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A financial services outsourcing and software provider has created 250 jobs across its offices in Newport and Cardiff as a result of a number of high-profile contract wins in the financial services sector, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest.

Up to 100 employees at a Pembrokeshire coach operator could lose their jobs as the company is set to file for administration, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. The company, Silcox Coaches has sent a letter to staff explaining that a buyer is being sought and detailing the plans.

One of the UK’s best-known retailers has revealed plans to create 80 new jobs in Cardiff when it launches its new store on Queen Street in August, a news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. The new 14,000 sq ft Wilko store will sell homeware and furniture, garden and outdoor and DIY and decorating.

Multiple development schemes across Cardiff are set to receive planning permission, which will lead to up to 150 apartments being built in the city.

Plans to build up to 300 new houses on the site of a former quarry in Swansea, which is currently used for landfill, are set to be given the green light by councillors, a local news report has revealed. Edenstone Homes and SI Green UK are behind the scheme to redevelop the Cwmrhydyceirw Quarry, currently used as a landfill site, and adjoining land for residential use.

Welsh businesses are increasingly optimistic about their economic prospects this year, despite concerns about recruitment, data from a new survey has been able to reveal.

A Cardiff-based digital agency has revealed ambitious growth plans after securing a six-figure funding package from Finance Wales, a news report in the local business media has been able to find.

Plans to develop a new wakeboarding centre on a six-acre site on Cott Lane, close to the Oakwood theme park in Pembrokeshire are likely to be approved by councillors, a news report in the local business media has found.

One of the UK’s largest telecom companies has revealed plans to hire 40 more members of staff at its Swansea office, a recent news report has been able to suggest. BT plans to recruit 40 new members of staff at its Swansea office, with a further 25 staff set to also be recruited for the company’s Cardiff office.

A new media company has created 45 jobs after expanding in Cardiff and receiving significant support from the Welsh Government, a recent news report has been able to suggest.

A well-known car finance and insurance provider is to create almost 600 new jobs by relocating to Central Cardiff Enterprise Zone, where it will establish its new UK headquarters, a news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. MotoNovo Finance’s expansion plan and jobs were secured with £3m of business finance support by the Welsh Government.

Up to 250 new jobs are likely to be created in Merthyr Tydfil after a former forklift factory has been redeveloped into an engineering base that will produce the next generation of fighting vehicles for the British Army, a news report in the local business media has been able to suggest.