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Coaches are making a come back and are far cheaper than trains

Coaches rarely appear on the government transport radar in any of the ��Ƶ countries.

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Making St David's Day a national holiday would provide an economic boost

Just as businesses in other cities around the world capitalise on St Patrick’s Day, Welsh businesses could experience an uplift

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Opinion: How the North West's unique start-up strengths are boosting its tech scene

Louise Chapman of Praetura Ventures, explores what is contributing to the North West’s unique startup strengths – and how the region’s founders are making the most of those strengths

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Wales needs to do more to support Muslim entrepreneurship

Muslim Communities

The lack of support for Muslim businesses in Wales is a missed opportunity that undermines both economic potential and social cohesion.

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Cardiff University job and department cut plans lacking good business practice

It need to apply applying Bananarama’s first principle of management - it ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it.

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Wales needs to raise its game in the deep tech sector

One way to maximise the potential of the South Wales compound semiconductor cluster is by establishing a dedicated deep tech incubator supported by an investment fund

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Forget Heathrow expansion we need to create new hub airports in places like south Wales

A new international hub airport at Severnside would provide a huge boost to the Welsh economy

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Welsh Government needs to lead on solving the crisis engulfing universities

Given the importance of universities to the economy, why has there been a deafening silence from the Welsh Government through to business organisations

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The Welsh university sector has lost 1,000 jobs but still politicians sit by

If jobs losses like at the University of South Wales had been say in a Valleys factory politicians would be crying out for support

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��Ƶ start-ups at the forefront of AI adoption

For those firms not yet using AI, four out of five aim to adopt it within the next 12 months.

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Investment in skills and apprenticeships key for economic growth

Geraint Evans, corporation chair of Cardiff and Vale College Group, on why the Welsh and ��Ƶ governments need to prioritise greater investment in skills and apprenticeships

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The WRU needs to act with urgency to ensure a sustainable future for rugby in Wales

Jonathan Davies is right in calling for major reform to ensure the game's survial and future success in Wales

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Wales needs to be wary of becoming fixated with employee-ownership trust businesses

Partner of corporate advisory firm Gambit Frank Holmes said while transitioning to an EOT ownership model makes sense for certain types of companies, there are growing concerns over financial pressures created post deals leading in some cases to them collapsing

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Firms that innovate can seize growth opportunities

An increasing reliance on digital technologies will also place data privacy and security at the forefront of business priorities

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Next phase of Cardiff Crossrail project key to maximising benefits of the South Wales Metro

Professor Mark Barry said the second phase at a relatively modest cost of up to £200m would transform rail services in Cardiff but also benefit the wider South Wales Metro

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Bristol office market predictions for 2025

'We need to see more new office development in the pipeline if the city is to continue to be an attractive place to do business'

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Welsh transport projects in 2025 and the funding challenges faced

Without a needs based new funding model the Welsh Government faces a tough funding outlook on transport infrastructure investment

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2025 is Cornwall’s year to be ambitious, audacious and unapologetically loud

'The idea that Cornwall is merely a quaint backdrop for a Dickensian character needing another handout needs to die'

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We cannot grow the economy by just taxing businesses

We enter 2025 will the economy facing challenges on a number of fronts

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The ��Ƶ Government needs to have advanced semiconductor chips at the heart of its new industrial strategy

Dr Drew Nelson said competitor economies have realised that successful states need advanced semiconductors.

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We need to lift the barriers stopping firms from innovating

A new report from Innovate ��Ƶ shows the challenges ��Ƶ businesses face in fostering innovation

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The mixed impact of the Help to Grow programme to boost SME management skills

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Evaluation suggests that only around 250 Welsh businesses have participated in Help to Grow since its inception

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If we’re to boost productivity in Wales the public sector has its part

But all too often colleagues working in public sector finance are taken away from focusing on strategic planning to short-term activity,

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The huge skills shortage facing the ��Ƶ manufacturing sector

New research reveals that 98% of manufacturers believe that hiring and retaining skilled labour is a critical barrier to success

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