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Welsh firms falling behind on raising investment to grow

Each year the British Business Bank publishes its Nations and Regions Tracker, a comprehensive survey of how smaller firms across the UK are accessing...

11.10.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

Should people in senior roles in Wales live here

A recent Senedd committee report on the proposed appointment of the new chair of Natural Resources Wales reignited a debate that has been quietly...

04.10.2025 7

Dylan Jones-Evans

The UK remains one of the world's most innovative economies

Innovation is the cornerstone of economic competitiveness, underpinning productivity, creates high-value jobs, and drives prosperity. Yet the Global...

27.09.2025 7

Dylan Jones-Evans

Growth and city deals in Wales need greater focus on entrepreneurship

Earlier this week the Senedd’s Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee raised serious concerns about the performance of Wales’s city and...

20.09.2025 7

Dylan Jones-Evans

Entrepreneurship thrives on clarity and focus but our universities have become masters of complexity

It's doubtful that many vice-chancellors in the UK have ever heard of Peter Drucker’s subliminal book Innovation and Entrepreneurship let alone...

13.09.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

Rachel Reeves needs to encourage UK firms to release £800bn in cash reserves

With the UK economy flatlining and public services under strain, most economists now agree that Rachel Reeves will have to raise taxes in her next...

06.09.2025 5

Dylan Jones-Evans

The worrying UK divide on research and development expenditure

As various research studies have shown, economies that consistently invest in innovation reap the rewards in higher productivity, better jobs, and...

30.08.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

Universities have to adopt a new model based on collaboration to survive

The UK’s higher education sector is facing extreme challenges that cannot simply be dismissed as many political leaders have recently done. This...

23.08.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

How Green Man inspired entrepreneurship festival Ideas Fest

As you read this, I will be on my annual pilgrimage to the Green Man Festival where, along with my partner Frankie James, we will be enjoying some...

16.08.2025 7

Dylan Jones-Evans

New strategy to boost SMEs needs alignment between UK and Welsh governments

One of the biggest challenges for the UK Government in supporting small firms is that many of the levers that matter to SMEs are devolved. That is...

09.08.2025 7

Dylan Jones-Evans

We need to be smarter on unlocking the huge potential of UK innovation

In the mid-1990s, the concept of regional innovation ecosystems was still in its infancy. When policymakers talked about knowledge transfer and...

02.08.2025 7

Dylan Jones-Evans

The UK creative industries sector is world class but we cannot rest on our laurels

The UK’s creative industries have long been one of our most successful economic exports. From music and film to publishing, design, and digital...

28.07.2025 6

Dylan Jones-Evans

Live Aid was forty years ago but being there seems like yesterday

On 13th July 1985, the world witnessed a moment of collective action and cultural unity that, even now, has never quite been matched. Live Aid was...

12.07.2025 8

Dylan Jones-Evans

The high street is under pressure but it doesn't have to be this way

Retail is the heartbeat of many Welsh towns and cities providing jobs, driving footfall, supporting local supply chains, and acting as a catalyst for...

05.07.2025 8

Dylan Jones-Evans

Wales is falling behind on venture capital investment and a major rethink is needed

The Tech Nation Report 2025 confirms what many in Wales’ entrepreneurial community have known for years namely we are being left behind when it...

30.06.2025 3

Dylan Jones-Evans

Universities need effective leadership in the face of huge turbulence

UK universities are facing one of the most turbulent periods in their history with student recruitment down, costs rising and a decline in the...

21.06.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

Has the Chancellor's Spending Review done enough for entrepreneurship

The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves earlier this week arrives at a time of global economic uncertainty and...

14.06.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

We need to stop squandering the commercialisation potential of Welsh universities

Last month the UK Government announced that it would allocating £30m to create four innovative hubs across Merseyside, East Anglia, the Midlands, and...

07.06.2025 6

Dylan Jones-Evans

Start-ups need to be championed for creating virtually all new jobs in the economy

Ninee years ago I launched the Wales Start Up Awards to address a gap in how we recognise and celebrate the role of entrepreneurs in driving economic...

31.05.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

Financially hit universities need to adapt or die

Higher education in the UK is facing an existential and financial crisis. While such challenges have been framed in terms of falling international...

24.05.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

Entrepreneurship must be at the heart of the UK Government's new industrial strategy

With the UK Government set to publish its long-awaited industrial strategy next month, there is hope that this marks the beginning of a more coherent,...

17.05.2025 8

Dylan Jones-Evans

How is artificial intelligence reshaping the world of business

How is artificial intelligence (AI) reshaping the business world? That is the question global consultants McKinsey address in their latest report, The...

10.05.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

Welsh universities are in crisis and governance is part of the problem

Over the last year governance within Welsh universities has come under increasing scrutiny as their leaders have struggled to cope with the profound...

03.05.2025 9

Dylan Jones-Evans

It's time for the UK Government to show economic leadership

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) delivered a depressing but realistic assessment of the economy when it this week downgraded its growth forecast...

26.04.2025 7

Dylan Jones-Evans

Wales has to address its governance problem

One of the founding principles of Welsh devolution was that decisions made closer to the people would lead to better governance. Unfortunately, over...

12.04.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

Collaboration between human workers and technology is where the greatest opportunity lies

If there is one report that I believe business leaders, politicians and policy-makers need to engage with to understand how key changes are going to...

