It is recognised that Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) need to adapt and change toremain competitive in the rapidly changing business environment of the 21st Century. As withmany other industries this is evident in the Agri-food industry in Wales where Agrifood SMEscan attain a...

This paper provides an analysis of the economy and labour market of West Wales, which isdefined as Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, and Pembrokeshire. Some key points emerging fromthis are:- the important but declining role of agriculture, the growing importance of tourism, theimportance of...

The paper considers the development of the Finance, Tourism and Agricultural industries, as the main sectors of business activity, in Jersey in the twentieth century. The development of the Finance industry (from the arrival of the first merchant bank in the 1960s to its present day standing...