"The Welsh Government’s Help to Buy Wales equity loan scheme has supported more than 14,000 households to buy a home and generated a return of more than £40 million" 🖊️Business News Wales businessnewswales.com/scheme-to-supp… #HelpToBuy

📅 UPCOMING EVENT CardiffBusinessClub is set to host Harry Brightmore , an Olympian and two-time world champion rowing coxswain, as its next guest speaker businessnewswales.com/cardiff-busine…

BAKERY A group of rising stars at a bakery have been hailed as “the future of the company” after completing new qualifications in record time businessnewswales.com/rising-stars-a…

HIGHEST GROWING UK CITIES⬆️ According to the annual Demos-PwC Good Growth for Cities Index, Cardiff is due to experience gross value added (GVA) growth higher than any other major UK city except London in 2024 and 2025. PwC UK #Cardiff #Growth buff.ly/47ols9p

ACCELERATED GROWTH PROGRAMME📢 Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) has announced the 12 businesses selected to participate in its Accelerator Growth Programme. Find out more HERE⬇️ Cardiff Capital Region Business in Focus Cardiff Metropolitan University #BusinessGrowthProgramme buff.ly/3zbX6Ty

INVESTMENT🗞️ An award-winning brewer of Welsh beers, ales, and stouts has received investment from entrepreneur Mike Harris, who has acquired a 51% stake in the company in line with ambitious growth plans. Monty's Brewery #montys #lovewaleslovetaste #realale #BusinessGrowth

SIV SCHEME RAM Innovations is targeting growth and new markets with the support of Bangor University's Skills and Innovation Voucher (SIV) Scheme, which offers companies in #Gwynedd, #Anglesey & #Flintshire an opportunity to collaborate through the UK Government's Shared Prosperity

TOP STORY🗞️ Tata Steel UK has signed a £500 million Grant Funding Agreement with the UK Government which it says allows it to proceed ‘at pace’ with a project to install an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) at the Port Talbot steelworks. #TataSteel #NPT #PortTalbot #Steelworks

SOUTH WALES SEABED The Crown Estate has set out its vision for how the UK’s seabed can continue to support the accelerated delivery of nature recovery and the transition to clean energy. The Crown Estate RenewableUK National Grid ESO British Ports Association JNCC #GreatBritishEnergy

GROWTH TRACKER Welsh firms signalled a return to output growth during August, according to the NatWest Wales Growth Tracker. Sebastian Burnside, the Chief Economist of NatWest Group, highlighted the main points concerning the Welsh economy based on the tracker.

DEMAND FOR HOMES🏡 New homebuyer demand in Wales rose at the fastest rate seen since 2021, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, as more houses came onto the market. RICS Wales RICS buff.ly/47q7dkd

TOP STORY🗞️ An innovative collaboration project between industry leaders has aims to accelerate the generation and use of green hydrogen on industrial sites. Wales&West Utilities Welsh Water Yeo Valley #Hydrostar #Hydrogen buff.ly/4ekayUj

Thank you for covering our SmallBizSatUK #SmallBiz100 selection Business News Wales businessnewswales.com/welsh-eco-bran… #shopsmall #welshbusiness #northwales

WELSH TALENT M-SParc, in collaboration with the Wales in London Society and GlobalWelsh, is bringing Welsh innovation and talent to London for two days of events under the banner #AryLonDon. #WelshTalent #London buff.ly/3MH23XJ

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER📢 SMEs have three months left to register a business banking complaint with the Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS), which is set to close to new registrations on 13 December. Business Banking Resolution Service #BBRS #SMEs buff.ly/3TrzvFa

PARTNERSHIP🤝 Principality Building Society has partnered with the UK’s leading youth charity The The Prince's Trust, to help develop opportunities and make employability more accessible to underrepresented young people across Wales, with a particular focus on #Cardiff, #Swansea, #PortTalbot and

RETAIL Welsh retail footfall showed a month-on-month rise in August "The number of Welsh shopper visits improved for the fourth consecutive month" Says Sara Jones The British Retail Consortium #Retail businessnewswales.com/encouraging-si…

TOP STORY🗞️ Manufacturers have yet to see an immediate uplift from a change of government but are forecasting a boost to overall economic prospects from a period of greater political stability. Make UK BDO Manufacturing #ManufacturingOutlookSurvey #ManufacturingWales

CARDIFF CROSSRAIL🚆 Plans have been revealed for a brand-new tramway from Cardiff Central railway station to Cardiff Bay, connecting the two directly by rail for the first time. Trafnidiaeth Cymru / Transport for Wales Cardiff Council #Cardiff #CardiffBay #Crossrail buff.ly/3TujvCq

NEW ACADEMIC BUILDING📢 A ground-breaking ceremony has marked the start of construction for a new academic building on the University of South Wales’s (USW’s) Treforest Campus in Pontypridd. University of South Wales #TrefroestCampus #Ponty #Pontypridd buff.ly/3MMmjHh