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 During 2016/17, Business in Focus and our consortium partners
 undertook a large scale, stringent recruitment programme
 to build the team to deliver the demanding requirements
 of the new Business Wales service to start-up and established
 business clients.


 With a healthy mix of    made great strides meeting   During this year the Business   With a substantially new
 long-standing experience   the stringent compliance   Wales delivery partners   service and a new team, this
 and new expertise, we have   requirements of such an   also delivered the Welsh   was a challenging period for
 a stronger team than ever   important, public funded project.  Government’s Growth and   Business in Focus and we
 before, with high quality teams   The Business Wales workshop   Prosperity Fund, making   continue to build the service
 of Advisers, Client Support    programme proved popular   available some £1.7 million    for the benefit of businesses
 and Administration personnel.   with more than 330 events   in grant funds to 103 growing   in Wales. However, we also
 The benefit to our clients is   delivered to over 2,000   businesses, potentially creating   found the time to lead the
 clear, with recent feedback   attendees, and the mentoring   or safeguarding 575 jobs   proposal for the Wrexham
 from a survey carried out   service, which augments the   across Wales. With match   Entrepreneurship Hub, a new
 by our customer, Welsh   delivery of business advice over   funding provided by the   Business Wales incubation
 Government, showing good   the longer term, resulted in   businesses themselves, this   service which will open its
 results for the quality and   the launch and hosting of the   meant a total investment in   doors to new entrepreneurs
 impact of the advice given   National Mentoring Awards    SME growth of a minimum    early in 2018.
 to clients from the Core and   in Cardiff.  £3.4 million.
 Growth services. We have also













 81  983  5,645  £4,379,510






 Number of new    Employment increase    Businesses provided with   Investment in
 growth enterprises  in supported enterprises  information & signposting  new enterprise

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