Please see below, a summary of businesses that have been supported by the Accelerated Growth Programme.
Since Codiance was established, it has grown into a highly-respected software company. The business is growing quickly, adding three new team members in the last month alone. The business is entering a new growth phase thanks to their work with Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP). For Codiance, its staff, its founder and its clients, this means an exciting future ahead. The AGP provides targeted support for ambitious businesses. The programme is part-funded by the...
The leading partner for medicines development achieving rapid growth thanks to its innovation and investment in its people
As medical technology advances, the pharmaceutical sector is key to providing high-quality, well-paid jobs in Wales – retaining the nation's brightest and best and attracting talent from elsewhere in the UK and worldwide. One business at the vanguard of Wales' developing pharmaceuticals sector is CatSci, based in Cardiff, and a spin-out from a firm that has become synonymous with modern medicine, particularly the fight against Covid-19 - AstraZeneca. CatSci has been supported through Business Wales...
The Wrexham healthcare business using a lean methodology to build a culture of collaboration and innovation.
The sum of a company's parts is much more than the product or service it delivers. Staff are the very DNA of a business and the culture in which your people operate drives behaviours and outcomes. At Wrexham's Healthcare Matters – which supplies products such as stairlifts, specialist mattresses and a range of bespoke healthcare products – this truth became apparent as the COVID-19 pandemic rolled on. With a curious and open approach, the company...
How Snowdon Timber has gone from strength to strength.
Jody Goode launched his business, Snowdon Timber, in 2019. Having spent a decade trading timber internationally, he decided it was the right time to go it alone and set up his own company sourcing quality timber to sell to large national outlets. The company started trading in Mochdre and recently opened a second base in Bangor. Snowdon Timber has been supported through the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP). The AGP provides targeted support for...
CPR Global Tech teams up with Swansea University for innovative digital healthcare project
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...
Urdd centenary marked in a special way by fast-growing prosthetics company LIMB-Art
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...
Fast-growing firm eyes further expansion with bespoke customs clearance service.
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...
How the Business Wales AGP has helped an exciting new fashion brand with the founder's heritage at its heart
For Haitham Shamsan, his business encompasses all he is passionate about - design, culture and responsibility. These have formed the essence of his new fashion brand, Double Crossed – a Cardiff-based company with big ambitions. Double Crossed has been supported through the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP). The AGP provides targeted support for ambitious growing firms. The programme is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government. Here Haitham Shamsan gives...
Sustainable sportswear firm in the running to breakthrough in a competitive sector.
There are numerous growing alternatives to mainstream fast-fashion for those looking for a wardrobe built on sustainability. Yet, sourcing environmentally-friendly training gear can be more difficult for those looking for athletic wear. Now, a Welsh brand has launched to supply runners with kit that looks and feels good and is good for the planet. Abergavenny-based Dryad has been supported through the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP). The AGP provides targeted support for ambitious growing...
Training company emerges from pandemic with bright future ahead.
Inspiring, educating and equipping the next generation of skilled workers is at the heart of 4D Academy. The Pontyclun-based training provider was formed when business partners Mark Davies and Christopher Saunders saw the need for a new kind of training offering for businesses. After coming through the pandemic stronger, 4D Academy is now looking ahead to an exciting future. 4D Academy has been supported through the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP). The AGP provides...