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Senedd Election manifesto from the Tories far more pro-business than Labour
Conservative Party
But the manifesto is clearer on what it wants to do than on how it would fund it.
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Labour is finally getting the importance of the economy in Wales
Wales
Welsh Labour’s Senedd manifesto shows that it finally wants to act like a government that has realised the importance of the economy.
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WRU chairman Richard Collier-Keywood saw abundance of goodwill turn to conflict
Wales
The union has confirmed that its chairman will stand down at the end of a three year term this summer
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Wales' poor record on securing research and innovation funding
Wales
In 2023-24, Wales received just £168m or 2% of the Ƶ total, from ƵRI – the body responsible for funding R&D and innovation
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We need a plan to revive and renew struggling universities in Wales
Education
For too long Welsh higher education has behaved as though the market around it has not fundamentally changed,
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If we want to address the housing crisis we simply need more builders
Housing
Chief executive of the Development Bank of Wales Giles Thorley says we need to increase the number of SME housing developers
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Wales must make productivity the North Star of economic policy
Economy
Entrepreneurship has to stop being a warm paragraph at the back of an economic strategy and become a national mission.
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Despite the promise of £14bn of rail investment Wales isn't getting a fair deal
Transport
The concern is that the infrastructure strategy, priority setting and funding allocation to Wales will continue to be determined in London.
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Welshness should never be reduced to grievance, nostalgia, or sentimentality
Wales
What does it mean to be Welsh?
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We shouldn't get hung up on firms being Welsh-owned but those with potential for growth
Wales
Frank Holmes says the real dividing line is not between nationalism and globalism. It is between capability and complacency
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The verdict on the promise of £14bn of rail investment in Wales over the long-term
Transport
Professor Mark Barry of Cardiff University who created the vision for the South Wales Metro gives his verdict of the Ƶ Government’s committed over the long-term to invest in rail enhancement projects across Wales
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Welsh tourism is a huge industry but can be even bigger
Economy
Tourism is still too often treated by politicians in Wales as a “nice-to-have” - seasonal, useful for jobs, good for communities but not with the seriousness we reserve for manufacturing, fintech or life sciences in any debate on the Welsh economy.
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Welsh spinout firms are not getting the growth capital needed to fly
Opinion
The number of Welsh spinouts firms have also fallen shows new research from Ƶ Research and Innovation
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The financial crisis facing Welsh universities
Education
Latest published financial accounts show the eight universities in Wales with a collective deficit of £116m
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It's wrong to caricature Welsh firms as being too cautious when it comes to growth finance
Deals
Our finite public funds are best deployed alongside private capital to meet evolving demand
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Opinion: Manchester needs transport worthy of a growing city – don’t let its underground plans derail
North West
Haman Manak, deputy managing director of Stanmore, on Greater Manchester's transport needs
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Welsh Government’s new paper on the future of tertiary education is so frustrating
Education
The recurring failure of Welsh policymaking over the years is the fear of making a choice but this is totally unavoidable.
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Political parties need to put young people at the heart of their Senedd manifestos
Politics
If under-30s continue to feel that opportunity lies beyond our borders, then no amount of rhetoric will reverse the economic consequences.
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Opinion: There's cautious optimism over long-awaited Northern Powerhouse Rail – but we need firm timelines
North West
Steve Johns, partner at law firm Weightmans, warns that without 'sustained funding commitments' the plan could reach the end of the track before much headway is made.
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How reinvention can quickly become a distraction
Economy
As St David famously said, “do the small things well
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A welcomed £45bn rail investment for the North of England but what about Wales
Transport
Wales remains the poor relation in the Ƶ for investment in rail
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Opinion: Your employees are using AI anyway – upskill them before it’s too late
Technology
Lauren Birch, from the Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester, says businesses must lead the AI skills shift
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Welsh Government needs to be smarter on how it spends if it is to help with the cost of living crisis
Wales
Procurement consolidation, reduced agency spend, better back-office automation and contract management rarely feature in any political debate
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The rail priorities for Wales ahead of the Senedd election
Transport
This column has argued for rail infrastructure responsibility and funding to be transferred to Welsh Government
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