Trade Secretary: Wales Life Sciences sector key to UK growth

BY:

Niamh O'Connor
28 November 2022

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Wales will be hosting a warm welcome today for Trade Secretary Kimi Badenoch. She is there to praise Welsh companies as 'critical' to the UK's life Sciences. The aim of the sector is to offer economic growth across the UK

The Secretary of State will also be announcing the expansion of the Export Champion programme, with 28 leading business figures chosen as the first Export Champions for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to boost trade across the Union.


You can find more details via this press release and download the Board of Trade report here. 


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