MANUFACTURING | Manufacturers Accelerating Digital Investments in Productivity Drive - Britain’s manufacturing sector is increasingly embracing the digital industrial revolution as it bids to boost productivity, improve energy efficiency and overcome the twin supply chain shocks caused by Covid and Brexit.

FINANCE | Regulation in the R&D Tax Credit Industry: What Does it Mean and Why is it Needed? - The integrity of the R&D tax credit industry has been under the microscope for some time, with both HMRC and Government enforcing policy changes to prevent fraudulent activity and abuse.

FOOD & DRINK | Qatar Food and Drink Reception Kicks Off Countdown to World Cup - The Welsh Government’s Food & Drink Wales have held a Qatari reception featuring leading producers, as the countdown begins to Wales’ participation at the Qatar 2022 World Cup in four weeks’ time.

START UP | E-bike Start-up Aims to Help Cyclists Power Round the Gower Peninsula - An electric bike firm is charging on to success in its first year, thanks to support from the Development Bank of Wales.

APPOINTMENT | National Botanic Garden of Wales Appoints New Director - Dr Lucy Sutherland is the new Director of the National Botanic Garden of Wales.

APPOINTMENT | Professor Simon Gibson CBE Becomes Chair of BITC’s Newport Place Programme - Business in the Community (BITC), The Prince’s Responsible Business Network, has announced that Professor Simon Gibson CBE will Chair the new Newport Place programme. 

AWARDS | 'PR Consultancy of the Year’ Equinox Wins Big at Industry Awards - Equinox enjoyed huge success at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Cymru Wales Awards 2022 earlier this month (October 2022) — winning a total of six awards including the coveted ‘Agency of the Year’ title.

MANUFACTURING | Tata Steel Now Home to the First Digitally Fired Furnaces in the World Using Laser Technology - The two slab re-heating furnaces at Tata Steel’s Hot Rolling Mill in Port Talbot are the first digitally fired furnaces in the world to use an innovative laser technology.

SKILLS | Apprenticeships Helping Day Nursery to Develop Skilled Childcare Staff - A Cardiff-based Welsh language day nursery is using apprenticeships to develop skilled workers to provide the best care possible for families and children.

SKILLS | Zip World Launches Schools Education Programme for KS2 & KS3 Pupils - Zip World’s three gravity-defying North Wales adventure sites now offer bilingual Key Stage 2 and 3 educational programmes for schools.

NORTH WALES | Transformative Denbighshire Projects Benefit from Significant Funding - Rhyl and District Rugby Football Club (RFC) and the Ruthin Dendrochronology project were among 14 initiatives to secure financial support from Community Innovation Denbighshire via the UK Community Renewal Fund, matched by Clocaenog Forest Windfarm Fund and led by Cadwyn Clwyd.