Posts Tagged ‘manufacturing’

Automotive manufacturing
Feb
13
Farrage
Feb
05

EU versus fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists

Ken Skates emphasises the importance to the Welsh economy of our continued membership of the European Union

Vincent-Kane2
Dec
09

Vincent Kane’s long good-bye

Eoghan Mortell looks back at the broadcaster’s role in putting innovation at the heart of Welsh industry

Helsinki
Oct
10

Welsh economic lessons from Finland

Dylan Jones-Evans says the Welsh Government should take a leaf out of the Finnish playbook and establish an arms length innovation agency

WDA2
Feb
28

It’s more than bringing back the WDA

Rhys David argues that the Welsh Affairs Select Committee inward investment report fails to understand the lessons of post-war industrial and economic history

Wales fought off European-wide competition to bring the Ford Engine plant to Bridgend. She must now position herself as a centre for manufacturing.
Feb
13
Jun
05

Aerospace: the final frontier

The state of one of Wales’s aerospace industry is profiled is a recently published study by the IWA, in partnership with Cardiff and Glamorgan universities. The study is available on this website. Around 150 firms serve aerospace markets, employing more than 20,000 people and generating about £2bn per year. It is a high gross added [...]