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CPR Global Tech teams up with Swansea University for innovative digital healthcare project

20 September 2022
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Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership will evaluate the potentially transformative impact of wearable health devices on the health and social care sector in Wales.

A Swansea tech firm has teamed up with the All-Wales Intensive Learning Academy for Innovation in Health & Social Care (ILA IHSC) at Swansea University to research how wearable devices could transform digital healthcare by allowing NHS and social care staff to monitor patients remotely. CPR Global Tech, based in Lakeside Technology Park, has paired up with Swansea University for an Innovate UK Management Knowledge Transfer Partnership, which connects forward-thinking businesses with academic partners to...
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Urdd centenary marked in a special way by fast-growing prosthetics company LIMB-Art

10 June 2022
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Denbighshire-based LIMB-Art has created a prosthetic leg cover to celebrate 100 years of the Urdd in Wales.

The patriotic leg cover was designed by Sean Mason and LIMB-art founder Mark Williams, and was unveiled at the Urdd Eisteddfod in Denbighshire. LIMB-Art was founded in 2018 by former paralympic swimmer and medallist Mark Williams and his wife Rachel. The company was born out of an overwhelming desire to help other prosthetic users raise their confidence, be proud of what they have and very simply, but equally importantly, have fun showing off while doing...
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Fast-growing firm eyes further expansion with bespoke customs clearance service.

16 May 2022
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Freight Systems Express Wales (FSEW) launches a hassle-free customs clearance service to help businesses navigate the post-Brexit import and export landscape

Cardiff-based international freight forwarders, Freight Systems Express Wales (FSEW), has launched a full customs clearance service to help businesses struggling with post-Brexit import and export rules. FSEW is a logistics and international freight forwarding company based at Freightliner in Wentloog, Cardiff. Currently employing approximately 70 people, the company provides transport services to clients in the UK, Europe, and worldwide. Research by the British Chambers of Commerce found that 60% of exporters face difficulties adapting to...
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25,000 jobs now created by Business Wales

8 November 2021
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Economy Minister visits pioneering recycling business Thermal Compaction Group to mark the 10,000th job created by the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme.

Business Wales, a free service that provides impartial, independent support and advice to people starting, running and growing a business in Wales, has created its 25,000th job, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has revealed. Ten thousand of those jobs have been created by businesses supported through the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP), which provides targeted support for ambitious growing firms. The programme is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government. The...
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Award-winning distillers Andy and Rhys Mallows to launch first-ever Welsh bourbon from new £5M Llantrisant distillery.

7 July 2021
Award-winning distillers Andy and Rhys Mallows are to open a new £5M state-of-the-art distillery in South Wales. The father-and-son duo, who co-own Mallows Bottling, are also set to launch the first-ever Welsh bourbon whiskey alongside a range of premium artisan spirits. The purpose-built 30,000 square foot distillery will undertake contract bottling for global brands as well as manufacturing Mallows' own branded spirits. The facility can process up to 12,000 bottles an hour, ranging from 5cl...
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Leading cake manufacturer La Crème Patisserie enjoys the sweet taste of success with the launch of its first retail store

17 June 2021
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Welsh family business opens store on Cardiff's Llandaff High Street

Leading bespoke cake and patisserie manufacturer La Crème Patisserie has bucked the pandemic trend by opening its first-ever dedicated retail store. The family-run business, which has manufacturing facilities in Neath and Cwmbran, has signed a 10-year lease on a 1200 square foot premises at 24-26 Llandaff High Street in Cardiff. The store will enable customers to purchase a wide range of high-end cakes, desserts and patisserie to take away. La Crème Patisserie was founded in...
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23 entrepreneurs win place on accelerator programme designed to champion diversity in entrepreneurship in Wales

18 February 2021
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Twenty-three entrepreneurs have secured a coveted place on a new accelerator programme, which will help them overcome the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic while championing diversity across the Welsh business start-up landscape.

The business founders beat entrepreneurs from across Wales to secure a place on the Excelerator Programme, which will see people from under-represented groups take part in a Welsh Government-funded 12-week immersive accelerator programme. The aim is to help them launch and grow their business idea or scale an existing business. The virtual programme will include a series of expert masterclasses for founders, as well as mentorship and professional coaching from business start-up and scaleup experts...
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Welsh businesses "falling short" on diversity says leading academic, author and entrepreneur.

28 January 2021
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Welsh tech-for-good firm Do-IT Profiler announces new global partnership set to pioneer diverse recruitment practices.

Businesses in Wales need to do more to ensure they can reap the benefits of truly diverse and inclusive teams and boards, according to world-leading neurodiversity expert and entrepreneur Professor Amanda Kirby. Professor Kirby, a founder of Cardiff-based tech-for-good firm Do-IT Profiler, says that despite increasing awareness of the business benefits of diversity, there remains a "reticence and a naivety" around recruiting, retaining and progressing a diverse workforce. She says this often results in "tokenistic"...
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Ruthin entrepreneur recognised for success on Top 100 female entrepreneurs list

12 January 2021
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Workplace Worksafe founder Rhian Parry recognised for her contribution to society, the economy and local community.

Ruthin entrepreneur Rhian Parry has been named one of the UK's 100 most inspirational female entrepreneurs by Small Business Britain's f:Entrepreneur '#ialso100' campaign. Rhian, who founded Workplace Worksafe - one of the leading independent suppliers of health and safety equipment, personal protection equipment (PPE) and branded workwear in 2005 - is recognised alongside 99 female entrepreneurs from across the UK who are flourishing despite the challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now in its...
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Welsh technology to help U.S. Navy reduce waste and environmental impact

6 January 2021
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Cardiff-based Thermal Compaction Group eyes significant growth following the sale of its 'Massmelt' prototypeCardiff-based Thermal Compaction Group eyes significant growth following the sale of its 'Massmelt' prototype.

Thermal compaction technology developed in Wales is set to help the U.S. Navy reduce the waste produced by its fleet by up to 75%. Cardiff-based Thermal Compaction Group (TCG) has sold a prototype of its patented Massmelt thermal compaction system to the U.S. Navy, in a six-figure deal. The firm is now in negotiations to licence the design for manufacture in the U.S., in a potentially multi-million-dollar deal. TCG, based in Curran Road, was founded...

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