On Wednesday 3rd August, businesses in Swansea got together to discuss the upcoming Mumbles Gower OceanFest event. Jay Doyle, founder of OceanFest, was overwhelmed by the support and enthusiasm of the group, as offers of help, contacts and sponsorship came rolling in. OceanFest is an example of a local event that we should all support. [...]
It was a historic and fantastic day when Swansea City beat Reading 4-2 to win promotion to the Premier League. Everyone’s feeling pretty elated about it, but the next question for us at Swansea Bay Futures is, how do we maximise the benefits for the city? The Premier League is watched by a huge global [...]
It is free to get involved in the Swansea Bay Futures Network – we are grateful for your time, your ideas and your enthusiasm! These are not “networking” events, so don’t join if you’re just looking for a way to promote your business (there are plenty of other organisations in the region to help you [...]
This is the online home of the Swansea Bay Futures Network – a group of businesses and individuals who are committed to the future of Swansea Bay! Most of us already know that Swansea Bay offers fantastic benefits to those of us that live and work here, and we are passionate about the future of [...]
This discussion started on LinkedIn. The group agrees that Swansea Bay needs to capitalise more on being by the coast, with the beach so close to the city and the stunning coastlines of Gower and Carmarthenshire within such easy reach. A surprising number of British people surveyed don’t even know that Swansea is by the [...]
Thank you to everyone who attended the third meeting of the Swansea Bay Futures Network, and to all those who have expressed their interest. It was a positive discussion, but we’re keen to see what support there is for acting on the great ideas that have been put forward. Obviously we are all busy with full time [...]
The second meeting of the Swansea Bay Futures was very well attended, and took forward the discussion started in May. It was an open discussion and wide-ranging in its scope. Topics raised included how we promote Swansea Bay at key arrival points such as Cardiff airport, Bristol airport, the train and bus stations and the [...]
Thank you to all those who attended the first meeting of the Swansea Bay Futures Network on Wednesday afternoon, and to all those who sent apologies or expressed interest in the group. The level of support for this initiative has been heartening, and we hope we can continue to build on this momentum! We all [...]
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