What Next for the Welsh Economy?

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the UK Government Budget and the Welsh Government's Draft Budget on the Welsh economy.

Host Carwyn Jones is joined by Ben Cottam, Head of Wales at the Federation of Small Businesses; Dr Edward Jones, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Bangor University; and John Cullen, Partner, Menzies LLP and Member of R3, the UK’s trade body for insolvency and restructuring professionals, to discuss the UK Government Budget and look ahead to the Welsh Government's Draft Budget. What could the measures contained in each mean for the Welsh economy over the months ahead?

People in this episode

Host: Carwyn Jones

Guests: Ben Cottam, Dr Edward Jones, John Cullen

Topics covered

• Welsh economy
• UK Government Budget
• Welsh Government Draft Budget
• small businesses
• insolvency
• economic discussion

Keywords

• Welsh economy
• UK Government Budget
• small businesses
• insolvency
• economic measures
• Wales
• budget discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Federation of Small Businesses, Bangor University, Menzies LLP, R3

Places: UK, Wales

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