• Welsh Development bank lost £62m

    Updated: 2024-04-30 15:51:00
    Nation Cymru reports that the Development Bank of Wales - which is wholly owned by the Welsh Government - made a loss of more than £62m, according to its latest accounts: Launched in 2017, when it succeeded its predecessor Finance Wales, the bank's remit is to invest in companies that, despite having a good business model, can find it difficult to secure credit from the commercial banking sector. DBW has been in the news recently because of its role in the "dodgy donations" scandal involving Mr Gething. Nation.Cymru revealed how Mr Gething had received donations totalling £200k for his successful ...

  • Dirty Tricks

    Updated: 2024-04-29 08:28:00
    One way of telling if an election is imminent is when the number of dirty tricks being played by party workers on their opponents start to get out of hand. We have already seen the campaign manager of a Tory MP buying up domain names in their Lib Dem opponent's name before directing them to the Tory's website, now we have allegations that Tory staff in London have been running a network of anti-Ulez Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuse. The Guardian reports that Conservative party staff and activists are secretly operating a network of Facebook groups that have ...

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