The St Elli Shopping Centre in Llanelli is to be sold at auction, specialist commercial property auctioneers Acuitus have revealed. Built in 1997, the shopping centre...
Future phases of Swansea city centre developments and investments have been unveiled as a mixed-use destination with investment in lifestyle, family experiences and retail to help...
Pearns Pharmacy group, who operate 20 pharmacies across South Wales, including Cwmfelin Pharmacy in Waun Wen, Swansea and Taibach Pharmacy in Port Talbot has been sold....
As a new report reveals one in seven Welsh high street shops lie empty, a Welsh Government Minister admits that radical intervention is needed to save...
Bevan Buckland LLP, Wales’ largest independent accountancy firm, which has its HQ in Swansea, has welcomed its next intake of graduates and school leavers to its Training Academy. After being inundated...
Registered child care premises in Wales will benefit from 100% non-domestic rates relief for an additional three years, the Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan...
Older people in care homes in Wales will benefit from new facilities and improved services with the help of a £4 million investment in the first...
The fastest-growing, family-owned high street toy retailer, The Entertainer, is opening a brand-new store in Swansea’s Quadrant Shopping Centre this October. The store, which will be...
Swansea Building Society has appointed a new branch manager in Cowbridge, as the branch aims to build on its recent success passing the significant milestone of £100 million in mortgage balances. David Osterland comes to the role...
3M has announced that it has concluded consultation with employees at its site in Gorseinon Road, Penllergaer. Discussions started on 8 July, when the company shared proposals for the closure of...
The opportunity to work from home and a desire for a change in lifestyle are thought to be behind a surge in demand for residential properties and smallholdings in West Wales – leading to a rise in...
A Swansea city centre businessman is praising the on-going transformation of Wind Street into a more family-friendly destination. Bruno Nunes, Chief Executive of the Creative Hospitality...
Food Waste Heroes in Swansea have helped to prevent over 6,000 (6,105) meals from going to waste in the past year, thanks to a ground-breaking partnership...
A range of new projects is about to make a positive difference to Swansea’s rural communities. They include new training opportunities for volunteer tourism ambassadors and...
A Surface Pattern Design student from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) has started a coveted paid internship with iconic car manufacturer Rolls-Royce. Rebecca...
Swansea businesses are being encouraged to apply for a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2022. The Awards are among the most prestigious for UK businesses of all...
The largest independent accountancy firm in Wales: Bevan Buckland LLP has confirmed its move to Swansea Enterprise Park, Llansamlet. Currently based in Langdon House, SA1, the...
Innovative fitness and technology business Fitness Interactive Ltd. has launched a pioneering new interactive workout system, designed to mimic combat sports, in a bid to join the likes of Peloton, ClassPass and Strava...
McDonalds are reportedly unable to serve milkshakes in any of its UK restaurants due to supply issues caused by the shortage of HGV lorry drivers. A...
The number of new business start-ups in Wales is outperforming all other areas of the UK with an increase of 31% in quarter one of 2021...
Swansea business leaders are giving their backing to the city centre’s multi-million pound on-going regeneration. Alan Brayley, Managing Director of AB Glass, and Natasha Fulford, Managing...
Law firm Hutchinson Thomas, which has offices in Swansea and Neath, is one of the first law firms in Wales to join a pilot project conceived by...
An historic six-bedroom country house boutique hotel, nestled deep within the Carmarthenshire Countryside, has been put up for sale through specialist business property adviser Christie &...
Regional high streets will see a £17 billion tourist spending boom this year, with 29 million Brits holidaying in the UK, according to new research by...
Swansea city centre’s major on-going regeneration augurs well for a bright future, according to business leaders. Juliet Luporini and Russell Greenslade, of the Swansea Business Improvement...
A campaign to recruit additional vocational driving examiners in England and Wales to help reduce the lorry driver shortage has been launched by the Driver and Vehicle Standards...
By law, workers must be paid at least the minimum wage for their age – here are 10 outrageous excuses employers have used to try and...
A Swansea-based jeweller has seen his eyesight transformed by a cataract procedure, allowing him to continue designing and making jewellery from his workshop on Oxford Street....
Local businesses taking advantage of a pop-up shop in Carmarthen’s St Catherine’s Walk have been selling out of stock because of demand. Carmarthenshire County Council’s 100%...
Swansea BID (Business Improvement District) will hold a fun charity golf tournament on Sunday 22 August, with holes dotted around the city centre, to raise money...
Cwmgors kicked off the first game of the season by unveiling their new solar panels on the club house. The club are hoping the solar panels...
Demand for residential and commercial funding is fuelling record investment levels in property development by the Development Bank of Wales. The Development Bank reported loans totalling...
Entrepreneur David Kieft, the founder of the Raven Delta Group, has launched a new venture dedicated to monitoring and improving indoor environments through one of its group companies – EFT Consult. W-360 has been launched with EFT, in partnership...
