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- Supermarket’s £6m investment secures 1,500 jobs in North Wales (Martin Williams)
THE continuing expansion of a supermarket giant has seen more than £6million invested and 1,500 people employed in North Wales since 2009.
- RCT Homes commits £6.5m to tackle fuel poverty and energy efficiency in its properties (Chris Kelsey)
RCT Homes is saving £6.5m for tenants and 32,000 tonnes of CO2 while generating business and employment across the Valleys
- Premier Inn to open new hotel in south Wales (caterer.com)
A leading hospitality chain is set to create hotel jobs in south Wales, with the planned development of a new site in the Vale of Glamorgan.
- £2 million boost from Ebbw Vale campus build (Jessica Best)
THE multimillion pound campus which will provide all post-16 education in Blaenau Gwent from 2012 has so far benefited local companies to the tune of £2 million.
- Young Entrepeneur’s open Blackpool Go Mobile (David Lee)
Two young entrepreneurs have chosen Church Street Blackpool as the venue for their first business venture.
- 1,000 Holiday Jobs in Wales (e4s.co.uk)
1,000 holiday jobs could be created in Wales over the coming five years in the adventure holiday sector.
- Plaid launch a late drive for 50,000 jobs – with an ad-van (Martin Shipton)
PLAID CYMRU’S final throw of the dice in the election campaign saw the launch of an ad-van promoting its economic policy aimed at creating up to 50,000 jobs
- Rodney Berman: A vision for more jobs in Cardiff (walesonline.co.uk)
Cardiff has already transformed itself over recent years from an industrial city in decline to one with a competitive service sector economy, strong financial services sector and a growing creative cluster.
- Labour returns Wales' first black AM in Cardiff South (Gareth Williams)
WALES' first ever black AM has brushed aside talk of him making history - and vowed to focus on the present challenges facing the principality.
- ACPS Ltd - Plumbers Blackpool (Adam Carrington)
"Arriving on time, driving smart vans and always dressed in uniform ACPS Ltd is not your usual plumbing company – we steer away from the image of late arriving, rip-off merchants who never complete the jobs they start and instead we provide a smart, effic
- Claims of 3,000 jobs in green scheme (Kelly Miles)
AROUND 3,000 green jobs could be created across the Heads of the Valleys by improvements in environmental schemes, it was claimed yesterday.
- Massive jobs boost for Broughton plant (Rhodri Evans)
MORE than 700 agency staff are to be taken onto the Airbus payroll in a major boost for its Broughton plant, it emerged yesterday.
- Dhaliwal Dairies to bring new jobs to South Wales (Louise Williams)
Family run business, Dhaliwal Dairies, are promising to bring new jobs to the Pontyclun area of South Wales after it emerged that the wholesale milk supplier has acquired new business premise at the sought after Coedcae Lane Industrial Estate.
- Wales’ workforce increases despite rising UK unemployment (Claire Miller)
THE number of people in jobs in Wales increased at the end of last year, although unemployment across the whole of the UK has now hit 2.5 million.
- Valleys waste power plant approved (bbc.co.uk)
Plans to build a waste recycling plant in the Cynon Valley have been given the go-ahead.
- Rok demise the catalyst for new jobs at North Wales Housing (Martin Williams)
A HOUSING association has launched a specialist heating and plumbing division to carry out repair and maintenance works across its portfolio of over 2,300 homes, creating eight jobs.
- Jobs boost with expansion at Wrexham solar panel plant (bbc.co.uk/)
Electronics giant Sharp says a "substantial" number of jobs will be created following a £30m expansion of its Wrexham factory.
- 'Wales pushing for more green jobs', minister (bbc.co.uk)
A new hi-tech laboratory marks a big step ahead in Wales' drive for green jobs, said First Minister Carwyn Jones.
- Bangor University’s Go Wales student project a hit with businesses (Martin Williams)
A UNIVERSITY initiative offering small businesses up to £5,000 to take on students is going from strength to strength.
