The Welsh Government is making an extra £110m available to support businesses affected by the alert level four restrictions, which will come into force from the end of trading on Christmas Eve.

Economy Minister Ken Skates has congratulated Newtown-based electronics firm Control Techniques after it moved all production from China to its primary manufacturing site in Wales and created 44 new jobs as a result.

Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething has congratulated software start-up company Aforza on securing a $22 million funding investment which will see it double its number of employees, establish new headquarters in the US and drive significant product innovation that will benefit consumer goods businesses of all shapes and sizes.

Economy Minister Vaughan Gething met global technology company Thales to see first-hand how work on the ResilientWorks test bed environment for electric and autonomous vehicles and energy infrastructure is progressing.

The Welsh Government is further extending incentives to support businesses in recruiting apprentices in Wales until February 2022.

Author: Oliver Conger is founder of the Manufacturing Wales group. He is also managing director of South Wales-based precision instrument manufacturer Rototherm.

A new world-class rail testing facility on a former opencast mining site at the head of the Dulais and Swansea valleys is set to transform the local area and create new high quality jobs.

Researchers at the University of South Wales (USW) have developed an innovative blood oxygen monitor after supplies of this key device became limited as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

When it comes to the automotive sector, Wales is truly in the fast lane. Today, our nation is home to 150 companies producing components and systems for the industry, which employs 18,000 people and generates £3 billion for the Welsh economy annually.

From sustainable start-ups with eco-centric ideals at their core, to SME's growing their businesses in sustainable ways, and major multinationals looking to make a big difference in reducing their carbon footprint, who are the flagship ‘green’ companies in Wales blazing a trail in low carbon ways of doing business?

When it was announced that the new Aston Martin DBX would be built at St Athan, South Wales, nobody was more delighted than Tim Williams – chief executive of the Welsh Automotive Forum (WAF).

When Spanish train manufacturer CAF decided to build a major new assembly plant, it looked at more than 100 potential sites throughout the UK. The clear winner was Newport in South Wales.