As more than 300 senior industry and business leaders prepare to gather in Newport to explore exciting investment opportunities across Wales, it has been revealed the country has attracted £4.6 billion of inward investment in the last year.
The Wales Investment Summit, being staged by the Welsh Government at the International Convention Centre Wales (ICCW) on Monday 1 December, will attract global investors from 27 countries to experience the nation's world-leading innovation in a first of its scale event since Wales hosted the NATO Summit in 2014.
Since then, Wales has seen dramatic growth in new industries which have flourished in the last decade – such as artificial intelligence, clean energy, semiconductors and creative sectors.
Global investors, business leaders, and Welsh companies will come together to showcase opportunities and forge partnerships as part of the First Minister’s ambition to secure major investment that will deliver long-term prosperity and more quality, sustainable jobs for Wales.
Of the 250 companies expected to attend, 150 of these will be new to Wales.
There are currently 1,545 foreign-owned businesses active in Wales, employing more than 176,500 people across the nation.
In 2024–25, Wales secured 65 Foreign Direct Investment projects – a 23% increase year-on-year and the second highest growth in the UK. These projects created 2,470 new jobs and safeguarded 1,652 more, the highest of any part of the UK.
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