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Gelert Ltd

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:50:53 +0000

31 jobs lost - takeover by Yeomans - further jobs at risk
Distribution staff headcount at Gelert Ltd's £4.5m headquarters in Porthmadog, Wales has been cut by 31 following the company's takeover by outdoor goods retailer Yeomans in late 2011. There is also concern over the future of the remaining 50 administration workers at Porthmadog.

Westbridge Capital LLP

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:30:46 +0000

£4.2m investment - Aero Stanrew MBO
Cardiff-based private equity firm WestBridge Fund Managers has invested £4.2m as part of a £8.5m management buyout at Devon-based aerospace component manufacturer Aero Stanrew. The investment is WestBridge's largest to date.

Thorncliffe Building Supplies Limited

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:10:28 +0000

£3m investment - new building supplies outlet
Thorncliffe Building Supplies Ltd has invested £3m in new premises at Ewloe Barn Industrial Estate in Flintshire. The new site gives the company access to customers in north Wales and north-west England. Thorncliffe's ongoing expansion strategy has the potential to create jobs.

Helium Miracle 113 Limited

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:10:28 +0000

Welsh contract won - Immediate start - Completion 2013
Developer Helium Miracle 113 has won a contract to build the next phase of the International Sports Village in Cardiff. The building will feature a twin pad ice arena, a 150 metre snow slope, hotel, bars and restaurants. Design work is due to begin on the ice arena immediately with completion targeted in time for all or most of the 2013/2014 ice hockey season. Jonathan Smith is the development director.

Hornby Baker Jones & Wood Law LLP

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:18:28 +0000

New marketing partner - Business expansion
Steve Sulley, former marketing partner at accountancy firm UHY Peacheys, has joined Newport law firm Hornby Baker Jones & Wood as marketing partner. HBJ&W has 27 staff and a fee income of more than £2.5m.

True Energy Ltd

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:18:28 +0000

New order won - Further orders expected
True Energy, the renewable energy company based in Tywyn, Gwynedd, has won the first orders for a new range of vaccine refrigerators. The units will be sent to Haiti, South Sudan, Niger and Sierra Leone with further orders expected soon from Chad, Nigeria and Zambia. Ian Tansley is chief technical officer.

Unimaq Ltd

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:46:10 +0000

Rapid Expansion - New Premises - 48 New Jobs - Turnover up 50%
Unimaq, a company that makes machines to decorate drinks cans, have moved to larger premises and created more than 40 new jobs following a review of their manufacturing processes. Berty De Jong is Managing Director.

Hartleywilprint Limited

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:03:14 +0000

Subsidiary Acquired by Chevler - Jobs Secured
Food casing company Chevler has acquired Lovely Packaging, a subsidiary of the collapsed Cardiff-based print and packaging company HartleyWilprint. Chevler acquired the business after it was put into voluntary liquidation earlier this month. The deal is expected to save the jobs of all five employees.

Cobra Uk Automotive Products Division Limited

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:53:05 +0000

£12m Vauxhall contract secured - new site - creating 50 jobs
Cobra UK is expanding after securing a £12m contract with Vauxhall Motors. The car parts company is opening a 80,000sq ft unit in Wrexham, Wales and is doubling its workforce with 50 new jobs. Cobra hopes to secure additional funding from the Welsh Economic Growth Fund to support its expansion.