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Latest News | Work is set to start on a project to build a new plasterboard factory at the Port of Newport which could create up to 60 full-time jobs.
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Whether you’re already back open for business or soon will be, Superfast Business Wales digital adviser John Mills shares his top tips and tools that will help keep you organised and on top of things.
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A deal has been agreed for National Grid to acquire Western Power Distribution, an electricity distribution business which serves approximately 7.9 million customers and employs more than 6,500 staff, for an equity value of £7.8bn. National Grid has also agreed to sell a US-based electricity business provider and announced plans to sell a majority stake in National Grid Gas.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has joined forces with counterpart organisations in the US, Canada and Europe to consider its approach to investigating pharmaceutical mergers.
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JD Sports Fashion has completed its acquisition of a US athletic footwear and apparel streetwear retailer in a deal worth $495m.
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As the financial year comes to an end and we begin to revive, refocus and rebuild, Sarah Case, partner at Azets, looks at what businesses can learn from the third sector to help them thrive.
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Ideas for how companies can work better with disabled employees and potential recruits will be exchanged at Insider's A More Equal Wales: Employing Disabled People online forum on 24 March.
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A 100-bedroom hotel being built as part of the Milford Waterfront development in Milford Haven will be managed and operated by the team responsible for the iconic Celtic Manor Resort, as part of its expanding Celtic Collection of properties. About 50 permanent jobs will be created in the hotel’s operations with more supported in the supply chain.
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The South Wales Industrial Cluster deployment project, led by Costain, has been granted phase two funding of nearly £20m following successful completion of phase one assessments looking at decarbonisation schemes and the infrastructure required for a hydrogen economy in South Wales.
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Swansea Building Society has posted its best-ever set of results in 2020 despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A series of reforms to the UK's audit regime designed to safeguard jobs, avoid company failures and reinforce the UK's reputation as a destination for investment have been unveiled by business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.
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Claire Wansbury, associate director, and Jonathan Nichols, senior environmental consultant at Atkins, offer their advice on why we can’t forget biodiversity in the race to Net Zero.
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Major restoration work on the Newport Transporter Bridge has been given the green light after receiving Welsh Government funding.
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More than 730 chain stores closed in Wales in 2020, with just 336 openings, according to a new report, continuing a trend that has developed across high streets in recent years.
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Legat Owen is bringing a residential site in New Broughton, with outline approval for more than 110 homes, to market.
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Clare Fowler, associate at Berry Smith Lawyers, considers the future challenges for businesses if employees decide to leave to work for a competing business or to set up their own in competition.
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Member Exclusive News | The first plots at the low-carbon Maes Maendu development in Brecon have been handed over to Powys County Council by contractor JG Hale Construction.
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