- Skillscymru is biggest careers event in Wales (Sion Barry)
THE largest skills and careers event ever held in Wales takes place in Cardiff this week.
- National recruitment firm celebrates new contract win with leading food supplier (onrec.com)
National recruitment firm gap personnel, headquartered in Wrexham in North Wales, has secured a major new contract with a leading UK food manufacturer.
- Pet food firm works with college to boost sales (Sion Barry)
A PET food company based in Carmarthenshire has opened up new markets with support from Coleg Sir Gâr and a UK-wide initiative to improve business performance.
- Kaleidoscopic festival brings top TV writers to Wrexham (bbc.co.uk)
Leading TV writers take centre stage in a new arts festival discussing everything from marketing Wales as a brand to adapting classics like Sherlock Holmes for a modern audience.
- Greyhound buses come to Cardiff (Hannah Waldram)
A new bus service which launched at Cardiff Bay recently brings an iconic North American brand to the city.
- Energy firm explains drilling plan (MArtin Shipton)
ENERGY giant Centrica is to press ahead with plans to drill for methane in South Wales.
- NFU offices upgraded — but old methods remain (thisissouthwales.co.uk)
NFU Cymru president Ed Bailey and NFU Mutual chief executive Lindsay Sinclair opened the newly expanded and refurbished NFU Cymru office in Carmarthen recently.
- Cardiff today: Vulcan success, Welsh blogosphere, and Buzz shoes (Hannah Waldram)
Today Cardiff Council returns to normal after the summer recess with the licensing committee meeting this morning and the children and young persons scrutiny committee in the afternoon.
- £20m fund to expand SA Brain pub chain (Sion Barry)
FAMILY-OWNED brewing and hospitality business SA Brain & Co has agreed a new £20m expansion funding line with Lloyds TSB corporate mar- kets.
- £23m boost to turn North Wales into green superpower (Tom Bodden)
PLANS to make North Wales an international hub for marine sciences, creating up to 140 jobs, will receive a £23.6m investment boost today to stimulate research projects between business and universities.
- Fast Growth 50 firms sprint through the gloom (Sion Berry)
THE fastest-growing companies in the Welsh economy have bucked the recession and will continue to create jobs and prosperity for the economy.
- Why Wales needs a versatile workforce (GAreth Evans)
The Wales Employment and Skills Board (WESB) advises ministers on issues related to the country’s jobs and training needs.
- Success for Wrexham high fliers (MArtin Williams)
THE careers of two high fliers at a North Wales firm of chartered accountants are taking off.
- Port Talbot motorway link will 'create 600 jobs' (BBC News)
Up to 600 jobs are expected to be created during the construction of a £107m link on the M4 near Port Talbot.
- Target Group to create 30 new jobs in Newport (Chris Kelsey)
FINANCIAL software and servicing company Target Group is expanding following another significant contract win.
- Careers extravaganza set to make a difference (Barry Liles, Coleg Sir Gar Principal )
Buoyed by an outstanding set of A-level and Welsh Baccalaureate results for their learners, colleges in Wales are making final preparations for their role at SkillsCymru.
- Business parks in Wales get off to a better start than those in rest of UK (Sion Berry)
BUSINESS parks in South Wales have experienced a strong start to the year in comparison with the rest of the UK, according to research from property advisers GVA Grimley.
- Lesley Griffiths: Launching Wales Union Learning Fund (Lesley Griffiths)
Next month I will be launching the latest bidding round of the Wales Union Learning Fund that is a great success and has already assisted 153 projects with nearly £11m provided by the Assembly Government.
- Wales ahead of UK in spurning plastic bags (Peter Law)
THERE were renewed calls yesterday to scrap the plastic carrier bag charge proposed for Wales, after figures showed Welsh shoppers are leading the UK in shunning plastic bags.
- Consultants in Wales defend huge bonuses (Madeleine Brindley)
SENIOR doctors last night defended a bonus scheme which rewards consultants with payouts of up to £76,000.
