Capital's potential to be nurtured by new partnership.CARDIFF has the potential to be one of Europe's leading economic cities, a newly formed business group said yesterday. The Cardiff Business Partnership has been set up by some of the capital's leading employers - all from the private sector. They want to strengthen the city's place as Wales' economic centre, while also ensuring Cardiff will in future compete with some of Europe's top cities. The partnership has set up a sub-group, called the 2030 Group, specifically to look at the capital's economic growth. It is hoped the partnership - whose members employ more than 10,000 people between them - can lobby effectively on behalf of business and provide a new strategic view on Cardiff's development. Huw Eurig Davies, chief executive of leading independent television company Boomerang Plus, is to head up the 2030 Group, which aims to "give the city a clear path for becoming an internationally competitive capital". Speaking at the partnership's launch at Mansion House, Mr Davies said: "Cardiff has all the pieces in place to become a leading international capital, our workforce is second to none and no other English core city has as many graduates per head. "We need to show more ambition as a metropolitan hub and become the most competitive city in the UK." Cardiff Business Partnership chairman, Legal and General director Adrian Clark, backed that view. He said: "We want to make sure that our knowledge and expertise contributes to the city's development. "Cardiff Business Partnership will act as a voice for leading employers in the city. "It will also be able to work with other key organisations charged with the development and promotion of the city to ensure that Cardiff maximises its potential as a major European capital." The partnership's founder members include Admiral Insurance Set up in 1993, Admiral, part of the Admiral Group, is a car insurance specialist mainly targeting those who traditionally pay higher than average premiums, including drivers under 35 and those living in big cities and in Scotland. , Tesco, Boomerang Plus, SA Brain &Co, TATA Consulting Services, Legal & General, Media Wales, Freshwater UK, Hugh James Hugh James was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1909 and 1916 and, upon returning from military service, from 1919 to 1923 for the Richmond Football Club. He served in the AIF between 1916 and 1919 . and PricewaterhouseCoopers. David Stevens David Stevens may refer to:
The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Admiral Insurance, said: "It's very important to Admiral that Cardiff builds on the great progress made over the last decade to become an even better place in which to live and work. "It's important both for the future prosperity of the company and for the well-being of the 1,500 strong Cardiff-based workforce." Two-fifths of Cardiff's workforce - around 75,000 people - commute daily into the city from across Wales, and the South East Wales East Wales is the easternmost part of Wales. The area is loosely-defined, but generally is said to include the traditional counties of Monmouthshire (including the city of Newport), Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire (i.e. much of Powys), Flintshire and Denbighshire. region accounts for more than half of Wales' total economic output. CAPTION(S): Cardiff could become a leading light in the European economy, a new business group made up of leading employers believes |
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