05.04.2025 8

Dylan Jones-Evans

The University of South Wales has seen an alarming fall in local student numbers

Given the difficulties facing Cardiff University it is easy to ignore the problems facing other institutions across Wales. Take the case of the...

29.03.2025 6

Dylan Jones-Evans

Neurodiverse people have a gift for entrepreneurship

Over the last few days Neurodiversity Celebration Week has been raising awareness about the talents of neurodivergent individuals, including those...

22.03.2025 4

Dylan Jones-Evans

The state of entrepreneurship globally and attitudes to success and failure

Entrepreneurship is widely recognised as a fundamental driver of economic growth, innovation, and employment creation. By converting innovative ideas...

15.03.2025 8

Dylan Jones-Evans

We need to address the slide in equity investment in Wales

As this column has stated on many occasions, access to equity investment is a crucial engine for business growth, innovation, and economic...

08.03.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

Making St David's Day a national holiday would provide an economic boost

For those of us born and brought up in Wales, St David’s Day is more than just a historical commemoration, it is a day of national pride for the...

01.03.2025 3

Dylan Jones-Evans

Wales needs to do more to support Muslim entrepreneurship

Ethnic minority businesses contribute significantly to the UK economy, generating billions in annual revenue and employing millions of people. More...

22.02.2025 7

Dylan Jones-Evans

Cardiff University job and department cut plans lacking good business practice

Cardiff University’s decision to implement 400 academic job cuts across multiple departments continues to reverberate not only in the university...

15.02.2025 6

Dylan Jones-Evans

Wales needs to raise its game in the deep tech sector

The Royal Academy of Engineering recently published a new report State of UK Deep Tech 2024, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the UK’s...

08.02.2025 20

Dylan Jones-Evans

Welsh Government needs to lead on solving the crisis engulfing universities

The timing was ironic. In a week when Chancellor Rachel Reeves was celebrating the critical importance of universities to the economy by announcing...

01.02.2025 7

Dylan Jones-Evans

The Welsh university sector has lost 1,000 jobs but still politicians sit by

Amid the noise about the state of university finances across the UK, it is easy to overlook the human cost of failed international strategies by...

25.01.2025 10

Dylan Jones-Evans

UK start-ups at the forefront of AI adoption

With a new UK Government focused firmly on driving economic growth amid a backdrop of high inflation, increasing borrowing costs, and a labour market...

18.01.2025 9

Dylan Jones-Evans

The WRU needs to act with urgency to ensure a sustainable future for rugby in Wales

As the great Cliff Morgan once said “In Wales, every man, woman, and child is a selector” and as a result, it’s always controversial to discuss...

11.01.2025 7

Dylan Jones-Evans

Firms that innovate can seize growth opportunities

As look ahead to the new year, there are going to be many challenges facing the businesses here in the UK. Not only will they be dealing with some...

04.01.2025 3

Dylan Jones-Evans

We cannot grow the economy by just taxing businesses

As 2024 draws to a close, it is clear that the UK economy finds itself at a critical crossroads, with businesses bracing for what many fear will be...

28.12.2024 4

Dylan Jones-Evans

We need to lift the barriers stopping firms from innovating

Innovation is crucial to the UK economy as it drives productivity, fosters competitiveness, and creates high-value jobs across industries. By...

21.12.2024 3

Dylan Jones-Evans

The mixed impact of the Help to Grow programme to boost SME management skills

As someone who has been an advocate for improving management skills within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) since I began my academic...

16.12.2024 4

Dylan Jones-Evans

The huge skills shortage facing the UK manufacturing sector

The UK manufacturing sector is facing a severe skills shortage which poses a significant challenge to its competitiveness and future growth....

06.12.2024 4

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The Welsh diaspora stands willing to invest back into the home country

Back in July this column highlighted the importance of the Welsh diaspora and referenced a survey being undertaken by Global Welsh, an organisation...

29.11.2024 5

Dylan Jones-Evans

Scale-up firms might be few in number but their impact is immense

This week we will hold the first-ever UK Fast Growth Awards in London, where we will be celebrating the fastest-growing firms in the UK. Drawing on...

24.11.2024 2

Dylan Jones-Evans

Hybrid working is here to stay but needs better managing

Amazon recently announced that it is ordering staff back to the office five days a week, ending its hybrid work policy. This follows a series of...

18.11.2024 4

Dylan Jones-Evans

What President Trump and his tariff plans will mean for global trade

Contrary to the expectations of many political pundits on both sides of the Atlantic, Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States...

08.11.2024 5

Dylan Jones-Evans

The budget will stifle the ability of the private sector to boost the economy

Last week the first-ever female Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up in the House of Commons to deliver a budget that has resulted in the biggest...

03.11.2024 2

Dylan Jones-Evans

Rachel Reeves must deliver a budget that doesn't stifle entrepreneurship

Next week sees the first ever budget presented to the House of Commons by a female Chancellor of the Exchequer. More importantly, Rachel Reeves...

25.10.2024 5

Dylan Jones-Evans

Urgent action needed to save Welsh universities from a real danger of financial collapse

There can no longer by any doubts that the university sector in Wales is in a financial mess, and it’s painful to write yet another column about...

18.10.2024 2

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