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Tech start-up has 360-degree vision as it eyes an exciting future.

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“We’re very grateful for all the support Business Wales AGP has provided us.”

The use of virtual reality technology to aid businesses across a range of sectors is growing. Cardiff University students George Bellwood and Robin David identified a need and developed technology to fit into that space, using their expertise and skills while in their final years at university. Their firm Virtus Tech is a virtual reality and data insight company providing virtual reality platforms to businesses. Their flagship DIGI Tour uses 360 degree images and digital...
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How Covid crisis is pushing company’s AI technology into frontline orthopaedic care.

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“The expertise and advice we have been able to access through Business Wales AGP helped me to develop my idea into a viable business proposition.”

Technology is becoming an ever more important tool for medical practitioners across the healthcare sector. In so many ways, the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated that trend, bringing new treatments and new methods of diagnoses and consultation to the fore. Agile Kinetic, an early-stage business, has developed artificial intelligence (AI) to help healthcare professionals deliver better services to patients. The company has been supported through the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP), which provides targeted support...
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The healthcare start-up determined to improve the patient experience.

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"Being part of Business Wales AGP has given us access to invaluable mentorship."

The way healthcare is delivered is constantly changing and improving. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way healthcare services are provided in a multitude of ways. Concentric Health is a technology start-up transforming the way we make decisions about our health, with a radical approach to patients' experience as they move through the system. The Cardiff-based firm wants to disrupt the health sector for the better. Here Dafydd Loughran, one of Concentric's co-founders, explains...
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Recruitment firm’s ambitious growth targets after navigating a challenging 2020

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“Being part of the Business Wales AGP has provided a huge amount of help and expertise for the company.”

Recruiting the right people for your business is one of the key components in making it a success. For Go2 Drivers, based in Colwyn Bay, that ethos is critical. Providing talent for the logistics sector has been its central aim since it was founded in 2011. Here, managing director Christopher Hughes gives an overview of the company’s history and shares valuable advice for others setting out on their own entrepreneurial journey, Tell us about Go2...
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Back from the brink: How accessing Business Wales AGP support secured a future for growing care company

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“Business Wales AGP has been of immense help, providing both moral support and targeted advice through the difficult times we have experienced.”

Care providers have been under immense pressure during the Covid-19 pandemic. Beyond the current crisis, the sector has some longer-term obstacles to overcome, such as finding skilled staff and dealing with shrinking margins. Pineshield Management was established in 2002 and provides care for older people with dementia and adults and children with disabilities. The company, led by chairman James Dwyer, has been through some significant changes and challenges since its inception, and has shown remarkable...
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Fashion brand Mabli finds exciting future in Japanese market

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"Business Wales AGP helped shape the path and structure of the firm, and helped us to think like a business”

Wales has a strong track record of producing and nurturing high quality fashion labels. Many world-leading brands having either been founded or have a manufacturing presence in Wales – Laura Ashley, Toast, Burberry, Hiut Denim and JoJo Maman Bébé to name just a few. Following in that tradition is Mabli a Cardiff-based brand finding success in overseas markets. Here, founder Lisa Roberts tells us how she turned her vision for a fashion label into a...
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IT firm finds resilience through COVID-19

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“The adoption of remote technology in business has probably advanced two to three years in the last three months.”

IT support firm Team Metalogic has been providing expertise and support for small businesses since 2003. The business, founded and led by Mike Parfitt, really moved into an expansive phase as the credit crunch hit, when the financial crash led firms to examine how they could make efficiency savings. Since then the company has enjoyed further growth, expanding its workforce and winning new clients. The company has been helped by the Business Wales Accelerated Growth...
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Care provider seeks to provide quality offering for Wrexham residents

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“The support from Business Wales AGP has been really beneficial to us in a challenging year.”

Quality care in later life is something which matters to everyone and for Orchard Care, which has two homes in the Wrexham area, providing a high standard of care for its residents is central to its ethos. When Dave and Gemma Atkins started out in the sector in 2009, they immediately saw the need for quality care provision in the Wrexham area, and sought to give residents at their homes the best possible quality of...
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How one simple idea is turning into a fast-developing fintech disrupter – which is already proving resilient and ready for a changing future

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“It would have been difficult to secure some of our big wins without the support of Business Wales AGP.”

For Swansea-based fintech firm QuoteOnSite, solving other business’ problems is at the heart of their proposition. Established by Nigerian-born TJ Amas, QuoteOnSite provides a unique suite of cloud-based quotation management software. It allows business owner-managers to develop and pitch professional quotations to grow their businesses. For SMEs and larger businesses, the software facilitates the management of teams involved in the quoting process. Still in its early stage of growth, the business has won a range...
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Security firm exceeds £3m turnover and eyes further growth

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"The growth of Parallel Security has been helped in no small part by the expertise and coaching provided by Business Wales AGP."

Ensuring other businesses remain secure and people stay safe is at the heart of what Wrexham-based Parallel Security does. The firm, founded by managing director Francis Johnson in 2014, has enjoyed some robust growth in its six or so years of existence. With an ambitious plan for further expansion, the business is enjoying some exciting times. From door supervision to events security and commercial cleaning, Parallel Security has quickly become a trusted brand. Here, Francis...

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