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Rototherm Group, which usually manufactures industrial measuring instruments such as pressure and temperature gauges, has started making the medical visors, in an effort to keep the NHS supplied with vital protective equipment. The firm, which employs just over 100 people at its factory on the Kenfig Industrial Estate near Margam, said it currently has enough material to produce in excess of 1,500,000 protective face shields. Managing Director of Rototherm, Oliver Conger, said: “In a short...

A record-breaking 25 firms on the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP) feature in BusinessCloud’s Wales Tech 50 ranking for 2020. The list was decided by a combination of independent judging panel and more than 1,300 reader votes. Amongst the AGP clients to feature are Biopaxium Technologies. The Wrexham-based firm, which produces a smart alternative to plastics in ready meals, tops the ranking of the country's most innovative technology companies. Other businesses benefiting from the...

Two Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme clients have scooped prestigious Queen’s Awards. The awards were first established in 1965 and celebrate the success of exciting and innovative businesses which are leading the way with pioneering products or services, delivering impressive social mobility programmes or showing their commitment to excellent sustainable development practices. This year 220 UK businesses have been recognised for their contribution to international trade, innovation, sustainable development and promoting opportunity through social mobility...

The Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme - offering tailored support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking to expand, has created its 6,000th job. Read more on Commercial News Media.... Further information about PillTime. Further information on the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme.

Ian Bond, co-founder of Bond Digital Health, a rapidly-growing Welsh health technology firm based in Cardiff, describes his experiences of being on the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme, (AGP): “Working with AGP has been worth its weight in gold in helping us get there". "When you are a CEO of a small startup company, you need someone to tell you that you are wrong, because there’s nobody else to". "In addition to that honest advice...

Pennotec, a technology firm based in Y Ffôr near Pwllheli in Gwynedd, Wales, is entering the next stage of development for a new product turning waste shells from seafood processing into a swimming pool cleaner. The Welsh firm, supported by the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP), which assists companies with business growth, training and investment, works on finding new ways to turn industrial food waste into everyday products and reduce the amount of waste...

Seven firms on the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme picked up gongs at the recent Wales Start-Up Awards. The winners were announced on September 20th at an informal ceremony at Cardiff’s DEPOT, an entrepreneurial start-up business offering street food and craft beer from Welsh enterprises. Winners included luxury stationery company Sadler Jones, prosthetic limb design specialist Limb-Art and The Good Wash Company, a new luxury toiletry brand that aims to change the world “one wash...

Seven businesses on the Business Wales’ Accelerated Growth Programme are included in the Wales Online list, including: Boss Brewing, Nightingale HQ, Toddle, Jenny Kate, Mela Insights, Lunax and Sadler Jones. Read more… You can find further information on Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP)

Seven businesses taking part in the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme have made a list of 100 UK start-ups to watch. Natwest's inaugural #PowerUp Index celebrates some of the best and brightest businesses taking part in its Entrepreneur Accelerator programme. The assessment was made from start-ups in NatWest's 12 entrepreneur accelerator hubs across the UK, which offer fully-funded mentoring and coaching for entrepreneurs who want to grow their business. Firms are ranked according to financial...

The top young business and professional people in Wales 2019, a list compiled by Wales Online, includes 5 businesses on the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme, including Doopoll, Coaltown Coffee, Kaydiar, Clydach Farm Group Ltd & Delio Wealth... read more You can find further information on Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP)