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18.02.09

Support for Welsh businesses

Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart has welcomed yesterday’s announcement by Deputy Minister Ieaun Wyn Jones AM of a new series of seminars to be held throughout Wales to highlight the wide range of support business can get in fighting the current recession.

The seminars – entitled ‘Weathering the Storm’ – will inform those taking part of recently announced UK-wide schemes as well as support measures available only in Wales. They will kick off in Llandudno on 30 March and sessions will also take place in Aberystwyth, Newtown, Swansea and Cardiff.

The aim is to ensure grass-roots businesses in every part of Wales get the maximum possible support during the recession and are able to emerge from it in a healthy position. Business advice is especially important in Wales because the Assembly Government has pushed forward with new anti-recession initiatives alongside measures available elsewhere in the UK.

Edwina Hart AM said:

‘During this tough economic situation and beyond companies and their workers need to be aware of the assistance available to them.’

Each event will include a keynote speaker, three workshops on specific subjects, a question and answer session, and a knowledge fair where key stakeholders including employer‘s organisations, banks and local authorities will be invited to exhibit their support services alongside those of the Welsh Assembly Government.

Details of how to apply can be obtained from the Welsh Assembly Government’s Flexible Support for Business (FS4B) contact centre 03000 6 03000, website www.business-support-wales.gov.uk