Development work for the largest onshore wind farm in Wales and England, set at Pen Y Cymoedd, is set to start next year, the £400m investment being predicted to support up to 300 jobs.
The scheme will be managed by Swedish energy company Vattenfall, who will also invest £1.8m annually into community funds for the 25 year life of the wind farm.
A brownfield site at Cardiff Docks is set to be redeveloped into a modern distribution centre, complete with office space, car parking and external storage areas, a news report in the local media reveals.
The Quarterly Economic Survey from the South Wales Chamber of Commerce has revealed a very positive trend in the region’s economy, with a jaw-dropping 75% of businesses being extremely optimistic about their profit margins over the next year.
Drives maker Control Techniques is set to bolster the local economy by creating 40 new jobs, as a part of developing a new engineering and design centre at its site in Newtown, a news report reveals.
The UK Trade & Investment and the Automotive Council, together with Welsh authorities, have joined up in order to create the Welsh Automotive Investment Organisation (AIO), whose main purpose will be to attract inward investment and increase opportunities in the automotive industry’s supply chain, including areas such as the Welsh Government’s Ebbw Vale enterprise zone.
New technology is essential to their growth plans three-quarters of small and medium-sized businesses in Wales have said, a news report reveals.
Councillors in Wrexham are expected to approve plans for creating a “Super Prison” in the area, and will start drawing up a short list of locations where it could be sited in the county, a recent report revealed.
The project is heavily endorsed by the North Wales Leadership Board, made up of the six local authorities, the Police and Crime Commissioner, the North Wales Police, the Fire and Rescue Authority and the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
The Post Office in Colwyn has just moved location and, beside operating a much more modern environment, it will also have longer opening hours, which is always good news for consumers.
Following a serious overhaul across the entire Post Office network in Wales, the post office will have a mixture of open plan and traditional screened counter positions, making it a lot easier for customers to access the variety of products and services provides.
Colleagues working benefits offices in Wales will go on strike following a national ballot over job losses and salaries.
During a recent evidence hearing before the National Assembly’s Children and Young People Committee, Health Minister Lesley Griffiths has admitted that Wales continues to face a recruitment problem for neonatal services.
In fact, the committee members described the lack of specialized neonatologists as “stark”, with 26 based in South Wales but just 1.5 in North Wales.