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Three welsh businesses who are currently receiving support from the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme have been awarded the prestigious Queens award for Enterprise: One Team Logic - Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2018 Quick Link - Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2018 Laser Wire - Queens Award for Enterprise: Export 2018 The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the UK’s most prestigious business awards, recognising and celebrating business excellence across the UK in fields including...

Touch Biometrix, a North Wales company specialising in the development of fingerprint sensors are delighted to announce that they have been accepted onto the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Program (AGP). The Welsh Government’s Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP) which is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The programme, delivered by the Excelerator Consortia, (Winning Pitch and Impact Innovation) provides specialist tailored support for businesses with the ambition to significantly accelerate their...

One of Wales’ fastest growing businesses, Camilleri Construction, has moved to new premises in the recently refurbished Cardiff Bay Business Centre. Camilleri is a Western Mail Fast Growth 50 company, and on the Welsh Government’s Accelerated Growth Programme. Turnover this year is £4 million, and is predicted to rise to £10 million in three years, when staff are expected to have doubled to 50. Director Rob Camilleri explained the move to CBBC, which is owned...

More than 2000 jobs across Wales have now been created as a result of support from the Welsh Government’s Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme Economy Secretary Ken Skates has announced. Launched in 2015, with Welsh Government and ERDF funding, the Business Wales Accelerated Growth programme has been developed to support ambitious businesses in Wales to fulfil their growth potential. It offers a bespoke package of support aimed at helping businesses to grow faster, become stronger...

Economy Secretary Ken Skates was in Chepstow to formally open a new facility at growing local company, Creo Medical, which has recently taken on 22 new members of staff. The medical device company specialises in the emerging field of surgical endoscopy, which aids minimally invasive surgery by applying microwave and radio wave energy. In 2016 Creo Medical received a £2m investment from the Welsh Government supported Finance Wales – now the Development Bank of Wales...

As businesses fight to stay ahead of the game in the Brexit battle, leaders of one Welsh company may have found the secret recipe to making the uncertainty around Brexit a success for their business. WATERS, a creative and innovative marketing agency based in Swansea, has been accepted on to the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP), which offers individual support to high growth pre-revenue and SME businesses. Read the full story on Business News...

Read some of our delegate feedback from the recent “Making Strategy Happen” Masterclass by Steve Young: “Thanks for the great tuition - really, really useful. When you're a micro company trying to only work 25 hours a day then this kind of well tried and proven guidance is like gold dust.” Alan Marsh, Aandsa Pharm Ltd “Really well delivered. Taken away lots of information and understanding about driving and monitoring my team.” Gilly Roger, Indigo...

CPS Group (UK) Ltd, a Cardiff-based IT and technical recruitment business, (operating in both the permanent hire and contact placements market) have received a specialist support package on market intelligence from the Accelerated Growth Programme, creating 19 new jobs, 3 of which are above the Welsh national average.

The Accelerated Growth Programme is pleased to announce that it is partnering with Godi Financial (formerly OSTCFX). Godi Financial is Wales’ first foreign exchange services company and the aim is to help AGP clients stabilise and protect their overseas trading realtionships, cashflow and profit margins. As well as some co-ordintated events, Godi is able to offer bespoke services, through AGP, designed to increase AGP clients control with all FX transactions. More information and contact details...

Organisers of leading technology event, Digital 2016, have announced this year’s Digital Dozen – a diverse mix of companies that are making an impact on the UK’s economy through ground-breaking uses of technology and all things digital. 12 companies have been invited to attend this June’s event and 7 of those companies are on the Accelerated Growth Programme. A number of these businesses will take to the stage along with an impressive line-up of speakers...