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Mobile bank Monzo chooses Cardiff

Monzo – the UK’s fastest growing, mobile-only bank is opening in Cardiff following Welsh Government support. The digital bank has attracted huge amounts of media coverage over recent months and is famed for its smartphone app which provides Monzo customers with a user friendly analysis of their spending habits. The…

High street retailers to get £2,500 cut to their rates bills

High street businesses and other retailers in Wales will each receive a £2,500 cut to their business rates next year, Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford has announced. The Welsh Government is investing £23.6 million to enhance and extend the high street rates relief scheme in 2019-20. Around 15,000 businesses, including shops,…

Wales ready to lead Electric Vehicle charge

Wales is ready to maximise on the huge opportunities presented by Electric and Hydrogen vehicles, Economy Secretary Ken Skates will tell key players in the sector today. The Economy Secretary was speaking ahead of a Welsh Government hosted Low Carbon Intelligent Mobility event bringing internationally recognised manufacturers including Aston…

£114 million to support health professional education and training

£114m will be invested in 2019/20 to support a range of education and training programmes for healthcare professionals in Wales, Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has announced today. This is £7m more than in 2018/19 and the fifth consecutive year funding to support health professional education and training has increased.…

Welsh Government Childcare Offer benefiting low income families – new research

The Welsh Government’s childcare offer is benefiting low income families by putting more money back into their pockets and allowing them to take up more work or training, new research shows. The research on the offer’s first year of operation shows 80% of the lowest earning parents in each…

Wales continues to spend more on key public services

Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford today welcomed official figures which show Wales continues to invest more in key public services than other parts of the UK. Figures released by the Treasury today, show Wales spends £2,310 per person on health – 6.5% higher than spending per person in England. Spending…

High tech Newport building now home to IBM, BT, Nokia and others

A Newport building owned by Welsh Government is now home to some of the World’s biggest and best tech companies, Economy Secretary Ken Skates has confirmed today. The 750,000 sq ft building in Newport was initially specifically built for wafer fabrication production. Its specialist nature meant it was a…

Nearly half of Wales’ electricity came from renewable sources in 2017

Nearly half of Wales’ electricity consumption in 2017 came from renewable sources, a new report has revealed. Last year the equivalent of 48% of the country’s electricity, a rise from 43% in 2016, came from renewable sources as the country edges towards ambitious targets for clean energy by 2030.…

Children in care in Wales are happy and settled – new survey shows

The “Our Lives, Our Care” pilot survey on the experiences of looked after children was conducted by the charity Coram Voice and the University of Bristol in six Welsh local authority areas earlier this year. Commissioned by the Welsh Government and supported by the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, it was…

Wales secures €100m of competitive EU research and innovation funding

Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford today announced Wales has secured more than €100m to support major research and development projects from a flagship EU fund. Horizon 2020 is the EU’s largest ever research and innovation programme, supporting cutting-edge science and technology and international collaboration to deliver solutions to key challenges…

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