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UWTSD plays host to the UK’s top apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week (March 4 -8)
University of Wales Trinity Saint David has been selected by WorldSkills UK to host one of the prestigious competitions at its Construction Wales Innovation Centre, to select the team of ...
Meet the Buyer: Buckingham Group Ready to Engage with Regional Businesses for Swansea Central Phase One
Welsh businesses are being urged to bid for work on the £120m Swansea Central Phase One project. Principal contractor Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd, working on behalf of Swansea Council, ...
Procurement Strategy Agreed for Swansea Central Phase One
Swansea Council has today named the principal contractor for Phase One of the £120million Swansea Central development. Buckingham Group Contracting will be leading the project to build the ...
South Wales Must Say NO To Nuclear Waste Facility
Swansea has a fresh challenge to contend with this week, with the announcement that UK Government is coming to both Swansea and Llandudno next month, to hold public events about its Site ...
Innovation 100 Construction Wales nominee: AB Glass – Access Control Division
With plans for UK-wide expansion, AB Glass and AB Access Control currently provide an innovative one-stop solution for the construction sector in Wales. Access control director, Justin John, ...
Completed apartment block to form part of new look Port Talbot
A £4m project to create a four storey apartment block with associated commercial space on the site of Port Talbot’s former town centre police station has been completed.
Residents are now ...
New project aims to offer treatment as ovarian cancer cases continue to rise
A new £2.6 million project led by Swansea University aims to dramatically improve the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer - one of the deadliest forms of cancer for women -as incidences of ...
Pension fund invests £10 million in Welsh business owners
The Clwyd Pension Fund has confirmed a £10 million equity investment in the £25 million Wales Management Succession Fund. This is the first time an institutional equity investor has backed a ...
Bertie the Sea Bass arrives at Milford Waterfront
Bertie the Sea Bass, a fourteen by seven foot sculpture, has arrived at Mackerel Quay in Milford Waterfront, where he will be on display for 11 weeks.
Designed by local sculptor Gideon ...
Swansea City legend submits plans for new look beachfront venue
A planning application just received by Swansea Council sees a proposal to build on the Mumbles side and to the rear.
The plans are from Hole Britton Ltd, a partnership of former Swans star ...
Funding boost set to transform Swansea Canal
Funding of over £320,000 has been confirmed to regenerate the historic Swansea Canal into a major visitor destination.
The Rural Community Development Funding (RCDF) was secured by Glandŵr ...
Deal saves nearly 200 jobs at ladder maker
A Swansea-based ladder and scaffolding manufacturer that supplied Sir Edmund Hillary's Everest expedition has been bought out of administration in a move that has saved almost 200 jobs.
Lyte ...
Development Bank backs South West Wales SMEs with £21.3m in 2018
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot received £21.3m backing from the Development Bank of Wales in 2018, generating £33.1m private ...
Swansea tidal lagoon plan revived – without government funding
The backers of a pioneering project to harness energy from the tides off the Welsh coast have rebooted the scheme and believe they can build it without the help of government.
With the recent ...
Law firm boosts property department with two hires
Welsh law firm Hutchinson Thomas has appointed two solicitors to its property team.
The law firm, which operates from Neath and Swansea, recently welcomed Jemma Collins and Jacqui Jones to ...
AB Glass becomes certified smoke ventilation manufacturer
Aluminium manufacturing and installation company AB Glass has achieved smoke ventilation certification, making it one of only a few firms in Wales that can manufacture En12101-2 certified smoke ...
Gower College Swansea has been shortlisted for seven categories in top HR Awards
Gower College Swansea has been revealed as a finalist in seven categories in the 2019 Wales HR Awards, which recognises and celebrates the achievements of HR professionals across ...
Launch for Formula 3D Circuit Race in Carmarthenshire
A futuristic Formula 3D Circuit Race planned for Carmarthenshire this summer has been officially launched.
Teams of children from eight county primary schools will take part in the 3D printed ...
Swansea observatory due to open this summer
The revamped Swansea observatory should be reopening this summer as a bar and restaurant.
The landmark Marina Towers building, which was built in 1988, used to be leased by Swansea Council to ...
Swansea is almost unrecognisable in this video vision of the future
It's Swansea, but not as you know it. This fly-through video commissioned by Swansea Council takes the viewer on a magic carpet ride across a city-scape of the future.
The stuff of science ...
Giant new store opening at Swansea’s Parc Tawe North
Lidl will move into Homebase in Parc Tawe when it closes - creating a massive new supermarket in the heart of Swansea.
The German discount supermarket chain already occupies a 10,000 square ...