“We simply cannot minimise the difficulties that the last 18 months have presented us with. We have to consider the impact that Brexit and the pandemic...
Transport for Wales (TfW) has signed a deal with Colas Rail UK to purchase Pullman Rail Limited. TfW, the not-for-profit organisation established by Welsh Government to drive forward its integrated transport network vision has been conducting a national review of...
Gower Salt Marsh Lamb has become the first new product to be awarded UK Geographical Indication (UK GI) Status, the highly sought after award, which will...
Ashmole & Co Swansea are to sponsor Calsonic Kansei Swiss Valley AFC’s Under 13s shirts for the 2021/22 season. Calsonic Kansei Swiss Valley AFC play in...
Aldi is to create more than 2,000 new jobs across the UK between now and Christmas. The supermarket, which currently has over 920 stores and employs...
Consumers will be able to save money on their food shopping while saving the planet thanks to a ‘world first’ mobile app which launches in South...
Budget retailer Poundland has confirmed it is returning to Swansea’s Oxford Street in September. It’s previous store in the former Woolworth’s at 242 Oxford Street closed...
Ministry of Furniture, the company which emerged from Remploy Furniture, is collaborating with Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind (MTIB) to combine key competencies for the benefit of National...
From 1 July 2021 the European Union (EU) introduced new rules on how VAT is accounted for on cross-border trade. The changes mean that businesses selling...
Sales of subscription boxes soar as lockdown drives desire for convenient home deliveries of essential items Buoyed by the impact of the pandemic and associated lockdowns,...
Regional law firm Peter Lynn and Partners have celebrated their 5th season as the ‘Official Legal Partner’ of Swansea City AFC. The firm’s support of the...
SO Modular, the Timber Frame construction specialist, has increased its production capacity by 700% thanks to a significant six-figure investment in new machinery at its new 350,000 sqft timber and modular manufacturing...
Following investigations by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), a total of £2.1 million was found to be owed to over 34,000 workers. The breaches took place...
A first-year Swansea University student who also works as a freelance game moderator has won a £1000 award from the Santander UK Freelancer scheme to help...
The Welsh Government has used its Economic Resilience Fund (ERF) to help safeguard 70 jobs against the economic effects of the pandemic at Caerphilly-based Transcend Packaging....
A successful local marketing company, which has seen a huge 800% increase in turnover during the past year, has moved into stylish new offices at Swansea...
Swansea-based on-demand talent platform, Business Butler has recently announced a partnership with Zoom Video Communications. The alliance means that Business Butler members will be able to...
A major study into funerals has revealed a once-in-a-lifetime seismic shift in the nation’s attitude to death with Brits more open than ever to talking about...
Swansea based exporter of iconic children’s character themed clothing is the first Welsh business to receive support through UK Export Finance’s General Export Facility. Character.com sells...
The first community-owned solar farm in Wales is offering Swansea businesses the opportunity to plug into locally produced green energy whilst supporting grassroots community projects on...
Loganair, the UK’s largest regional airline, today (2 August) launches its new direct service linking the capital cities of Scotland and Wales. The service will operate...
A familiar name on the country’s bin collections has been fined £1.5 million for breaking export law, in what the judge called “reckless, bordering on deliberate.”...
Expert advice will soon be available to help Swansea start-up businesses with all the legal issues they should consider when setting-up their new ventures. Nia Godsmark,...
Wales’ largest independent accountancy firm, Bevan Buckland LLP, has partnered with Tech-Wales Ltd to create a unique one-stop-shop for accounting and IT services for its clients. Bevan Buckland LLP, which...
SMALL local businesses are being given the opportunity to display and sell their goods amongst big high street chains as part of a new Council initiative....
Swansea is emerging from the pandemic as a magnet for investment and jobs, according to one of Wales’s leading economists. Gareth Davies, Professor in Innovation Management...
Swansea Building Society has created eight new jobs during a year that has seen it ranked as the most profitable building society in the whole of the UK. The building society’s profitability and...
A new programme to help Welsh firms who have never exported before to sell their products in new international markets is being launched by Wales’ Economy...
Four new pop-up food and drink units for local start-up businesses could soon be introduced at the former St David’s Shopping Centre site in Swansea. A...
Staff at the Wernick Buildings factory have given a demonstration of a new four-bed hospital ward constructed at the firm’s premises on the Kenfig Industrial Estate...
Despite the drop, there were 33 dog attacks on postmen and postwomen every week over the last year Royal Mail has announced a 31% drop in...
Family-run Welsh Construction company WRW Construction has gone into administration after coming under ‘significant financial stress’ Along with it’s headquarters at North Dock in Llanelli, the...
3M has announced that it has commenced a 45-day period of consultation with employees at its site in Gorseinon Road, Penllergaer. The company is proposing the...
Wales’ largest independent accountancy firm, Bevan Buckland LLP, which is headquartered in Swansea, continues its ongoing growth with the addition of a new Marketing Assistant to its ranks. Swansea...
