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Since it became operational in January 2013, Business Wales has helped to create almost 9,000 jobs and safeguarded a further 2,300\.  It has also helped create more than 6,580 new businesses in Wales during that period.


I established the Business Wales service to make it easier for Welsh businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs to access the information, advice and support they require to start and grow their businesses.  Business Wales has now become established as a ‘one stop shop’ for individuals wishing to start up in business, as well as for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) wishing to grow their business in Wales.


Business Wales services can be accessed via three main channels


 


1. on line via www.business.wales.gov.uk and its social media presence;
2. through a dedicated telephone helpline \- 03000 6 03000; and
3. through a network of physical centres located across Wales.


 


Business Wales provides access to wide ranging information and advice, from business planning, through to advice on new export markets and access to funding.


In addition to supporting job creation, Business Wales via its advisor network, has provided advice to over 15,300 SMEs, and information and signposting to over 35,800 other businesses, as well as supporting 25,800 individuals.


Business Wales has also dealt with over 62,500 enquiries via the Helpline and had nearly a million visits to its website, while its social media channels have reached over 58,000 followers.  In addition, sister service ‘Sell2Wales’ is now helping nearly 33,000 Welsh suppliers to compete for public service contract opportunities.  


It is pleasing to see the contribution Business Wales is making to support the economy. The latest data from StatsWales shows there are now 231,110 businesses in Wales, compared to 219,410 in 2013\.  And in 2013 there was a 37% increase in the number of registered (i.e. VAT or PAYE) business births compared to the previous year.


Though this is indeed encouraging for the Welsh economy, maintaining a responsive approach to difficult situations is essential. That is why with the collapse of the Murco Oil Refinery deal, in addition to a further round of the Welsh Economic Growth Fund (WEGF), I launched the £500k Business Wales SME Capital Investment Grant to create and safeguard SME jobs in Pembrokeshire and a Business Wales access point in Milford Haven to ensure businesses impacted were able to access relevant advice and support.


I am delighted with the progress Business Wales has made during the last two years, but fully recognise in conjunction with my advisory Boards, Chaired by Robert Lloyd Griffiths (Director Wales IoD – Business Wales Board) and James Taylor (MD SuperStars\- Entrepreneurship Panel) the need to continually improve service quality and access for SMEs and entrepreneurs. Over the coming months I will provide further updates aligned to the future delivery strategy for Business Wales supported by EU structural funds. This will include the Lending Ready Review undertaken by Robert Lloyd Griffiths, an enhanced focus on growth businesses and  the Welsh Government’s role in enhancing the business environment in Wales which will include working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on our future strategy and approach.


The Welsh Government remains committed to supporting and working with Welsh businesses and entrepreneurs to help them start and grow businesses and to create jobs in Wales.


 







Translation:


 
Ers iddo ddod yn weithredol ym mis Ionawr 2013, mae Busnes Cymru wedi helpu i greu bron 9,000 o swyddi ac i ddiogelu 2,300 o swyddi eraill. Mae wedi helpu hefyd i greu dros 6,580 o fusnesau newydd yng Nghymru yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw.

Sefydlais wasanaeth Busnes Cymru er mwyn ei gwneud yn haws i fusnesau a darpar entrepreneuriaid yng Nghymru gael gafael ar yr wybodaeth, y cyngor a’r cymorth y mae eu hangen arnynt er mwyn dechrau eu busnesau a’u datblygu ymhellach. Erbyn hyn, mae Busnes Cymru wedi hen ennill ei blwyf fel ‘siop un stop’ ar gyfer unigolion sydd am ddechrau busnes, a hefyd ar gyfer mentrau bach a chanolig (BBaChau) yng Nghymru sy’n awyddus i weld eu busnesau’n tyfu.

Mae tair prif ffordd o fanteisio ar wasanaethau Busnes Cymru:

1. Ar\-lein drwy www.busnes.cymru.gov.uk a thrwy’r ddarpariaeth sydd ganddo ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol;
2. Drwy linell gymorth dros y ffôn \- 03000 6 03000; a
3. Drwy rwydwaith o ganolfannau ledled Cymru.

