A Cyber Innovation Hub (CIH) that aims to transform South Wales into a leading cluster has been formally launched today in Cardiff.

Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) has unveiled its Regional Economic & Industrial Plan (REIP) for 2023-2028, building on the inaugural plan that has already seen the £1.23BN CCR City Deal deliver substantial investment and achieve significant intervention milestones.

The vision for a c.489 acre green energy park in the Vale of Glamorgan has taken a significant step forward - through Cardiff Capital Region City Deal’s (CCR) completion of purchase of the Aberthaw coal-fired power station that once symbolised fossil-fuel energy production in Wales.

The Secretary of State for Wales, the Rt Hon David TC Davies MP, yesterday visited the South Wales-based headquarters of Jellagen - the Cardiff-founded biotech company that is leading the world in revolutionary regenerative medicine, through its radical approach to harnessing the benefits of advanced collagen biomaterials derived sustainably from jellyfish.

Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) has invested £2M in Apex Additive Technologies, opening up the huge potential of creating a digital manufacturing centre of excellence in the northern Valleys of South East Wales

Selected from more than twenty funding bids, the three successful bids have all been awarded a four-month feasibility contract of up to £50,000 per project. At the end of the four months, the projects will be assessed and the most promising will be awarded additional funding to pilot and test prototypes.

Cardiff, UK, 15 December 2022- CanSense and IQ Endoscopes have been awarded funding to develop their concepts in the initial phase of the Endoscopy Challenge, run by the Innovation team of Shaping Change at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board (CAV UHB) and supported by the CCR (Cardiff Capital Region) Challenge Fund.

Cardiff Capital Region has invested £2M in Jellagen, a unique platform on a journey to revolutionise regenerative medicines and treatments for skin diseases and tissue reconstruction, through the medical development of Collagen Type 0.

A new fund focused on providing innovative Cardiff Capital Region businesses with long-term capital, has been launched at an event at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

Cardiff Capital Region’s Strategic Premises Fund (SPF) has secured its first landmark investment, helping drive the next stage of growth for Pulse Plastics Limited by funding their relocation to a 38,000 square foot industrial unit on the Rassau Industrial Estate in Ebbw Vale.