Businesses across Mid Wales have secured investment through the Mid Wales Commercial Property Investment Fund which supports projects that will help strengthen the region’s commercial infrastructure, unlock growth and create new employment opportunities.

Host Gemma Casey is joined by Jon Williams, Project Support Officer at Growing Mid Wales, Rhian Evans of Moduron Strata Motors and Harry Bowen of MWP to find out more about the fund and its impact.

The Growing Mid Wales Digital Programme is improving connectivity for businesses across the region. With projects ranging from provision of 'fibre to the premises' broadband to business parks and an initiative focused on LoRaWAN technology, the programme aims to boost productivity and innovation.

Host Gemma Casey talks to Dave Owen, Digital Programme Manager with Growing Mid Wales, Alex Matthews, General Manager, Telemat/ Antur Cymru, Dr Jan Martin, owner of The Snail of Happiness in Lampeter and Richard Anderson, Business Development Manager - Wales, BT, to find out more.

Growing Mid Wales’ WSRID programme is moving from feasibility into prototype development, with clean energy projects now being built and tested in real-world rural settings.

Host Gemma Casey is joined by Dr Simon Minett of Challoch Energy, John McHugh of the Centre for Energy Equality, Alex Gauntt of Water To Water and John Owen of Lafan Consultancy Group to explore how initiatives spanning farming, community energy and local systems are approaching scale, commercial viability and replication.

The Mid Wales Regional Skills Partnership (RSP) brings together employers, skills providers and stakeholders to analyse skills demand and provision in the region. It does this in part by supporting innovative initiatives such as the new Careers in 360 platform.

Host Gemma Casey is joined by Emma Thomas, Chair of the Mid Wales RSP, Ceri Stephens of Mid Wales Manufacturing Group, Doug Hughes, Chair of the RSP Construction Cluster and Andries Pretorius, Founder of One Step North and Creator of the Careers in 360 portal to discuss skills, training and career opportunities.

From tech-driven traceability to net-zero supply chains, a coalition of research institutions, innovation hubs and regional partners are supporting small businesses, researchers and entrepreneurs across Mid and North Wales in agri-tech and food tech. Host Gemma Casey is joined by Aron E. Owen of M-Sparc, Dr Rhian Hayward of AberInnovation, Louise Jones of Innovate UK UKRI and Marcus Burnham of Neurabotics Ltd to discuss the Agri-Tech and Food Technology Cluster.