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Opinion
Neurodiverse people have a gift for entrepreneurship
Opinion
However, despite their significant potential neurodiverse entrepreneurs often face considerable barriers with support systems that are often ill-equipped to accommodate cognitive differences.
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Opinion: How Greater Manchester is paving the way for nationwide devolution
North West
Barry Crichton, principal and managing director at Avison Young in Manchester, on what other city regions could learn
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The state of entrepreneurship globally and attitudes to success and failure
Economy
The latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor gives a fascinating insight into the thinking of entrepreneurs across the world
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Exports are crucial to boosting the Welsh economy
Exports
Exported goods and services make up around 37.1% of Welsh GDP
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Opinion: The North West is ready for growth, but we need to seize the day
Opinion
Emily Cox, Ambassador for the North at Lloyds Banking Group, says businesses are ready to grow
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We need to address the slide in equity investment in Wales
Deals
Even more stark is the fact that the average deal size in Wales was just one-tenth of the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ average.
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Coaches are making a come back and are far cheaper than trains
Transport
Coaches rarely appear on the government transport radar in any of the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ countries.
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Making St David's Day a national holiday would provide an economic boost
Opinion
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
Tech
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
Education
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
Opinion
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
Labour Party
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
Education
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
Education
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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º£½ÇÊÓÆµ start-ups at the forefront of AI adoption
Technology
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
Opinion
Geraint Evans, corporation chair of Cardiff and Vale College Group, on why the Welsh and º£½ÇÊÓÆµ 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
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
Deals
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
Technology
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
Transport
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
Offices
'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
Transport
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
South West
'The idea that Cornwall is merely a quaint backdrop for a Dickensian character needing another handout needs to die'
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