Business News Wales Podcasts

In this week’s Podcast... Swansea University have been named the UK’s top university in a recent student poll. We spoke to Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle to find out what this means for the institution. Established over 100 years ago and employing over 110 professional staff, with an annual turnover of approximately 7.5 million, financial services firm Broomfield Alexander has now been acquired by Baldwins. In a move that will position the firm as a major player in the business advisory sector in Wales, we spoke to Managing Director Ian Thomas to find out more. A network aimed at supporting women in Wales to progress in the technology sector has been launched in Cardiff. The initative has been created by the team behind the digital festival, Innovation Point and headline sponsors Go Compare. To tell us more about Digital Women Wales, we spoke to Sam Wheeler. The University of South Wales has recently joined a Wales-wide collaborative research project that is set to encourage industries to embrace photon

In this week’s Podcast, we spoke to Councillor Rob Stewart on the latest developments within the Swansea Bay City Deal. Tom Denman of The Principality explains why house prices in Wales are falling, and what this means for the market. We also have interesting interviews with Rhian Edwards (Wales Co-operative Centre) Rowena O'Sullivan (Atradius) Mark White (Robert Owen Community Banking) Professor Dylan Jones Evans, who talks to us about SME's and their importance to the Welsh Economy.

Welcome to episode eight of the Business Weekly Podcast from the team at Business News Wales: We spoke to Stewart Graves, MD at Mainstay Marine about a new marine energy contract Angharad Harding of Business in Focus tells us more about a new Start-up space in Carmarthen. To help plug brexit training gaps for the food and drink sector, we speak to Sarah Lewis of Food skills Cymru about a new programme Emily Meredith of Acorn Recruitment fills us in on recent changes to wages and pensions. David Jones of Coleg Cambria tells us about a new £20 million Redevelopment that has begun Principality have announced a recent investment in Financial Education, James Harper will us more. ITV's very own Jonathan Hill talks to us about ITV's pans for regional programming And as always we are joined by our very own Chris McColgan for an events update.

Welcome to episode seven of the Business Weekly Podcast from the team at Business News Wales: Welsh Life Sciences firm Bond Digital Health are on a mission to improve wellness, we spoke to Ian Bond to find out how he’s planning to employ new technologies to do just that. North Wales music platform Larynx Entertainment is looking to nurture the the growing welsh Hip-Hop scene and bring this growing market to the masses. Cardiff Bay video production agency, Rockadove, are offering charities in Wales a chance to win a £10,000 video project. Chris McColgan speaks to Emma Wilkins about Upcoming Business Shows One of South Wales’ most recognisable brands in the automotive sector, Trade Centre Wales, have announced record profits. Welsh ICE tell us about their new 5-9 initiative looking to bring startup business support to the Welsh Valleys. And the Cardiff Capital region have announced a pilot scheme intended to support young graduates to ensure Wales retains the top talent coming from out universities.

Welcome to episode six of the Business Weekly Podcast from the team at Business News Wales: A recent report outlines how Wales could make the transition to 100% renewable energy by 2035, we talked to David Jones at Marine Energy Wales to tell us more Vodafone UK’s, Dr Rob Matthews explains how Cardiff’s digital connectivity is set to be transformed with the arrival of 5G Aaron Shotton, Leader of Flintshire County Council talks to us about the £1Billion North Wales Growth Deal. Professor Dylan Jones Evans explains why small firms should be looking more closely at Cyber Security And we spoke with Chairman of Edenstone Homes, Jeff Taylor who talks to us about an initiative they are part of which is Helping to Bring Clean Water to a Community in West Africa.

On this weeks podcast; Adrian Field from FOR Cardiff Talks about how Cardiff can become a leading destination in the Business Events field. Matt Jones of LimestoneGrey is comes in to the studio to talk to us about how R+D tax credits could benefit your business. We speak to Vince Stephenson about Design and Supply, about how this manufacturing firm came to be, and where it’s going in the future. We speak to Huntingdons Fusion Techniques about the massive One Million Pound export deal that is set to change the game for the Burry port manufacturer We take an in-depth look at Wales’ innovation led growth potential courtesy of Swansea University. We speak to Brains Brewery about his royal highness the Duke of Cambridge opening the Brains Dragon Brewery

In this special episode of the Business Weekly podcast, Business News Wales hosted a special discussion on Fintech. The round table discussion was sponsored by Recruit121 and Fintech Awards Wales Hosted by Matt Hyde of Recruit121 the round table comprised of; Richard Theo - CEO of Wealthify and Fintech Wales Envoy Louise O'Shea - CEO of Confused.com Rhys David - CEO of Credas During the podcast, the guests spoke on a number of subjects including; What is Fintech? How is Fintech disrupting the Financial services sector? How can Fintech companies work together for the betterment of the industry And what challenges the Fintech sector is currently facing in Wales Listen below to the full discussion.

On this weeks podcast, we ask; What are habitual entrepreneurs and what are they bringing to the Welsh economy? Teddington Engineering Solutions talks to us about the firm's record exports. Barclays Eagle Labs tell us how they are helping businesses to grow, and we discover the Welsh firm building Cobots, who explain how they are helping the manufacturing industry to grow. Finally, we had Natwest in our studio talking about how they are supporting women in business.

On the show this week we talk to: Cllr Hugh Evans about Denbighshire Councils March for business month Alan Thomas from the Development Bank of Wales tells us about the record investment levels in West Wales Jamie McGowen from Welsh Ice about its next round of funded spaces And Professor Dylan Jones-Evans talks us through the opportunities for the creative sector in Wales In the studio this week we have Avril Lewis telling us about the upcoming Wales Technology Awards and finally this week we interviewed the Natwest Director of Franchise Katherine Pullen who talks to us about the 400 million pound Welsh franchise sector.

Welcome to the inaugural Business Weekly podcast, a podcast rounding up some of the major and most interesting stories of the week on Business News Wales. In this week’s show.. We speak to Professor Dylan Jones Evans about this week’s Newport City Summit. We have an update from Swansea City FC legend Leon Britton on his latest business venture in Swansea Could Welsh pork carry the same brand strength as Welsh lamb? Kirstie Jones, from Hybu Cig Cymru explains all. Over 100 businesses have been nominated for a variety of Welsh Business awards this week and we spoke to Heather Myers from the South Wales Chamber, Matt Hyde from Finance Awards Wales and Fflur Jones from Wales HR Awards. Neil Francis from Knight Frank tells us why the welsh industrial property market has been on the rise. Entrepreneur Tanya Lynch tells us about her latest business venture Digital Detox and our very own Chris McColgan tells us about a formula 3D circuit race planned for Carmarthenshire this summer.