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Finance Wales Inquiry
- This consultation has completed. It ran from Wednesday, 4 December 2013 to Friday, 10 January 2014
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Response to the consultation
Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation
- FIN(4)FW001 Finance Birmingham PDF 27 KB View as HTML (2) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW002 Impact Innovation PDF 27 KB View as HTML (3) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW003 MiE Group PDF 29 KB View as HTML (4) 7 KB
- FIN(4)FW004 HLN Group PDF 177 KB View as HTML (5) 11 KB
- FIN(4)FW005a Fusion IP plc PDF 107 KB View as HTML (6) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW005b Fusion IP plc PDF 105 KB View as HTML (7) 10 KB
- FIN(4)FW006 Green Bay Media PDF 28 KB View as HTML (8) 7 KB
- FIN(4)FW007 Morgan Cole LLP PDF 36 KB View as HTML (9) 11 KB
- FIN(4)FW008 Flexible Commercial Funding Ltd PDF 25 KB View as HTML (10) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW009 Arian Cymru PDF 86 KB View as HTML (11) 2 MB
- FIN(4)FW010 Eversheds LLP PDF 29 KB View as HTML (12) 9 KB
- FIN(4)FW011 MedaPhor Ltd PDF 26 KB View as HTML (13) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW012 Alex Gooch Artisan Baker Ltd PDF 23 KB View as HTML (14) 4 KB
- FIN(4)FW013 Clearstream Technology Ltd PDF 36 KB View as HTML (15) 7 KB
- FIN(4)FW014 Inscapes PDF 27 KB View as HTML (16) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW015 JR Gilbert Engineering Ltd PDF 24 KB View as HTML (17) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW016 Watts Gregory LLP PDF 120 KB View as HTML (18) 10 KB
- FIN(4)FW017 Hywel Evans PDF 188 KB View as HTML (19) 13 KB
- FIN(4)FW018 Simon Thelwall-Jones PDF 38 KB View as HTML (20) 13 KB
- FIN(4)FW019 Dolun Developments (South Wales) Ltd PDF 64 KB View as HTML (21) 7 KB
- FIN(4)FW020 Grant Thornton UK LLP PDF 39 KB View as HTML (22) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW021 Simon Powell PDF 29 KB View as HTML (23) 7 KB
- FIN(4)FW022 Creomed PDF 22 KB View as HTML (24) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW023 Biotec Services International Ltd PDF 29 KB View as HTML (25) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW024 Tim Wade PDF 31 KB View as HTML (26) 9 KB
- FIN(4)FW025 Wholebake Limited PDF 24 KB View as HTML (27) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW026 Mark Barry PDF 27 KB View as HTML (28) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW027 James Brown Industries Ltd PDF 23 KB View as HTML (29) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW028a Bevan Buckland PDF 181 KB View as HTML (30) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW028b Bevan Buckland PDF 106 KB View as HTML (31) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW029 Hafren PDF 296 KB
- FIN(4)FW030 BioMonde PDF 50 KB View as HTML (33) 10 KB
- FIN(4)FW031 Magnet & Steel Ltd PDF 26 KB View as HTML (34) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW032 Padarn Bus Limited PDF 39 KB View as HTML (35) 9 KB
- FIN(4)FW033 Giltar Hotel PDF 21 KB View as HTML (36) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW034 Broomfield & Alexander PDF 27 KB View as HTML (37) 7 KB
- FIN(4)FW035 Limegreentangerine PDF 23 KB View as HTML (38) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW036 ACCA CymruWales PDF 180 KB View as HTML (39) 21 KB
- FIN(4)FW037 CM International PDF 543 KB
- FIN(4)FW038 Clarkslegal LLP PDF 27 KB View as HTML (41) 7 KB
- FIN(4)FW039 BDO LLP PDF 26 KB View as HTML (42) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW040 Stephen Hughes PDF 23 KB View as HTML (43) 7 KB
