Leonardo Helicopters, a leading aerospace company, has appointed the Chepstow facility of Elis to supply and launder bespoke workwear for 1,400 employees at its Yeovil site.

Pupil ambassadors for Ysgol Harri Tudur in Pembroke visited the site of their old school hall to see the construction progress of their new school’s sports fields.

Seven students, aged from 11 to 16, had the opportunity to measure the site with a theodolite and hear about the process Bouygues UK is going through to demolish the old school and carry out drainage and remedial work to make way for a new sports field.

The Carwyn Meets series will see former First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones, talk to a variety of prominent figures in the Welsh business community around the challenges and opportunities facing the Welsh economy today.

The new Carwyn Meets series is the latest development in Business News Wales’ newly developed podcast strategy, following the launch of its Business Weekly podcast back in February. The podcasts are recorded at a purposely built studio at Business News Wales’ offices in the Welsh capital.

In this week’s Podcast, we spoke a variety of business leaders across Wales including:

Former First Minister Carwyn Jones talks to us about the current situation in Bridgend following the Ford decision

We speak to Marc McAuley of CIPFA about the potential £1bn threat that fraud poses the public sector

Professor Geraint Harvey of Swansea University shares his research into the gender pay gap within the airline industry

USW has opened an incubator dedicated to graduate entrepreneurs, Richie Turner joins us to tell us more

Newport Wafer Fab has recently completed a Multi-million pound re-financing deal. Rob McKay and Paul James tell us more about the Wafer fab and the deal

David Jones of Hafod Renewables reacts to the recent decision to quadruple the VAT on solar panels

and Eleri Powell of Brecon Carreg talks to us about their fundraising campaign for defibrillators across Wales.

The series will see former First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones, talk to a variety of prominent figures in the Welsh business community around the challenges and opportunities facing the Welsh economy today.

The new Carwyn Meets series is the latest development in Business News Wales’ newly developed podcast strategy, following the launch of its Business Weekly podcast back in February. The podcasts are recorded at a purposely built studio at Business News Wales’ offices in the Welsh capital.

In this episode, Carwyn sits down with Ben Cottam, Head of External Affairs at FSB Cymru

The University of South Wales (USW) has opened the Wales’ first dedicated university incubator at its Cardiff Campus.

We spoke to Richie Turner for more.

https://businessnewswales.com/wales-first-dedicated-university-incubator-to-support-graduate-entrepreneurs/

Glyndwr Innovations has won a national award in The Wales Technology Awards.

The team at OpTIC in St Asaph were shortlisted in the Innovative Product Award category and at last night’s awards were delighted to see their ultra-lightweight telescope for ground imaging applications scoop top prize.

We speak to Caroline Grey for more.

https://businessnewswales.com/glyndwr-innovations-win-national-technology-award/

There are 8,000 sudden cardiac arrests outside hospital in Wales every year, and only a 3% survival rate.

We speak to Eleri Powell of Brecon Carreg for more.

https://businessnewswales.com/brecon-carreg-pledges-to-fundraise-for-new-defibrillators-across-wales/

High-flying careers in the airline industry don’t mean sky-high salaries for women, according to new research by Swansea University.

We spoke to Professor Geraint Harvey for more.

https://businessnewswales.com/swansea-university-study-shows-gender-pay-gap-is-still-issue-for-airline-staff/

Additional resources needed to combat fraud and keep pace with the ever-changing methods of fraudsters.

We speak to Marc McAuley for more.

https://businessnewswales.com/welsh-public-services-could-lose-up-to-1-billion-a-year-to-fraud/