Where?

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Where?
What?
Why?
Who?
When?
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What does the future hold for employment in South
Wales?
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Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale has just lost its connections with the
steel industry. Corus had a tin plate plant
located here. However, these plants were closed
in 2001. There are plans to redevelop the site
with a hospital and a university.
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Ebbw Vale Festival Park Shopping
The WDA (Welsh Development Agency), local
authorities and the private sector spent
60million on converting the area from a
wasteland of spoil heaps into the Ebbw Vale
Garden Festival. Festival Park Factory Shopping
Village is now located on this site.
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Supermarkets Part-Time / flexi Open 24hours /
7days Fast food Home delivery
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Regional Assistance in the Valleys
The Valleys are a Development Area. This means
that industries are encouraged to the area by
offering them incentives such as grants, reduced
business rates, planning permission and premises.
Sources of Regional Assistance
European Regional Development Fund
WDA (Welsh Development Agency)
UK Government
industrial parks with WDA and EU (Regional
Development Fund) backing
museums
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Wales on Sunday

• Write a newspaper article on The future of Welsh
  employment. Aim to write at least one paragraph
  for each of the key questions below
• Why are many young people leaving South Wales?
• How have the Welsh Assembly tried to improve the
  situation in different towns in Wales?
• How will changing technology affect employment?
• Make suggestions of how we can encourage high
  levels of employment in the future?
• Extension Do you think Wales has a bright
  future for employment?