New focus for Wales media scene

The Welsh media comes in many forms – and the latest addition provides a signpost to the future.

The Swansea Economic Focus aims to provide information on current and planned regen activities across the city.

There’s a lot more too. Indeed, the first edition runs to 19 tightly scripted pages of news, stats and data.

It’s unlikely to challenge the South Wales Evening Post as the city’s most popular written media – but it will be well viewed around boardroom tables.

Together

Its publisher – the Swansea Economic Regeneration Partnership (SERP) – brings together public, private and voluntary sector organisations to deliver the city’s economic regeneration strategy – Swansea 2020.

Edition one includes articles on tackling economic inactivity, regenerating Swansea city centre through the Waterfront City project and promoting enterprise education.

One article looks at the impending public sector expenditure cuts, and the implications of these cuts for Swansea.

It states: “To counteract job losses it will be important to drive private sector jobs growth.

Exploit

“Swansea 2020 is seeking to exploit opportunities in six key sectors, to create new businesses and employment.

“These sectors are creative industries, information and communication technologies (ICT), life sciences, marine industries, professional business services and tourism.

“There are a number of existing and proposed developments to stimulate the growth of these sectors, including the Swansea Metropolitan University/Coastal Housing proposed Creative Industries Cluster in the Urban Village development, Swansea University’s Institute of Life Sciences and Swansea University’s proposed Bay Science & Innovation Campus.”