Haven Waterway

A £60 million marine energy project that will help tackle climate change while reviving Pembrokeshire’s economy in the wake of Covid-19 has been given the green light. The UK Government and Welsh Government have now approved the business case for the Pembroke Dock Marine project, which is expected to generate £73.5 million a year to the Swansea Bay City Region’s economy. Pembroke Dock Marine is led by the private sector, with support from Pembrokeshire County...

How do Pembrokeshire County Council procure goods and services, and how does my business get involved? What opportunities are available for my business with Transport for Wales? If you would like to know the answer to these questions, then find out more at the next Haven Waterway Enterprise Zone Board’s Business Interaction Group event being held in conjunction with Business Wales. The event will take place in the Bridge Innovation Centre, Pembroke Dock between 8:15am...

Join us at the next Haven Waterway Enterprise Zone Business Interaction Group event held in conjunction with Business Wales. It will give you the opportunity to meet with the Welsh Government Mid and South West Wales Regional Office Team, Business Wales, and other support providers who can provide advice to help you start a business or grow your existing business. Discover the different types of support available to business. Also, find out about exciting developments...

The next Haven Waterway Enterprise Zone event in conjunction with Business Wales will take place on Thursday 4th July between 9:00am – 11:00am in the Bridge Innovation Centre, Pembroke Dock. To register for the event please click here http://bit.ly/2HIvNm1 Risks facing business have changed and evidence shows that a business is as likely to face a cyber-crime as traditional crime. This event will consider the different types of Cyber Crime which can affect your business...

The Ports, Past and Present project, part of the Ireland Wales Co-operation programme, is being announced today by the Welsh Government’s Minister for International Relations, Eluned Morgan during a visit to the Republic of Ireland. The project will develop new tourism opportunities between 5 port towns and their surrounding coastal communities on either side of the Irish Sea - Dublin, Rosslare, Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock, drawing on academic research and community partnerships. The project...

Wave Energy is a clean, renewable source of power that could supply 10% of global electricity by 2050. The problem is this: how do you harness the hostile power of the ocean to produce affordable energy? It’s been called the toughest engineering challenge in renewable energy. In other words, it’s just the kind of knotty problem that excites engineers like Dr Gareth Stockman and Dr Graham Foster, the co founders of Marine Power Systems. The...

A Pembrokeshire engineering company that specialises in design and consultancy is expanding with the creation of 22 new jobs, following support from the Welsh Government. InSite Technical Services, who are based at the Pembrokeshire Science and Technology Park, provide engineering and design services to a wide range of clients in the oil, gas, metals, chemicals and renewable industries. The company, which is located within the Haven Waterway Enterprise Zone, has grown rapidly, nearly doubling its...

The Welsh Government has offered Pembrokeshire Council an additional £3m per annum to cover the costs of removing the Cleddau Bridge tolls, Economy Secretary Ken Skates has confirmed. In October 2017 the Welsh Government announced it would be scrapping the tolls on the Cleddau Bridge in an effort to increase economic competiveness and better connect people, communities and businesses with the jobs, markets and facilities they need. Now in a letter to the Chief Executive...

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...

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...