statutory body, but the Western Gateway is a cross-border collaboration that has shone a much needed light on investment opportunities across South Wales and the West of England over the last four years. There is mutual interest (and shouldn't be seen as a threat to devolution) for both economies - while healthy competition will remain - coming together to make the case for investment and trying to counter what have been 'sharper elbows' in the north of England. However, the Western Gateway Partnership's voice and influence will be significantly curtailed if the UK Government follows through by pulling its core funding Huw Thomas Sarah Williams-Gardener
Bridgend headquartered dart equipment firm Nodor targeting global expansion on major private investment deal Frank Holmes Sam Forman