Please see below, a summary of businesses that have been supported by the Accelerated Growth Programme.
Major business expansion in Wales as Totally Welsh acquires two “Milk & More” Depots.
The Directors of Totally Welsh are delighted to announce that on Monday 29th April, it acquired full ownership and management of the Milk & More doorstep delivery depots in Swansea and Cardiff. A trusted Home Delivery service, Milk & More currently services homes across South Wales and beyond with quality produce spanning a range of offerings, from fresh food to household products. The business has delivered a trusted service, praised for both the quality of...
Queen’s Award for Innovation for Welsh hi-tech manufacturing firm
Innovative technology developed by a fast-growing firm in Wales is being used to help make precision products aimed at saving lives – and has won a Queen’s Award for Innovation in recognition of its work. Laser Wire Solutions, based in Treforest Industrial Estate in Rhondda Cynon Taf, develops cutting-edge laser technology for the stripping and connection of specialist high value wires – used mainly in medical device manufacturing. The firm, which employs 30 people at...
Accelerated Growth Programme Overview Leaflets
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Welsh firm’s breakthrough on black plastics could help cut landfill waste
A Welsh plastics firm is developing technology which could save thousands of tonnes of waste from being sent to landfill. At present most black plastic used in the food industry for packaging is not recycled because it goes undetected by scanners. Now Bedwas-based Colour Tone Masterbatch has come up with a black product which can be detected by scanners and is cost-effective. It could mean tonnes of waste which has been historically been sent to...
5,000 jobs now created by Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme
Business Wales’ Accelerated Growth Programme has been an enormous success since its inception in 2015, and reached the impressive milestone as Tiago Szabo, a factory operator for Wrexham based automotive design and manufacture company Hi-Mark, began work at the companies’ 25,000sq ft site. Economy Minister Ken Skates was at the factory to witness their growth and to meet Tiago. He said: “The Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme has been a real flag bearer for Business...
75% of Wales’ fastest growing businesses supported by Welsh Government
The Fast Growth 50 list, which has been published every year since 1999 and is compiled by Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE, celebrates the fastest growing businesses in Wales. Since 1999 over 600 firms are estimated to have generated £20bn of turnover annually, creating 40,000 jobs. Of this year’s Fast Growth 50, 38 companies were supported by the Welsh Government’s Business Wales support programme which is jointly funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Welsh...
CatSci, a Cardiff-based process R&D company wins Excellence in Pharma award.
CatSci, a fast growing and adaptable contract research organisation (CRO) based in Cardiff, has triumphed at the global CPhI Pharma Awards by winning the prestigious Excellence in Pharma: Contract Services and Outsourcing category. Receiving one of the most esteemed awards in the pharmaceutical industry reflects CatSci’s exceptional process research and development services. CatSci has been recognised for its innovative use of biocatalysis to significantly improve the environmental and economical sustainability of a generic API. CatSci’s...
Case Study: Enjovia
Sam Gibson - Managing Director of Enjovia. Before starting at Enjovia Sam was part of the management team at the Alacrity Foundation, an Entrepreneurship Charity set up as a collaboration between Welsh Government and a number of private philanthropists including Sir Terry Matthews. Sam graduated from Swansea University with a 1st in Business Management and lives with wife and daughter in Caerphilly. Enjovia is a Welsh technology company based in Newport. Enjovia provide an easy...
Case Study: Vaayu
Vaayu specialises in the sourcing, provision and supply of high quality used serviceable material (USM) for airlines and MRO’s. The use of USM, allows our customers to reduce their cost exposure and enjoy maximum savings. We provide material with all appropriate certifications, repaired by professionals at high quality facilities. Our team has over 100 years of combined experience of supplying USM inventory of engine material and LRU’s. We support customers with: Engine LLP’s and core...