Inside Story

13 Welsh games studios and companies are on the way to the 40th GDC Festival of Gaming – the games industry’s major annual global gathering - in San Francisco, California.

Welsh businesses, universities and colleges can now access new opportunities in the growing defence sector through Wales Regional Defence and Security Cluster, which was launched today (9 March).

Cyberspace is described as the fifth domain of warfare in modern military planning, joining the four traditional domains of land, sea, air, and space. With an increasingly turbulent international environment, the need for the UK to defend against a potential cyber attack has never been more important.

Few company headquarters feature a meeting room in a treehouse, a sun terrace, a towering atrium with stadium seating or a village-style pub.

Employing over 300 staff across Wales, RWE has invested £3 billion into its operations over the last decade, notably in its extensive offshore wind farms.

‘Making space work for humanity’ – that’s the ethos of Cardiff-based Space Forge. They’re developing the world’s first returnable satellite, which will be used to produce materials that are impossible to manufacture on Earth.

First Minister, Eluned Morgan, has welcomed the backing of a record 20 major renewable energy projects, totalling more than 530 MW, in Wales which could see thousands of green jobs created.

Two Welsh offshore wind projects have secured contracts in the latest UK Government auction, marking a significant step forward for Wales' renewable energy ambitions and deliver thousands of jobs.