Financial & Business Services February 2010    Investing in your Success! 2010 is a year to get the fundamentals right in achieving business success - which means delivering operational efficiencies from a strong, stable platform and sharing risk. In Wales we continue to provide business support and financial assistance to ambitious and innovative organisations - from early stage companies like Augusta Holdings to FTSE 100 businesses such as Admiral Group. Organisations can take advantage of Wales' highly developed incubation centres - Technium Network - to access Innovation and Technology support as well as growth capital from the Welsh Assembly Government's venture capital funds through Finance Wales. Admiral defies the recession and continues to expand Wales' top financial company continues to expand with plans to take on another 100 staff in early 2010. Read more about Admiral's expansion and its impressive profits. Smart move by Augusta to develop prepaid card systems A South African company at the forefront of prepaid smart card technology and pioneering its growth is setting up its headquarters in Swansea. More information on the smart card system and how this financial technology can benefit local economies worldwide. Finance Wales continues to provide key backing to businesses The Welsh Assembly Government investment bank subsidiary, Finance Wales, has led the latest cash injection into specialist revenue-generating website builder, SubHub. Read more about this business venture and other successes from Finance Wales. RBS Lombard provides funding boost to Welsh based Data Centre Highly-qualified workforce draws mobile TV firm to Swansea Next Generation Data (NGD), the self-funded UK private owner and operator of Europe's largest Tier 3 data centre in Newport, has secured significant backing from RBS Lombard, the asset finance arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland.   A company specialising in bringing live TV to your mobile phone has set up its headquarters in Swansea where it plans to create more than 20 hi-tech jobs. Discover what Simon Taylor feels about the support NGD have received. Find out what Yamgo think about their move to Wales. Welsh college first in UK to deliver Open University Foundation Degree in Financial Services Stars of contact centre industry to be recognised for pulling industry through the recession Neath Port Talbot College will be the first college in the UK to deliver a Foundation Degree award in Financial Services in partnership with The Open University.   Wales' best in the contact centre industry are to have their hard work and dedication recognised in February with the 12th annual Welsh Contact Centre Awards. Read more about this exciting opportunity and what the Degree has to offer. Find out what Sharon Linnard, the Welsh Assembly Government's Director of Economic Development thinks about the awards. Admiral defies the recession and continues to expand Smart move by Augusta to develop prepaid card systems Finance Wales continues to provide key backing to businesses RBS Lombard provides funding boost to Welsh based Data Centre Highly-qualified workforce draws mobile TV firm to Swansea Welsh college first in UK to deliver Open University Foundation Degree in Financial Services Stars of contact centre industry to be recognised for pulling industry through the recession Know someone who's interested? Forward this email to up to 5 people in one go. A guide to Investing in Wales   Prepared by Deloitte "A guide to investing in Wales" includes background information on the region, information on taxation and finance.   Download: A guide to investing in Wales Advances Wales   Showcasing the latest news in Science, Technology & Engineering in Welsh industry and academia, and promoting global technology transfer.    FREE Download: Advances Wales (2.36 MB) PDF Access Wales   Technology based businesses with high growth potential looking to expand into the UK are being offered free office space and support services in Welsh innovation centres in a new 'try before you buy' initiative.    FREE Download: Access Wales (612 KB) PDF Retail Week Conference (RWC) 2010 Shared Services and Outsourcing Week 2010       3rd-4th March 2010 More information on this event 24th-27th May 2010 More information on this event   Meet the IBW team at this event Meet the IBW team at this event     Unsubscribe   You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed via our website.                            You can unsubscribe instantly. Subscribe  If someone sent you this email and you like what you've seen, sign up! Forward   this email to up to 5 people who you think may like this. Contact Us  with any queries or questions. Please do not reply to this email. IBW Website  for the latest information about business in Wales. Info  International Business Wales, Plas Glyndwr, Kingsway, Cardiff, CF10 3AH, Wales, UK.