- Insurer Admiral Group's record £127m half-year profit (bbc.co.uk)
Car insurance group Admiral has announced record half-year pre-tax profits of almost £127m.
- Two thirds of North Wales Woolworths stores filled (Martin Williams)
MORE than two thirds of the former Woolworths stores in North Wales are now occupied – 18 months after the high street retailer went into administration.
- Welsh Assembly begins 10 year plan for food (Debbie James)
The first phase of a strategy for generating sustainable and profitable growth for the Welsh food industry over the next decade, has begun.
- Swansea Met leads the way in developing businesses of future (Gareth Evans)
SWANSEA Metropolitan University has proved itself a breeding ground for budding entrepreneurs.
- Bargain stores buck the trend in tough times (thisissouthwales.co.uk)
Generations of shopping history were brought to an end and once thriving stores were reduced to silent empty units.
- Hotel opening is good for some — but not for others (thisissouthwales.co.uk)
HOTELS are big business in Swansea. And in three months' time competition will step up a gear with the arrival of the city's biggest hotel.
- Hope for 100 jobs in west Wales and west Midlands (bbc.co.uk)
More than 100 jobs could be created, the bulk of them in Swansea and Pembrokeshire, after the expansion of an engineering firm.
- Severe weather to batter much of South Wales (Rachel Moses)
TORRENTIAL downpours hit the whole of South Wales overnight – but there is no risk of flash flooding, according to the environment agency.
- Finding high-flyers of the future (Gareth Evans)
Airbus, a champion of employee development, is helping Wales capitalise on job opportunities by supporting SkillsCymru, the nation’s biggest ever careers event.
- Welsh students face scramble for university places after A-level results
THOUSANDS of Welsh students faced an anxious scramble to secure university places last night despite almost one in four recording the higher A* and A grades
- 400 new jobs planned at supermarket (By Natalie Crockett )
AROUND 400 new jobs will be created in Newport with the opening of a new multimillion pound supermarket.
- Bellamy handed armband (skysports.com)
Cardiff City manager Dave Jones has revealed that new signing Craig Bellamy will captain the side against Doncaster on Saturday.
- Welsh dentists earn average £122,400 (Madeleine Brindley)
THE average income for dentists in Wales now stands at £122,400 but is still less than their equivalents in England, figures released yesterday have shown.
- Celebrations For Successful Welsh Students (Welsh Assembly Government)
Education Minister Leighton Andrews has joined Welsh students in celebrating their examination success.
- Fruitapeel in line to squeeze £12m turnover in first year (Graham Henry,)
A JUICING factory that only started production five months ago is on course to reach a turnover of £12m in its first year, after being bought out of administration.
- Hope for Wales as jobless numbers fall (Martin Shipton)
THERE were crumbs of comfort for the Welsh economy yesterday, as figures showed the number of unemployed benefit claimants in Wales fell by 300 last month.
- Corus scopes out plans to build coal mine in south Wales (Sarah Arnott )
Corus is set to decide on a proposal to build a coal mine at its steelworks in Port Talbot in Wales within a year.
- Wales' biggest ever careers event at Millenium Stadium (dailypost.co.uk)
WALES’ largest-ever careers and skills event will be held next month.
- Poultry firm aims to create Wrexham jobs (Phil Robinson)
A POULTRY firm aims to create up to 50 jobs when it opens its first UK plant in Wrexham.
- Anglesey port project creating 450 jobs given go-ahead (bbc.co.uk)
Plans for a port warehouse and distribution depot on Anglesey that could create 450 jobs have been given the go-ahead.
- Final push across Wales as election day looms (bbc.co.uk)
Politicians across Wales are launching a hectic final day's campaigning in key seats before Thursday's election.
- Wales, where David Cameron's axe would fall hard (Eurfyl ap Gwilym )
Without revenue-raising powers, Wales will have to take the cuts imposed on it – which will see its public sector decimated
- Northern Foods to close Welsh factory (sharecast)
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Food maker Northern Foods is to close down a factory in Wales after failing to agree terms for the sale of food from the facility.
