ERS – the UK’s largest specialist motor insurer – has consolidated its commitment to Swansea by creating even more quality jobs in the city, with its workforce topping the 500 mark for the first time. The expansion of the company’s Swansea operations represents part...

Ministry of Furniture, the company which emerged from Remploy Furniture in 2014, has expanded its offering by making a major six figure investment in Sign and Print Systems, a print and design company based in the Swansea Valley, which previously traded as BOW Design....

Neath is set to benefit from a brand new leisure centre, providing modern facilities and boosting footfall in the town. At a meeting of the Regeneration and Sustainable Development Cabinet Board today (12th April) Councillors approved a proposal to amend the existing...

Children at two Swansea primary schools are benefiting from an innovative learning programme, that will help develop entrepreneurialism and problem-solving skills for future success. The Bumbles of Honeywood, designed by teachers and enterprise experts takes children...

Leading Accountancy firm Bevan Buckland LLP’s vision of becoming one of the pre-eminent practices in Wales has been boosted by two new senior appointments at their Swansea HQ. These newly created roles will deliver two key initiatives of the company’s long-term 2nd...

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 apprentices and students who will represent the UK at WorldSkills Kazan 2019, in...

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, is committed to using local and regional expertise, and now is the time for...

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, tells BQ about innovation in his company. What does your business do? Since...

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 moving in to the new Ty’r Orsaf development in Lower Station Road, Port Talbot,...

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 the disease, particularly in younger women, continue to rise. The Cluster...

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 fund managed by the Development Bank of Wales or its predecessor Finance...

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 Peterson, Bertie the Sea Bass is made from stainless steel and is filled with...

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 Leon Britton and Swansea brother and sister Ryan and Lucy Hole. They want the...

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 Cymru - the Canal & River Trust in Wales - the charity that cares for the...

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 Industries, which is headquartered at the Swansea Enterprise Park, has been...

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 sector leverage across the region. The 72 businesses to benefit include...