An electrician has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to 6 counts of fraud. He has also been ordered to pay back the £2960 he stole, along with costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £115.
A start date has been announced for construction work on a major regeneration scheme in Swansea. It includes a new 3,500-seat arena and could create hundreds of jobs.
Business Wales has launched a campaign to help Welsh SMEs to develop robust HR strategies, as part of a drive to make sure that policies and procedures are in place and that legislation is being adhered to.
Business Wales, funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government, supports the sustainable growth of small and medium size enterprises across the country by offering access to information, guidance and business support.
The Wild Water Group, a Welsh temperature controlled storage and distribution company, has received £1.7m investment from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking and the Development Bank of Wales, enabling them to buy a warehousing facility in Aberbargoed, Caerphilly County Borough. It could create up to 120 jobs.
Business in Focus, the specialist business support organisation for South Wales, has recently acquired Crownford House, creating a new commercial property hub for entrepreneurs and SMEs in the heart of Merthyr Tydfil town centre.
Rostella, a Cardiff-based car insurance company, has launched a wide-ranging recruitment drive in order to support Hedgehog, a new online motor insurance provider.
Hedgehog will focus on 50,000 drivers aged 21-40 who for a variety of reasons have difficulty finding affordable insurance premiums (such as having license points or a blacklisted postcode).