Campaign group ‘Unite for the Night’ says the lack of engagement with night time economy operators and a lack of a timeline for removing restrictions is...
Low Cost Vans, one of the UK’s leading providers of commercial vehicles, has been announced as a finalist in the 2021 UK Social Media Awards –...
Swansea-based care technology company, CPR Global Tech Ltd, welcomed Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant, Louise Fleet, to its Swansea Headquarters on Wednesday (30th June) to officially receive the...
Llanelli-based tech experts Vindico ICS Ltd represented small businesses at Downing Street on Sunday (4 July) to launch Together for Our Planet, a nationwide campaign that will roll...
Social distancing might still be in place but Swansea Business Improvement District (BID) is giving the city centre’s independent retailers a cwtch for Independents Month –...
Businesses in Wales that continue to be affected by Covid restrictions will receive up to £25,000 of additional support from the Welsh Government, Economy Minister, Vaughan...
New Swansea businesses are to be given a masterclass in harnessing the power of social media. The free online get-together on July 8, fronted by digital...
Low Cost Vans, one of the UK’s leading providers of commercial vehicles, has announced its continued support of Swansea City Football Club and been named its official...
Royal Mail has today announced the launch of its new Postal Apprenticeship scheme for would-be postmen and postwomen. Successful apprentices will achieve a Level 2 qualification....
Businesses affected by the Coronavirus pandemic will now be protected from eviction until the end of September 2021, Welsh Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has announced. As...
Swansea BID (Business Improvement District) has been successful in securing a Wales record breaking 4th term ballot, and the company, which looks after the interests of 800-plus...
The Welsh Government supported Food and Drink Wales Export Club has reached and surpassed its 100-member milestone following a 56 percent increase in applications since March...
Welsh building contractor, J.G. Hale Construction, has welcomed its third cohort of South-West Wales Onsite Construction Hub work experience placements to its Neath town centre site, being...
Western Power Distribution (WPD), the electricity distribution network operator for the Midlands, South West England and Wales, have announced that they have signed up to the...
Vaughan Gething says the Welsh Government’s plans to provide everyone under 25 with the offer of work, education, training, or self-employment through its new Young Person’s...
Global battery manufacturer GS Yuasa is creating 105 new jobs and protecting a further 360 positions at its production plant in Ebbw Vale thanks to £2.5m...
A Welsh community energy co-op is celebrating becoming the largest rooftop solar co-op in the UK during Community Energy Fortnight. Egni Co-op has installed 4.3MWp of...
A new Food Producers Market is being piloted in Llanelli Town Centre. Following the success of food festivals held in the town previously, Carmarthenshire County Council...
A Crossfit gym owner in Carmarthen shows his gratitude to the University of Wales Trinity Saint David by taking on current students from the Sport and...
Government bodies in Wales, several Welsh MPs and corporates including a top-four accountancy firm and a bank are among those backing a new app launched by a Welsh entrepreneur with the...
Businesses in Wales materially affected by the phased move to Alert Level One, such as indoor attractions and wedding venues, will receive £2.5m in further support...
Swansea Building Society’s Cowbridge branch has achieved a record amount in mortgage balances – passing the significant milestone of £100 million. The Society has attributed the achievement to its personal approach to mortgage lending and the implementation of a five-year plan which has included investment...
Swansea Council is set to extend its pandemic funding for its key leisure facilities to keep up their high-quality services for residents across the city. The...
Timber frame construction specialist, SO Modular, welcomed Economy Minister and Senedd Member, Vaughan Gething, to its new state-of-the-art, off-site manufacturing facility, located at the ‘Old Metal Box’ factory in Neath. Mr Gething was given...
A contractor has been appointed to build a major new high-tech office development that will provide space for 600 jobs in Swansea city centre. Bouygues UK...
The third national UK lockdown produced a wave of start-ups, with arts and crafts the most common type of venture, according to Direct Line business insurance...
More than 54,000 people across Wales have been supported to improve their career prospects and get into work in the first two years of Working Wales...
The Queen of Hearts pub in Cwmgors on the outskirts of Ammanford has been sold by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. The substantial three-storey...
In a year dominated by Covid-19 and Brexit, Giles Thorley, Chief Executive of the Development Bank of Wales says the Bank has worked with and supported...
South Wales law firm Hutchinson Thomas has completed the merger with Simmonds Hurford Solicitors, expanding its client base and presence in Swansea while strengthening its expertise and offering in relation...
The Post Office has launched a major new campaign today calling on government and industry to work together to ‘Save Our Cash’. Around eight million adults have...
The Port of Milford Haven’s 2020 Annual Report and Accounts highlights the challenging trading conditions felt in 2020 due to Covid-19. Designated a frontline operation as...
Wales’ largest independent accountancy firm, Bevan Buckland LLP, which is headquartered in Swansea, is planning to launch a new office between Bridgend and Cardiff. The firm has continued to focus upon...