- Clegg tells Wales, ditch Labour (by David Williamson)
NICK CLEGG accused Labour of letting Wales down as he brought his increasingly high-profile election campaign to Cardiff.
- General Election 2010: Plaid Cymru manifesto promises to protect Welsh jobs (Steven Morris )
Welsh nationalists hope that its 'Celtic alliance' with the SNP will give them greater influence in the event of a hung parliament
- Parties in Wales ready for general election fight (bbc.co.uk)
The political parties in Wales are launching their campaigns after Gordon Brown announced that the general election will be on 6 May.
- Pioneering university green project to create 150 jobs (BBC news)
Pioneering research into burning coal underground to generate energy is one of the projects to benefit from an £8.3m project to tackle climate change.
- Almost one in 10 in Wales out of work as number of jobless declines elsewhere (thomas livingstone)
NEARLY one in 10 of the Welsh workforce is out of work despite signs of economic recovery in the rest of the UK, according to official figures released yesterday.
- Swansea wins Virgin Atlantic call centre with more than 200 jobs (Aled Blake)
THE creation of more than 200 call centre jobs in Swansea by Virgin Atlantic was yesterday described as “a feather in the cap” for the city.
- We’ve got no sympathy, private firms tell striking civil servants (by Darren Devine)
STRIKING public sector workers were yesterday told to share the burden of the recession shouldered by those in the private sector – and end the disruption stemming from their dispute.
- Offshore wind projects set to create thousands of jobs (PM Online )
Thousands of jobs set to be created by the growth of the UK’s offshore wind industry could go overseas if the opportunity to boost skills is not taken now, experts have warned.
- Restaurant jobs in Wales could be bolstered by statue (caterer.com)
People looking for catering jobs in Wales could receive a boost after a businessman unveiled plans to erect a huge structure, which he believes would rank alongside the Statute of Liberty in New York.
- Unions to talk with DVLA over job cuts (sion morgan)
UNION representatives are set to meet with DVLA bosses to discuss proposals that could lead to 300 Welsh jobs being lost.
- Admiral drives turnover over £1bn mark (by Sion Barry, Western Mail )
MOTOR insurance group Admiral has seen its turnover break through the £1bn mark for the first time after it yesterday posted another set of record results.
- Universities renew collaboration pact to help Wales thrive (By Aled Blake )
Five of Wales’ leading universities yesterday said they would co-operate even more to “drive forward” Wales’ knowledge economy.
- Fears over a third of council jobs in Wales (bbc.co.uk)
A warning has been sounded that almost one in three council jobs in Wales may be cut in the next few years.
- Brown and Jones are most trusted on Welsh economy (by Martin Shipton, Western Mail )
LABOUR received a major boost in the St David’s Day poll as almost twice as many respondents said they trusted Gordon Brown and Carwyn Jones to steer Wales’ economic recovery than their Tory counterparts.
- Welsh and UK governments sign jobs and skills help deal (bbc.co.uk)
Assembly ministers and the Department for Work and Pensions have pledged to work more closely in tackling unemployment and skills gaps in Wales.
- McDonald’s to create 100 new jobs in Wales (Sion Barry)
FAST-FOOD chain McDonald’s is creating over 100 new jobs in Wales as part of a £5.1m investment.
- Ieuan calls for your ideas on alternatives to grant culture (Aled Blake)
THE deputy First Minister is warning again that the days of multi-million-pound grants to attract inward investment are over, as the Bosch closure announcement is still sending out shock waves.
- Wales 'missing out on green jobs' (bbc.co.uk)
Wales has missed out on the chance to create manufacturing jobs in green energy, says the head of a renewable energy company.
- Michelin-star boost for restaurant jobs in Wales (caterer.com)
Restaurant jobs in Wales have been given a boost by three top-notch eateries being awarded Michelin stars.
- 900 Bosch workers to get support (bbc.co.uk)
The assembly government has pledged its full support to 900 Bosch workers who will lose their jobs when the company's south Wales plant closes.
