being a city
“
The proposed development of Friars Walk has been an on off saga for most of the
past ten years and I just hope that we are now about to turn the corner and get some
development underway - it’s just what the city needs
Dr Jonathan Deacon “
global aspirations too. Ten years ago I would chat with engineering
firms which were very cautious about doing business outside of the UK (some outside of Wales). Today I regularly speak with firms which are operating in highly competitive global markets and winning business – that’s winning business for Newport. On top of that, what these firms are also
doing is investing in the future by taking on apprentices – making things still matters to Newport. If we have seen a reduction in the volume of
manufacturing in Newport it must mean that we have become to some extent more reliant upon services – and we have. When I was a boy the then ‘town centre’ was
the place to do business. Today it’s the periphery of the city where business and particularly service business is done. From Celtic Springs in the west to Langstone in the east the last ten years has
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