Mae Busnes Cymru yn cynnig gwybodaeth a chyngor eang sy’n amrywio o wasanaethau cynllunio busnes i gyngor ar farchnadoedd allforio newydd a sut i gael gafael ar gyllid.  

Yn ogystal â helpu i greu swyddi, mae Busnes Cymru, drwy ei rwydwaith o gynghorwyr, wedi rhoi cyngor i dros 15,300 o BBaChau, wedi rhoi gwybodaeth i dros 35,800 o fusnesau eraill a’u cyfeirio at wasanaethau eraill. Mae hefyd wedi cynorthwyo 25,800 o unigolion.

Mae Busnes Cymru wedi delio â dros 62,500 o ymholiadau drwy’r Llinell Gymorth, ac ymwelwyd â’i wefan bron miliwn o weithiau. Mae hefyd, drwy’r ddarpariaeth sydd ganddo ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol, wedi cyrraedd dros 58,000 o ddilynwyr. Yn ogystal, mae ei chwaer wasanaeth ‘GwerthwchiGymru’ bellach yn rhoi help llaw i bron 33,000 o gyflenwyr o Gymru i gystadlu am gyfleoedd i ennill contractau gyda’r gwasanaethau cyhoeddus.

Mae’n dda gweld y cyfraniad y mae Busnes Cymru  yn ei wneud i’r economi yn ei chyfanrwydd. Yn ôl data diweddaraf StatsCymru, mae 231,110 o fusnesau yng Nghymru erbyn hyn, o gymharu â 219,410 yn 2013\. Ac yn 2013 hefyd, o gymharu â’r flwyddyn gynt, gwelwyd cynnydd o 37% yn nifer y busnesau cofrestredig (h.y. ar gyfer TAW neu’r Cynllun Talu wrth Ennill) newydd sbon.

Er bod hyn oll yn galonogol iawn i economi Cymru, mae angen inni barhau i ymateb yn gyflym i sefyllfaoedd anodd. Dyna pam, pan fethodd y cytundeb i brynu Purfa Olew Murco, y lansiais i Grant Buddsoddiad Cyfalaf Busnes Cymru gwerth £500k ar gyfer BBaChau, yn ychwanegol at gylch arall o Gronfa Twf Economaidd Cymru, fel y bo modd creu a diogelu swyddi ym Musnesau Bach a Chanolig Sir Benfro. Trefnwyd hefyd fod Busnes Cymru yn agor man cyswllt yn Aberdaugleddau er mwyn i’r busnesau yr effeithiwyd arnynt fedru cael gafael ar y cyngor a’r cymorth perthnasol.

Rwyf yn hynod falch o’r cynnydd y mae Busnes Cymru wedi’i wneud yn ystod y ddwy flynedd diwethaf, ond rwyf i a Chadeirydd y Bwrdd Cynghori, Robert Lloyd Griffiths (Cyfarwyddwr Wales IoD), a James Taylor (Rheolwr Gyfarwyddwr SuperStars – y Panel Entrepreneuriaeth) yn llwyr gydnabod bod angen  parhau i wella ansawdd y gwasanaeth a gynigir i BBaChau ac i entrepreneuriaid, ac i sicrhau hefyd fod y gwasanaeth hwnnw ar gael i gynifer ag y bo modd. Byddaf, yn ystod y misoedd nesaf, yn mynd ati’n rheolaidd i roi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf ichi am strategaeth gyflawni Busnes Cymru at y dyfodol, a fydd yn cael ei gefnogi gan gronfeydd strwythurol yr UE. Bydd hyn yn cynnwys yr Adolygiad Parod i Fenthyca a fydd yn cael ei gynnal gan Robert Lloyd Griffiths, mwy o sylw i fusnesau twf, a gwaith Llywodraeth Cymru i wella’r amgylchedd busnes yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys cydweithio â Sefydliad Technoleg Massachusetts ar ein strategaeth a’n ffordd o weithredu yn y dyfodol.

Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn parhau’n gwbl ymrwymedig i gefnogi busnesau ac entrepreneuriaid Cymru ac i weithio gyda nhw i’w helpu i ddechrau a datblygu busnesau a chreu swyddi yng Nghymru.