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Meet your Relationship Manager: Carmel Gahan, award-winning Business Growth Adviser

In this series, we’re introducing you to our expert Relationship Managers. This month, meet Carmel Gahan, a highly experienced adviser who combines a strong track record in business support with a passion for helping Welsh businesses grow and succeed. Carmel has dedicated her career to supporting entrepreneurs, from her early days as a Board member of Antur Teifi in Newcastle Emlyn to her current role on the Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP). A recipient of the...
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Unlocking potential: Why Jobs Growth Wales Plus should form part of your recruitment strategy

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By Lesley Rossiter, AGP Equality and Fair Work Champion

In today's competitive jobs market, finding employees with the right skills while managing costs can be challenging. That's where the Jobs Growth Wales Plus (JGW+) programme adds value as a strategic partnership to help you grow your team. What JGW+ offers employers JGW+ provides a compelling package for employers ready to invest in future talent. With up to 50% wage subsidy (at the National Minimum Wage) for six months, free recruitment support, and ongoing training...
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Where to start with carbon reduction: Practical tips for ambitious businesses

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By Shelley Lawson, AGP Carbon Champion

Measuring and reducing your carbon footprint isn't just about protecting the planet. It's about future-proofing your business and ensuring you don't get left behind. Customers and investors increasingly expect action on sustainability. Regulation is tightening. There's growing pressure on SMEs to decarbonise as larger customers look further up their supply chains to reduce their emissions. Starting now helps you stay ahead, cut costs, and build a stronger reputation. Acting early means you can make steady...
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5 ways to plug AI into your business processes

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By Lee Woodman, AGP Digital Strategy Coach

There's a powerful layer of AI integration that many businesses are still overlooking. While tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are widely used for writing, research and brainstorming, a bigger opportunity lies in embedding AI directly into your day-to-day operations. By plugging AI into your business processes, you can improve accuracy, reduce manual effort, and catch issues before they become costly. This article shares five practical ways founders and growing businesses can go beyond the...
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Meet our Gold Partners: Expert support to accelerate your growth

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By the AGP team 

We're building an evolving network of expert partners to help you scale faster and smarter. Our Gold Partners scheme brings together leading Welsh businesses who provide specialist in-kind support exclusively for companies on the Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP). These expert partners understand the challenges of high growth and are committed to helping Welsh businesses succeed. We're actively seeking new partners to expand this network and strengthen the support available to you. What Gold Partners offer...
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Laying the groundwork for success: How the Accelerated Growth Programme helped drive EvaBuild’s expansion

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"The Accelerated Growth Programme helped us shape who we are as a business. From defining our brand to identifying target markets, the support has made a huge difference to our growth."

Groundworks contractor EvaBuild, founded in 2011, began with a simple but disruptive idea: to change the way construction projects work. After years in the industry, the team saw a recurring problem of clients investing heavily in designs before understanding the underlying conditions on proposed sites. By flipping the process and encouraging clients to assess feasibility and groundworks costs first, EvaBuild saves time, money, and environmental resources. Over 14 years, that approach has propelled EvaBuild from...
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Welsh steel firm to help rebuild Ukraine with £1.1m bridge contract

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Pontypool-based Pro Steel Engineering secures major international deal to manufacture steel girders for war-damaged bridge near Kyiv

A Welsh engineering company is playing a vital role in Ukraine's reconstruction efforts after winning a £1.1 million contract to manufacture steel girders for a new bridge near Kyiv that was destroyed during the war with Russia. Pontypool-based Pro Steel Engineering secured the contract from ONUR Group following a competitive tender process lasting 2.5 years, beating off competition from across the UK to deliver 200 tonnes of steel girders that will be installed in the...
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Ladder specialist TB Davies scales new heights in sustainability with Accelerated Growth Programme support

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"We're now not only greener, but stronger as a business. Our processes are more efficient, our brand is more competitive, and our team is more engaged."

Cardiff-based TB Davies is one of the UK's most trusted names in work-at-height safety equipment. Founded in 1945, the family-owned business has been supplying ladders, steps, and towers to professionals and households for nearly 80 years. Today, it serves major retailers such as Screwfix and Amazon, generating annual revenues of £8 million. But TB Davies is also proving that legacy businesses can be leaders in green growth. With support from the Business Wales Accelerated Growth...
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Building better: How Raven Delta Group became a leader in healthy buildings with Accelerated Growth Programme support

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“The Accelerated Growth Programme gave us the strategic clarity we needed to turn a group of technical specialists into a unified force driving healthier, more sustainable buildings across the UK and beyond."

Raven Delta Group, based in Swansea, is revolutionising the way we think about buildings. Instead of seeing them as static structures, the Group treats them as dynamic environments that directly impact our health, well-being, and productivity. Founded by Group CEO Dave Kieft, Raven Delta brings together several specialist companies under one unified mission: to improve indoor environmental quality (IEQ), ensure compliance, and drive long-term sustainability. Serving sectors such as education, healthcare, defence, and commercial property...
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Turning waste into opportunity: How the Accelerated Growth Programme equipped SMR UK to scale smarter, faster, and greener

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"The Accelerated Growth Programme gave us the tools to modernise how we work, talk to customers, and grow. Their support helped transform our operations and unlock new opportunities."

Hendy-based SMR UK is on a mission to change the way construction and utility companies think about waste. From its production site in Caldicot, SMR UK manufactures and supplies patented binder products that transform excavated spoil and waste materials into strong, reusable building materials. Their products serve as sustainable alternatives to traditional methods that rely on aggregate and landfills, cutting costs, reducing emissions, and helping clients meet stringent environmental standards. Clients like Redrow, National Grid...

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