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    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:48:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Supporting circular economy innovation: An analysis of a circular economy intervention in Wales</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314321</link>
      <description>Title: Supporting circular economy innovation: An analysis of a circular economy intervention in Wales
Authors: Walpole, Gary; Treadwell, Peter; Steffes, Laura; Bacon, Emily; Clifton, Nick
Abstract: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently advised that "climate change is a grave and mounting threat to our wellbeing and a healthy planet" (2023, p.6). This threat underlines the importance of developing businesses innovation capabilities and implementing Circular Economy (CE) principles. Organisations that have developed innovation capabilities are most likely to implement CE principles within their organisations. However, the UK has suffered a 'long tail of productivity' largely due to the UK's relatively low levels of innovation across the firm population. In Wales, the location of this study, output per hour worked was almost 16% below the UK average in 2021, suggesting that the levels of innovation capability might hinder CE implementation. Therefore, evidence on programmes that support organisations to develop their innovation capabilities and their CE understanding should be of interest to policymakers, academics, and practitioners. This paper presents data collected from a university designed CE innovation programme, the Cardiff Circular Economy Network, and suggests that the novel approach adopted enhanced the innovation capabilities and CE knowledge of participants.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>5G Wales Unlocked</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314320</link>
      <description>Title: 5G Wales Unlocked
Authors: Henderson, Dylan
Abstract: This paper examines Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Welsh Government support for 5G deployment in rural areas of Wales. This project introduced several use cases based on 5G-enabled digital applications in Monmouthshire and Blaenau Gwent. The findings highlight the ongoing challenges associated with 5G deployment in rural Wales, and the current lack of a business model for 5G deployment by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in such areas. The report illustrates how the public sector may collaborate with private actors to develop an experimental approach to 5G deployment challenges faced in rural areas. This approach is based on an iterative learning process, in which small-scale experimental actions aimed at identifying sources of demand and understanding the potential impacts of new technology solutions are established. The report suggests that policy action is required at multiple levels of governance in such experimentation to address the challenge of deploying new 5G, and to ensure that firms and public service provision in rural parts of Wales are not disadvantaged.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Welsh productivity performance: Lost cause or still waiting for a miracle?</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314318</link>
      <description>Title: Welsh productivity performance: Lost cause or still waiting for a miracle?
Authors: Henley, Andrew
Abstract: Wales has a chronic and severe problem of low productivity, and shares with the wider UK two decades of stagnant productivity. Significantly, Wales has a severe and persistent productivity gap with other UK nations and regions, and with other international competitors. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the issues together with some analysis of both the Welsh productivity gap and the intra-Wales dispersion of productivity. The paper describes potential macro and micro productivity drivers and argues that there is an urgent need to (re-) promote productivity within Wales as a policy objective.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Max headroom: Making time and space for Welsh manufacturing SMEs to flourish</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314319</link>
      <description>Title: Max headroom: Making time and space for Welsh manufacturing SMEs to flourish
Authors: Pickernell, David; Rich, Nick; Davies, Gareth Huw; Roberts, Annette; Sarvghad Moghadam, Pouya; Walpole, Gary; Price, Alan
Abstract: The Welsh manufacturing sector has undergone significant change over the last decade, with new technologies, greater promotion of the circular economy by policymakers, and a competitive environment affected by Brexit, covid and energy price rises, all impacting the business landscape. Consequently, Welsh manufacturing businesses, the vast majority of which are micro, small, or medium-sized enterprises, face issues concerning supply chains, training and skills, innovation, finance, infrastructure, and sustainability. This report summarises a recent study conducted by Swansea University, on behalf of the Federation of Small Businesses (Pickernell et al 2023). The research investigated the issues faced by Welsh small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and identified short-term problems with energy and infrastructure, and difficulties recruiting sufficient qualified staff, as well as a lack of Welsh-based suppliers for many of the resources Welsh SMEs required. The research also highlighted the gap between short-term pressures and long-term vision, but that bridging that gap would allow Welsh manufacturing businesses to place themselves on a more resilient footing, build skills and employment and prepare for future opportunities.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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