Thomas Cook increases flights from Cardiff Airport
Thomas Cook has announced an addition of over 29,000 extra seats on flights from Cardiff Airport for summer 2019.
This is a 22% increase in capacity and the airline is introducing a larger ...
Independent businesses building for the future
Four independent businesses in Swansea are coming together to help the construction sector across South Wales.
The four companies, all second generation, family-run organisations, have teamed ...
Government funding helps provide jobs boost for Llanelli automotive workers
Welsh Government funding will help create 85 jobs in Llanelli a month after 220 jobs were to be lost in the same industry .
The funding of £4.4m will see Calsonic Kansei, which develops and ...
Local school pupils scoop prestigious DVLA prizes
Pupils from Blaenbaglan Primary School are celebrating scooping first prize in a prestigious national programming competition organised by Swansea’s DVLA.
A team of budding computer ...
New four-star hotel will be built in Mumbles
New four-star hotel accommodation is coming to Mumbles as part of the second phase of the Oyster Wharf scheme.
Work on the 16-room development at Tivoli Walk is expected to start next March, ...
City Deal Briefing in Llanelli & Government Review Announced
Businesses assembled at Parc Y Scarlets yesterday for a City Deal update from the region’s four Councils. On the same day, news came from the office of Ken Skates, Assembly Minister for Economy ...
Regional businesses to share views on procurement
Are you concerned about public sector contracts being won by businesses outside the region?
Are there obstacles that prevent your business from tendering or winning work from large ...
Swansea copperworks: Big hopes for Musgrave engine
A team of volunteers are going full steam ahead at restoring a 100-year-old steam engine to its former glory.
Swansea University are co-ordinating the project to restore the Musgrave engine ...
A real life game of Cluedo is coming to Swansea and you can take part
You can play a real life game of Cluedo in Swansea next year.
Sneaky Finders is taking place in the city centre on Saturday, March 23 from 10am and it costs £36 to enter a team.
Run by ...
Businesses urged to get together and think local
A new group aims to help trade thrive in one of Swansea's most historic communities. Regeneration Morriston is due to host an event - Morriston Business Hub - this week and organisers are ...
Free parking offers for Small Business Saturday
Swansea city centre traders are being given an extra boost ahead of Small Business Saturday on December 1.
A free parking offer at The Quadrant and St David's multi storey car parks aims to ...
UWTSD to host an Enterprise Hub at Yr Egin
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) is delighted to announce that it will host one of four new Enterprise Hubs in Wales at its campus in Carmarthen as part of the Welsh ...
Arena’s main construction work due to start in mid-2019
Work on Swansea's eagerly anticipated digital arena complex is on track.
Main construction work on the major regeneration scheme - known as Swansea Central Phase One - is planned to start in ...
Transformation plan for Llandeilo’s former market hall
Llandeilo's derelict former market hall is to be transformed in to a rural centre for employment and events, creating up to 45 new jobs in the town.
Carmarthenshire County Council is behind ...
Circular Economy Club launches in South West Wales
4theRegion was pleased to support EFT Consult with their launch of the Circular Economy Club in Swansea on 14th November 2018, bringing together a range of professionals and businesses ...
Leon Britton aiming to turn former 360 cafe in Swansea into a sports bar and academy
Former Swansea City player Leon Britton is spearheading a new sports academy set to open on Swansea’s beachfront.
The new sports, restaurant and coffee bar venue, named 'Seven' in honour of ...
Massive £40 million student flats development to be built next to Fabian Way in Swansea’s SA1
A relieved developer has welcomed the approval of a 645-bed student flat scheme in Swansea's SA1, and said it should be ready by September, 2020.
David Caplan, senior partner at Crown Student ...
Iconic Swansea site given new lease of life
Swansea's historic Powerhouse building within the Hafod Morfa Copperworks site will be transformed thanks to £3,567,400 from the National Lottery.
The multi million pound grant will pave the ...
Funding green light for Wales International Coastal Centre
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport, Lord Elis-Thomas, will visit Saundersfoot to announce £4 million of European Funding for a new Wales International Coastal Centre.
Final sign off of ...
£1.7 million EU funds to boost Wales’ manufacturing sector
Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford has today announced £1.7 million of EU funding to boost Wales’ manufacturing sector.
The EU funding will support small and medium-sized enterprises to maximise ...
First Minister officially opens Canolfan S4C Yr Egin
Canolfan S4C Yr Egin – the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s new creative and digital centre - was opened officially yesterday by the Rt. Hon. Carwyn Jones, AM, First Minister of Wales. ...
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