- FIN(4)FW041 Geoff Andrews PDF 26 KB View as HTML (44) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW042 Laser Wire Solutions PDF 22 KB View as HTML (45) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW043 Alan Yule PDF 22 KB View as HTML (46) 4 KB
- FIN(4)FW044 Super Rod PDF 179 KB
- FIN(4)FW045 ICT Sector Panel PDF 206 KB View as HTML (48) 10 KB
- FIN(4)FW046 Voltcom Group PDF 25 KB View as HTML (49) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW047 Energy Recovery investments PDF 214 KB View as HTML (50) 12 KB
- FIN(4)FW048 Greg Wilkinson PDF 101 KB View as HTML (51) 8 KB
- FIN(4)FW049 Clinithink Ltd PDF 313 KB
- FIN(4)FW050 Bryn Tanat Hall PDF 99 KB View as HTML (53) 8 KB
- FIN(4)FW051 Cardiff University PDF 106 KB View as HTML (54) 10 KB
- FIN(4)FW052 Bevan & Buckland PDF 497 KB
- FIN(4)FW053 Charterhouse PDF 24 KB View as HTML (56) 5 KB
- FIN(4)FW054 FPS Panel PDF 31 KB View as HTML (57) 9 KB
- FIN(4)FW055 Hugh James PDF 30 KB View as HTML (58) 8 KB
- FIN(4)FW056a PBD Consulting PDF 52 KB View as HTML (59) 11 KB
- FIN(4)FW056b PBD Consulting PDF 693 KB
- FIN(4)FW057 EBA Consulting Ltd PDF 39 KB View as HTML (61) 7 KB
- FIN(4)FW058 Visionary Consultants Limited PDF 41 KB View as HTML (62) 18 KB
- FIN(4)FW059 Contract Services (South Wales) Ltd PDF 25 KB View as HTML (63) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW060 KPMG PDF 30 KB View as HTML (64) 9 KB
- FIN(4)FW061 Elite Fitness PDF 24 KB View as HTML (65) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW062 Maldwyn Jones PDF 24 KB View as HTML (66) 6 KB
- FIN(4)FW063 Gambit Corporate Finance PDF 296 KB
- FIN(4)FW064 Watts Gregory LLP PDF 30 KB View as HTML (68) 10 KB
- FIN(4)FW065 Federation of Small Businesses PDF 1 MB
- FIN(4)FW066 Mazars PDF 332 KB
- FIN(4)FW067 ICAEW PDF 345 KB
- FIN(4)FW068 The North West Fund PDF 383 KB
- FIN(4)FW069 HLN Group PDF 178 KB View as HTML (73) 11 KB
- FIN(4)FW070a Board of Finance Wales plc PDF 2 MB
- FIN(4)FW070b Board of Finance Wales plc - Evershed State Aid Advice PDF 425 KB
- FIN(4)FW071 Kilsby and Williams PDF 209 KB
- FIN(4)FW072 Robert Owen Community Banking Fund PDF 209 KB View as HTML (77) 22 KB
- FIN(4)FW073 HWB Cymru PDF 659 KB
- FIN(4)FW074 Freight Movement Ltd PDF 26 KB View as HTML (79) 9 KB
- FIN(4)FW075 Protocol Control Systems Ltd PDF 25 KB View as HTML (80) 9 KB
- FIN(4)FW080 Clarissa Chambers PDF 37 KB View as HTML (81) 17 KB
- FIN(4)FW081 Minister for Economy, Science and Transport PDF 555 KB
Purpose of the consultation
The Finance Wales Group is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Welsh Government and is one of the UK’s largest
SME investment companies. The Group has funds approaching £400 million under management
and comprises the fund managers Finance Wales and FW Capital. Xénos, the Wales
business angel network, is also part of the Group.
Finance Wales can make debt,
mezzanine and equity investments of up to £2 million at all stages (early
stage, development capital, as well as succession and acquisition). FW Capital
manages funds in the Tees Valley, and the North East and North West of England
with a total value of £75 million.
The Finance Committee has agreed to
conduct a short inquiry to consider the current operation and future role of
Finance Wales and would welcome evidence on this topic.
The inquiry’s Terms of Reference
To consider:
- the outcomes that Finance Wales
is achieving and whether this constitutes value for money;
- whether the current corporate
structure of Finance Wales is fit for purpose and to objectively consider
the impact of pursuing any potential alternative models of operation;
- how the activities of Finance
Wales contribute to the Welsh Government’s overall approach to economic
development in Wales.
Supporting documents