Since launch in October 2022, the 23-partner Media Cymru consortium has already made real strides and impact across the Region and beyond, on their journey to make the Cardiff Capital Region a global home for media innovation.

February brought news of a major skills funding boost for Creative Industries in our region, together with two studies showing a surge in apprenticeship uptake and the importance placed by Gen Z on training and development. Those reports made Welsh Water’s record apprenticeship offering look inspired - but celebrations were muted by news of a continued gender pay gap, even in female-dominated industries ...

Media Cymru’s launch in October 2022 turned the key on a £50m investment to make CCR a global hub for media production and innovation - and in our final ‘meet the Media Cymru team’ feature, we discover the excitement of the journey ahead for Lee Walters, Senior Producer and Funding Manager.

Media Cymru is shifting mindsets and moving many dials in the creative industries, with a series of funding rounds, training, research, and opportunities that will revolutionise the CCR media landscape and secure a status of global excellence. But what makes it a world-first?

The launch of Media Cymru gave birth to a five year programme focused on making CCR a global hub of innovation. But what is the vision - and who are the team - behind it?

Media Cymru is a world-first: a £50m strategic investment programme focused on making the creative industries of CCR a world leader in innovation. But what does that mean, and what will it look like?

October’s launch of Media Cymru at the National Museum in Cardiff was more than the celebration of a unique collaboration designed to accelerate growth in the media sector of Southeast Wales.

A new £50 million collaboration is set to help develop a world-leading hub for innovation across TV, film, and the wider media industry in Wales.