- In their prime: opportunities for over 50s in Wales (careers-jobs.eu)
Mature jobseekers are set to benefit from a country-wide road show that will be taking place during the month of January 2010.
- Japanese blueprint the way forward for Wales (Tomos Livingstone)
WALES needs to follow the lead of Japan to retain key hi-tech manufacturing jobs, industry experts said last night.
- Skomer Island, Wales: Britain's best job? (Gareth Scurlock )
Noisy birds and meagre pay: the job of warden on the Pembrokeshire island is no match for Queensland's PR stunt but it's a beautiful place to visit.
- Mine’s legal bid (Dominic Jones)
OPENCAST mining company Celtic Energy is taking its fight to extend its Margam mine to the High Court.
- Offshore wind farm plans could bring huge opportunities to Wales (Chris Kelsey)
Yesterday the Government announced the winners of leases to develop nine offshore wind farm sites. Chris Kelsey assesses what the development could mean for Wales.
- Employment is growing for the first time in two years (Aled Blake)
EMPLOYMENT in Wales grew for the first time in more than two years in November, according to key monthly data released yesterday.
- £44 million investment in computing (newswales.co.uk)
A new £44m High Performance Computing (HPC) institute for Wales has been announced by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
- Assembly joins fight to save Memory Lane cake jobs (Abby Alford)
THE Assembly Government has stepped in to try to save the jobs of 95 workers threatened with redundancy at Cardiff’s biggest manufacturer.
- BBC’s drama village would bring TV shows to Cardiff Bay (David James)
THE BBC’s Welsh “drama village” could be built in Cardiff Bay’s Roath Basin
- Male primary teacher numbers in Wales at five-year low (bbc.co.uk)
The number of men working as primary school teachers has reached a five-year low leading to concerns about a lack of positive male role models, say experts.
- Post offices across Wales share in £1.5m fund (bbc.co.uk)
Seventy-five Welsh post offices are to receive a total of £1.5m from a fund set up to help them stay open and diversify.
- New First Minister Visits Factory In Bridgend (Chris Randall)
Carwyn Jones AM, newly elected leader of the Labour Party in Wales, chose Remploy’s factory in Bridgend for one of his first engagements since his electoral success on 1 December.
- ‘Deal is live’ to create £13bn defence college and 3,000 jobs (Aled Bllake)
THE chief executive of the consortium behind the £13bn Defence Technical College yesterday outlined his confidence in the project’s future.
- Electronics firm's success to create 30 jobs after buy-out (Rupert Hall)
A TOTAL of 30 new jobs are set to be created near Swansea by a firm celebrating a decade of business in South Wales.
- Welsh Assembly Government Begins A £3.6m New Venture Which Will Create More Job Opportunities (Welsh Assembly Government)
Renamed Parc Busnes Treorci, the site will be refurbished and transformed into a business centre with 15 quality industrial units for local enterprises, 90,000 square feet of floor space and around 10,000 square feet of offices.
- Mine plan 'could boost jobs' (teletext.co.uk)
Plans to extend operations at an open-cast coal mine could bring 180 jobs to South Wales, a union has said.
- conduit gives a big boost to part time jobs in cardiff (e4s.co.uk)
Conduit UK, a company who specialise in providing outsourced call centre services, will add many more part time jobs in Cardiff in the next couple of years. They will also be adding hundreds of other job openings in various parts of Wales and the UK in ge
- Sainsbury’s confirms new store for St Mary Street (Jonathan Evans)
ST MARY Street is fast becoming Cardiff’s supermarket alley after Sainsbury’s confirmed it would open a new store next spring.
- Engineering jobs carried out on new MoD amphibious craft (thecareerengineer.com)
Additional engineering jobs are to be carried out in West Wales on 100 new amphibious vehicles that have just been purchased by the Ministry of Defence
- Swansea centre could revolutionise Welsh medicine (Sarah Miloudi)
WALES will become a magnet for medical research and skilled jobs today as plans for the second phase of a multi-million-pound science centre are unveiled.
