Capital Wales News Update

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The Dragon Economist | Capital Wales News Update

Issue 25 | April 2008

Capital Wales is home to over half of Wales' workforce and its industry. The region offers one of the most highly skilled and productive workforces in Europe along with an excellent quality of life and attractive investment packages.

Call 01443 845821 to discuss the business assistance, grants and free advice we can offer to make a business expansion in Wales even easier.

£200m plan for data centre at Newport

Next Generation Data is to invest up to £200million in Wales to create one of Europe’s largest and most technically advanced ‘green’ data-centres. The announcement described it as a strategically important investment that would bring long term benefits to Wales and the Welsh economy.

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MAJOR EXPANSION BY NEUSON WILL CREATE 50 NEW JOBS

A company that specialises in the manufacture of dumper trucks is investing £6.5m in an expansion project that will create at least 50 new jobs and safeguard existing jobs in the Heads of the Valleys.
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ACCREDITATION ACCELERATES COMPANY’S MOVE INTO PREMIER LEAGUE

Welsh component manufacturer TSA has doubled its turnover and almost trebled its workforce since a management buy out and has now entered the ranks of the auto industry’s premier league of suppliers.
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ORBIT BUSINESS CENTRE LAUNCHED

The "Orbit Business Centre", which will be the first of its kind in Merthyr Tydfil, will offer support and advice to start-up and existing businesses, whilst also offering state-of-the-art conference and training facilities.
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£30 MILLION PLAN TO TRANSFORM BARGOED

A leading national developer has been announced as the ‘preferred developer’ to take forward innovative plans to create a £30million high quality retail and leisure complex in Bargoed town centre.
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WELSH COMPANY’S EXPERTISE WILL BE AT ‘HART’ OF NEW INITIATIVE

Cardiff based Excelerate Technology has won a prestigious multi-million pound contract to equip, support and manage the technology and communications networks for highly sophisticated Mobile Incident Response Vehicles (MIRVs) used by specialist ambulance crews.
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ACCELERATE WALES – DRIVING FORWARD SUCCESS

Bergstrom, a US owned automotive company that is expanding rapidly in Wales and bringing substantial benefits to local companies in its supply chain, has been signalled out for special recognition.
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EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR SMALL SMART WELSH COMPANIES & INSPIRATIONAL INDIVIDUAL

Five enterprising Welsh businesses and an inspirational individual whose achievements have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise have been warmly congratulated by the Minister for the Economy and Transport.
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BUYERS WITH A £100M SHOPPING LIST HEAD FOR AEROLINK WALES

Buyers from key UK and international aerospace companies headed for Aerolink Wales 2008 with a £100million shopping list providing suppliers with superb business opportunities.
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