{"id":61662,"date":"2015-09-17T19:30:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T19:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1d17a8f79a7ac20258bd98707570fd68"},"modified":"2015-09-17T19:30:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T19:30:10","slug":"press-release-wales-minister-urges-business-dont-lose-out-back-the-northern-powerhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=61662","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Wales Minister urges business: \u201cDon\u2019t lose out \u2013 back the Northern Powerhouse\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Speaking to the CBI in North Wales (September 17), Alun Cairns said businesses in North Wales are \u201cperfectly positioned to play an integral role in the Northern Powerhouse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He told a dinner of CBI North Wales delegates: \u201cThis is a fantastic opportunity for North Wales and we need to grab it with both hands. There is little point standing on the sidelines. I want North Wales to be key to the main action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Cairns said the Northern Powerhouse agenda is gathering momentum with \u201csignificant powers\u201d being devolved to other areas the country.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"in-his-speech-the-wales-office-minister-also-said\">In his speech, the Wales Office Minister also said:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Northern Powerhouse is an opportunity to redress the North-South economic imbalance<br \/>\n\u2022  It is vital that Wales invests in its young people or companies could face recruitment problems in the eastern parts of North Wales &#8211; \u201ccompetition in the labour market is a risk. I want that competition to be between companies, and not countries.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022  MPs, AMs, business leaders and councils should join together with a \u201cclear set of priorities and a clear plan of action\u201d on transport infrastructure.<br \/>\n\u2022  Businesses should ignore \u201cpolitical tensions\u201d around the Northern Powerhouse in the run-up to the Assembly elections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"mr-cairns-said\">Mr Cairns said:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We have a wealth of industry that puts North Wales on the map as a global hub of manufacturing excellence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">North Wales\u2019 export base and reputation for big energy projects makes it a perfect partner for closer collaboration to expand the economy of the north, as well as a dynamic small business sector across to Anglesey and Gwynedd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr Cairns last month met James Wharton, the Northern Powerhouse Minister, on a visit to Deeside. Read more about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/wales-office-minister-urges-country-to-support-northern-powerhouse\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses in North Wales should seize the opportunity to back the Northern Powerhouse and \u201cnot get caught in the slow lane\u201d, Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns will say in a speech this evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}