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The Welsh Government is investing £243,000 to improve access and alleviate current levels of traffic at Deeside Industrial Park, Economy and Transport Secretary Ken Skates has announced. The scheme, which will be undertaken by Flintshire County Council, will see a partial signalisation of the A548 / Parkway Roundabout at Zone 2 of the Industrial Park which will improve the flow of traffic to and from businesses in the area. A reduced 40 mph speed limit...

A group that will advise on how £100m of Welsh Government funding can be invested to support emerging technologies in the South Wales Valleys has met for the first time today. Economy Secretary, Ken Skates has pledged that the Welsh Government will invest £100m over ten years to make Blaenau Gwent and the wider South Wales Valleys a globally recognised centre for the development and delivery of emerging technologies. It is anticipated that the programme...

Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford will today announce £10.3m of EU funding for the marine technology sector on a visit to Pembroke Dock [Tuesday 11 September]. The EU funding will support the design and testing of a fully-submerged membrane-style wave energy convertor capable of generating large amounts of electricity – paving the way for the developers, Bombora Wave Power Europe, to construct and commercialise the technology from its Pembrokeshire base. The £15m project is expected to...

First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones has welcomed Aston Martin’s decision to make St Athan its “Home of Electrification”, describing it as a yet another example of the power of Welsh Government investment. The luxury car brand has announced today that its new UK manufacturing facility at St Athan will become the brand’s centre for electrification and the home of the Lagonda brand, the world’s first zero-emission luxury marque. The Rapide E will be the...

More than £1.5m of Welsh Government and EU funding will be used to transform the former Magistrates Court in Port Talbot to support new businesses, create jobs and attract investment to the area. Rebecca Evans, Minister for Housing and Regeneration, announced the funding to create high-spec office space in the listed building, through the Welsh Government’s £110m Building for the Future Fund. Rebecca Evans said: “Our investment, together with the support from Neath Port Talbot...

Economy Secretary Ken Skates has welcomed figures showing that the Welsh Government’s Enterprise Zone programme supported 1550 jobs in 2017/18, bringing the total number of jobs supported to more than 12,250 jobs since 2012. The figures are taken from a comprehensive report which has been published by the Welsh Government showing progress in each of Wales’ eight Enterprise Zones. Figures revealed in the Enterprise Zones Annual Report 2017/18 show businesses located in the Zones benefited...

North East Wales is reaping the rewards of infrastructure investment and high quality employment as a direct result of policies at the heart of the Welsh Government’s new Economic Action Plan, Economy and Infrastructure Secretary Ken Skates will tell business leaders in Wrexham today. Plans for a new major Transport and Business Hub for Wrexham, the establishment of a new north Wales business unit for Transport for Wales, the Business Wales Entrepreneurship Hub, and the...

Economy and Transport Secretary Ken Skates has revealed plans to take over the operation, management and maintenance of the St Athan airfield and business park when existing arrangements with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Serco come to an end on the 31st March 2019. A 10 year contractual joint venture between Welsh Government and Cardiff International Airport Ltd (CIAL) will drive efficiencies and integrated service provision. Under the plans the business park, combined with...

Economy Secretary, Ken Skates with representatives of Coleg Cambria, DECA, and members of the Deeside Enterprise Zone The Welsh Government has made significant progress in its plans to establish a second Advanced Manufacturing and Research Institute (AMRI) in North Wales, Economy Secretary Ken Skates has said. The Economy Secretary confirmed that following a meeting of the Deeside Enterprise Zone on 13th July, the Welsh Government has declared its intention to work with the Enterprise Zone...

Economy Secretary, Ken Skates has welcomed the start of construction at the Welsh Government’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute (AMRI) in Broughton. Ahead of a turf cutting ceremony, the Economy Secretary described the institute as a “game changer” that would provide a new level of support to business and ensure collaboration between industry, academic partners and entrepreneurs in order to drive innovation, commercialisation, up skill the workforce and provide a catalyst for economic growth. This aligns...