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More than twenty senior managers from a wide range of business and social enterprise sectors will attend the first session in the series at the QED Centre in Treforest on Thursday, March 26. Further meetings will follow in West Wales on April 6, Mid Wales on May 21 and North Wales on June 11.  

Said Ieuan Wyn Jones:

I think that, more than ever, Government Ministers need to engage face-to-face with people who are leading businesses through these difficult times.

I believe that the Assembly Government has built a good relationship with Welsh business in general. Devolution has brought Government in Wales closer to both businesses and communities. But I still think that it will be extremely valuable to hear individual views and specific experiences at first hand.

I want to listen to those views, discuss the experiences and concerns - and then analyse the requirements of businesses like these to determine if there is anything the Assembly Government should do to strengthen the relationship.

I also want to make sure that business leaders like the ones I shall be meeting are fully aware of the whole range of measures which the Assembly Government has taken to support Welsh businesses.

This week also sees the start of a series of free seminars designed to help Welsh businesses get through the recession and emerge in stronger and more competitive shape.

The "Weathering the Storm" series is organised by the Assembly Government but brings together private as well as public sector organisations to present a truly comprehensive package of business support services - taking in both UK-wide schemes as well as measures available only in Wales. The objective of the series is to make sure that businesses in every part of Wales get the maximum possible support.

The series will kick off in Llandudno on 30 March  - and later sessions will  take place in Aberystwyth, Newtown, Swansea and Cardiff.

Details of attendance can be obtained from the Welsh Assembly Government’s Flexible Support for Business contact centre 03000 6 03000 or via the website www.business-support-wales.gov.uk

Related Links

http://wales.gov.uk/topics/businessandeconomy/recession/?lang=en

http://wales.gov.uk/news/newsletter/?lang=en