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  • Procurement

    70 public sector organisations join new National Procurement Service

    May 9th, 2013 | Uncategorized | editor | No Comments

    Over seventy public sector organisations have agreed to join Wales’ new National Procurement Service, Finance Minister Jane Hutt has announced. The National Procurement Service for Wales (NPS), which will launch in November, will set up and manage contracts for common and repetitive spend across the public sector in Wales. It will reduce expenditure, eliminating duplication, [...]

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  • PRA Expansion

    PRA expansion set to create 100 new jobs in Swansea welcomed

    May 9th, 2013 | Latest News, Press Releases | editor | No Comments

    The announcement that a leading clinical research organization is set to expand its business in Swansea by establishing a new multi-lingual Help Desk that will create 100 new graduate level jobs, has today been warmly welcomed by local Swansea AM Mike Hedges.   Economy Minister Edwina Hart, who officially opened PRA’s new offices on SA1 Swansea [...]

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  • Tests

    National reading and numeracy tests begin

    May 9th, 2013 | Latest News | editor | No Comments

    This week marks a key milestone in the delivery of the Welsh Labour Government’s Improving Schools plan, as reading and numeracy tests for pupils in years 2 to 9 begin in Wales. The new national tests, which will be sat from 8th to 22nd May, will replace the commercially produced tests previously used by schools. [...]

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  • Microchipping

    Microchipping for all dogs in Wales by 2015

    May 3rd, 2013 | Latest News | editor | No Comments

    All dogs in Wales will be microchipped by March 2015, Welsh Labour’s Minister for Natural Resources and Food, Alun Davies has announced this week. The decision follows a public consultation in 2012 in which the Welsh Government sought views on its plans to introduce compulsory microchipping for all dogs. The overwhelming majority of respondents were [...]

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