- More jobs are created at a Rhyl-based meals on wheels service (David R. Jones)
"A MEALS-ON-WHEELS company is on the road to success in North Wales"
- Cardiff was only UK city to see prime office rents rise (Sion Barry)
CARDIFF was the only major city in the UK to see its headline rent for prime office space rise this year, according to research from Knight Frank.
- Smart South African company Augusta Holdings to set up HQ in Swansea Bay (abayoflife.com)
South African company Augusta Holdings is setting up its UK headquarters in Swansea's SA1 Waterfront to develop technology and pioneer growth of prepaid smart card systems.
- Jobs boost for two UK call centres (callcentrehelper.com)
With outsourcing becoming a sensible option for many businesses, UK call centres need to recruit accordingly.
- A £1m investment helps Wales' laundry Afonwen to grow (David R. Jones)
The company’s Pwllheli operation is the only laundry in Wales that can fully treat its own trade effluent with an on-site effluent treatment works.
- Wales can ‘lead the way’ to a greener UK, says Jonathon Porritt (Jonathan Evans)
A LEADING environmentalist believes Wales can lead the way in lowering Britain’s carbon footprint.
- Jobs fund to create over 200 roles in Wales (careers-jobs.eu)
Jobs in Wales have been boosted following the announcement that a new cash injection will create 220 roles in the country.
- Jobs boost for young adults in Barry (barryanddistrictnews.co.uk)
YOUNG adults in the Vale are among the latest in Wales to benefit from the UK Government’s Future Jobs Fund, with 96 new jobs set to be created in the area over the next 18 months.
- Jobs data no cause for panic, says Hain (Tomos Livingstone)
A RISE in the Welsh jobless figures is “not a cause for panic”, Welsh Secretary Peter Hain said last night.
- Ship refit brings dock 300 jobs (news.bbc.co.uk)
Three hundred temporary jobs are being created at a dock with a £20m cruise liner refit.
- More jobs for Wales as Conduit doubles its UK workforce (Sion Barry)
A CALL centre venture which employs 2,000 in Cardiff and Swansea plans to double its UK workforce over the next two years, with a significant number of the new roles being based in Wales.
- Jobs hope at former Burberry site (news.bbc.co.uk)
A £3.6m investment at a former Burberry site in Rhondda, south Wales could bring hundreds of jobs, the Welsh economy minister is to announce.
- Town supermarket creates 200 jobs (news.bbc.co.uk)
Sainsbury's is to create about 200 jobs in Ceredigion as part of a £50m project to build a supermarket, a GPs' surgery, a hospital and flats.
- Drugs firm relocation jobs boost (news.bbc.co.uk)
A pharmaceuticals firm says it is to create 54 new jobs with a relocation of its research and development work from Merseyside to Flintshire.
- Fast food chain promises new jobs at shopping park (Sion Barry, Western Mail )
PMG has signed up a another high profile tenant at its Capital Shopping Park with restaurant chain McDonald’s.
- Right Jobs in Wales.com launches! (David Lee)
Job Board Provider the Right Jobs Network has teamed up with leading Welsh UTV radio stations the Wave & Swansea Sound to launch the first of its radio-backed geographical job boards in the UK.
- GE pours £9m into drinks firm (Sion Barry)
A NORTH WALES drinks manufacturer has been boosted with a multi-million- pound funding line.
- Minister: New work helps sustain construction jobs (careerstructure.com)
People working in construction jobs in Wales are to receive a boost later this month.
- Fund for 1,400 new jobs for young (bbc.co.uk)
Almost 1,400 new jobs are being pledged in Swansea as part of a £1bn employment initiative by the UK government.
- £14m to boost youth job prospects (bbc.co.uk)
A south Wales valleys council is launching a £14m scheme to boost the job prospects of 22,000 young people.
- Jobs move west for £20m offices
A new £20m assembly government base in Aberystwyth has been officially opened by First Minister Rhodri Morgan.
- Welcome to 'Right Jobs In Wales' (Maritn Heywood)
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