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Business in Focus

Business in Focus

Written by: Business News Wales
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 From Startup to Scaleup, a podcast series from social enterprise Business in Focus, explores why tailored business support is essential for helping Welsh entrepreneurs, startups, and growing SMEs to survive, adapt, and thrive.Copyright 2025 Business News Wales Economics
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  • SMEs and the Defence Opportunity

    SMEs and the Defence Opportunity
    Dec 13 2025

    SMEs and the Defence Opportunity
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    34 mins
  • What Do SMEs Want from the Next Welsh Government?

    What Do SMEs Want from the Next Welsh Government?
    Oct 31 2025

    In May 2026 Wales will vote in the Senedd election, with the polls currently indicating that the result could see the most significant shift in power since devolution began. Host Gemma Casey is joined by Phil Jones, CEO, Business in Focus, Richard Selby, Managing Director, ProSteel Engineering and IoD Wales Chair, and Huw Thomas, Business Correspondent at BBC Wales to consider the impact of Senedd reform and what the SME community wants to hear from political parties in the run-up to polling day as well as from an incoming government.
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    37 mins
  • Why Business Support is More Vital Than Ever in a Changing Wales

    Why Business Support is More Vital Than Ever in a Changing Wales
    Sep 12 2025

    Economic growth is a key priority for governments in Wales and Westminster, and the UK Government’s recently-released plan for small and medium sized businesses says that accelerating SME growth by just 1 percentage point a year could deliver £320 billion to the UK economy by 2030.

    Host Gemma Casey is joined by Phil Jones, CEO of Business in Focus, David Stephens, Chair of Business in Focus and Jessica Shipman, Chair of NatWest Cymru Regional Board, to discuss the support needed to help Welsh entrepreneurs, startups and scaleups to thrive, and how key organisations are evolving to provide crucial support.
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    39 mins
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