Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething was in Port Talbot today to congratulate the Celtic Freeport consortium on their successful bid to be Wales’ first freeport.
A major new loan scheme to support businesses in Wales cut their energy costs by taking steps to become greener and more energy efficient has been...
Goods export values by Welsh businesses have recovered beyond pre-pandemic levels and totalled £19.4 billion for the year ending September 2022 , an increase of more...
The Welsh Government and Carmarthenshire County Council say they’re supporting the construction of new high-quality office space in Cross Hands, aimed at helping create new jobs...
The Welsh Government has reached agreement with the UK Government on the establishment of Freeports in Wales. Welsh Ministers have agreed to support Freeport policies in...
A new body, Net Zero Industry Wales is to be created to support Welsh industry decarbonise and create new jobs in the green industries of the...
Palace Theatre and Hafod-Morfa Copperworks were on the itinerary when Welsh Government Economy Minister Vaughan Gething visited Swansea to see first-hand the scale of regeneration on-going...
The Welsh Government is working with Monmouthshire Building Society to accelerate the establishment and roll-out of a community bank – Banc Cambria – across Wales, Economy...
Visitors to Pendine Sands will soon be able to enjoy additional car parking and beach friendly wheelchairs. An extra 30 plus spaces are being allocated next...
The Welsh Government’s Young Person’s Guarantee – providing everyone under 25 with the offer of work, education, training, or self-employment – has been launched today by...
A £30 million Swansea Bay City Deal Skills and Talent programme for South West Wales has been approved by the UK Government and Welsh Government The...
The Welsh Government is further extending incentives to support businesses in recruiting apprentices in Wales until February 2022. The Apprenticeship Employer Incentive Scheme is a part...
Welsh companies in five key sectors will be brought together to help each other export more of their products across the globe, as part of a...
A new world-class rail testing facility on a former opencast mining site at the head of the Dulais and Swansea valleys has been given the seal...
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....
From a major scheme that will preserve Swansea’s rich industrial heritage to a multi-million pound project that will bring substantial new leisure, housing and green space...
The UK Government has yet to present an offer to the Welsh Government for a Freeport to be established in Wales, Welsh Ministers will tell a...
A new world-class rail testing facility on a former opencast mining site at the head of the Dulais and Swansea valleys will transform the local area...
A £55 million programme that will help equip the Swansea Bay City Region with world class digital infrastructure has been approved by the UK Government and...
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...
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...
Pembrokeshire County Council has announced that it’s application for inclusion in the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) programme has resulted...
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...
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...
Welsh Government and European funding of nearly £4 million is helping two Swansea Bay businesses expand and future proof their operations, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has...
Any UK trade deal with Australia must not disadvantage Welsh farmers, Wales’ Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething and Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths have said today. A...
Climate change, new green jobs and recovery from the pandemic will be at the heart of the new Welsh Government, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said...
Medical equipment will be sent from Wales to support the international emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic in India. The Welsh Government and NHS Wales are...
Welsh Government Health Minister, Vaughan Gething has published a plan, supported by an initial £100m funding, to help the health and care system in Wales to...
The Welsh Government will fund a bonus payment for NHS and social care staff to recognise their extraordinary contribution during the covid-19 pandemic, the Health Minister...
People who are or have recently experienced homelessness in Wales are to be offered a Covid vaccination as part of priority group 6, Health Minister Vaughan...
Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced an extra £50m to allow health boards to extend contact tracing over the summer. The additional funding, on top of...
One million people across Wales have had at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, meaning almost 40% of the adult population now have a level...
Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced a new £700k fund to provide specialist Microprocessor Controlled Prosthetic Knees (MPK) to eligible patients. Currently the MPK’s are available...
One million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered across Wales and more than one in three of the Welsh adult population have received at...
As part of a four-nations agreement, Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced the ending of a ban on using UK plasma to manufacture medicines. The...
Welsh Health Minister, Vaughan Gething, has announced expanded COVID testing and a faster vaccine roll-out. He confirmed Wales will aim to offer the vaccine to all...
Suspected Cancer Pathway (SCP) figures are being reported from a new system which collects patient level data. Welsh Government claim these new figures are more accurate,...
First Minister Mark Drakeford today praised the thousands of NHS staff and volunteers vaccinating people for their phenomenal effort as the first milestone in Wales’ vaccination...
“Join with us, and help to become part of the solution by taking the vaccine and encouraging others in your communities to do so”. Vaughan Gething...
A revised and updated coronavirus testing strategy has been published today (Thursday 28 January) by Health Minister Vaughan Gething. The original testing strategy was published in...
An extra £25m investment will help the NHS to continue the move to more digital services, Health and Social Services Minister Vaughan Gething said today. The...
A COVID recovery app has been launched today (20 January) as part of wider support on offer for people experiencing the longer term effects of coronavirus....
An open letter by Community Pharmacies Wales calls for more engagement from Welsh Government to speed up the roll-out of COVID vaccinations in Wales. It comes...
Passengers arriving into Wales from all international destinations will be required to present a negative COVID-19 test result before departing to help protect against new strains...
The second COVID-19 vaccine is being rolled-out across Wales from today [Monday 4 January] with at least 40,000 doses available within the first 2 weeks. Last week [Wednesday...
The Welsh Government has announced that those who were shielding during the first lockdown this year should take further steps to protect themselves from Covid-19. Welsh...
A four-week pilot for asymptomatic COVID serial testing with South Wales Police has been announced by the Welsh Government Health Minister. The main aim of the...
The Welsh Government has announced plans to roll out serial testing in schools and colleges from January. Under this process, pupils and staff identified as close...
As of Thursday 10 December the time people have to self-isolate for coronavirus will be reduced from 14 days to 10 in Wales. Reducing the isolation...
“Lives have been transformed by the introduction of a soft opt-out system of consent for organ donation in Wales and we should be proud of what...
Earlier this year the Welsh Government committed to the roll-out of Wales’ largest ever influenza vaccination programme to protect people from the risks of flu. The...
Temporary ‘pods’ are being provided to care homes across Wales to better facilitate visits over Christmas and the winter months, the Health Minister has announced today...
Conservative regional member of the Senedd, Suzy Davies is urging Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething to use the university laboratories in Swansea to boost the testing...