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A new entertainment complex has opened in Stadium Plaza at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium following a £2.2m investment, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. The 24,000 sq ft Bierkeller Entertainment complex has three bars with a licensed capacity of 1,000 people. It has also created 100 jobs.

Around half of Welsh SMEs plan to take more employees on board over the next 12 months, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

A Monmouthshire prep school has been saved out of administration after being sold to the former school of Francis Bacon and Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to find.

Plans for building a new hospital at Parc Felindre, north of Swansea, have been approved by the local authority, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. The new hospital will feature the latest generation MRI scanner, digital x-ray room and diagnostic ultrasound and cardiology suite.

A residential development company has recently put forward a proposal for building up to 500 homes on the 42-acre former Whiteheads steelworks site in the Pillgwenlly area of Newport, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.

A Bridgend-based audio video specialist has created 13 new jobs and safeguarded 7 existing ones after securing a large investment for its new post-production, restoration and digitisation facility in South Wales, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A furniture maker has recently opened its third North Wales factory on the Deeside Industrial Estate, creating more than 200 new jobs in the process, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Westbridge Furniture Designs was supported by £488,000 of business finance from the Welsh Government, which was originally intended to lead to the creation of 153 jobs by the end of 2015.

A Pembroke Dock-based maritime engineering company has more than doubled its staff after being bought out of administration a year ago, a recent news report in the locals business media has been able to find. Mainstay Marine Solutions was bought out of administration in May 2014 by a group of nine investors and has since grown from 27 employees in June 2014 to 60.

A new factory that’s currently under construction in the Haven Waterway Enterprise Zone will likely create around 100 local jobs, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to find. Main Port Engineering says its Cleddau Reach factory will create 30 new positions and safeguard the current workforce of 155, while also possibly supporting the creation of 100 further jobs on the future.

A packaging machinery manufacturer is set to create and safeguard 40 jobs in Newtown, Powys, after investing £1.5m in a new facility, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.

The Welsh Government is set to embarke on a major scheme worth £108m that aims to improve its extensive housing stock, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The funding will be used by local authorities and Registered Social Landlords to improve homes and ensure they are safe, secure and met the Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS).

The private sector in Wales has maintained its positive, growing momentum throughout April, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.