THE HERALD FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 2017


35 Business


From Bynea to beyond Business Award nominations open THE FEDERATION of Small


Businesses (FSB) and Worldpay UK Business Awards are open for entries. Designed to recognise and reward


smaller businesses across the country, businesses can showcase their achievements to a national audience and win up to £12,000. Winners from all the above


There are 11 categories and businesses can enter one or more of the following:


KEY materials that are used in


everyday goods are being exported from Huntsman's Llanelli plant to sites across the world, Llanelli’s AM and MP were told during a briefing at the plant this week. Part of a leading multinational


company, the Huntsman plant employs 59 people in Bynea. The company lead the way in the development and manufacture of specialist products which are used for such things as helping wind turbine blades to be more energy efficient, aiding in the safe usage of boilers via corrosion inhibitors and to ensure that deep sea drilling fluids are more environmentally friendly. Huntsman invest millions of


pounds every year in the Bynea plant, helping to safeguard local jobs and help the UK economy through much needed exports. Lee Waters said: “Huntsman


have been a key part of Llanelli’s manufacturing landscape for decades. The US-based company have invested more than £7 million of private sector cash in the facility in recent years. They told us how Welsh Government assistance of £500,000 to install a second manufacturing line had been critical in leveraging further private sector investment to update and improve its facilities and infrastructure. I’m developing an economic strategy for the area and it was very useful to see first-hand the role that Huntsman plays in the local economy.”


Along with meeting staff and


managers, the politicians were shown around the plant and learned about the products that Huntsman exports around the globe. MP Nia Griffith said: “The


Bynea plant plays an important role in the economy of our town. Most people will know the site in Bynea but probably will know very little about what they do. This is a truly international business based in our town, exporting specialist materials all across the world, and providing high value jobs for our local economy.” The local MP and AM were


joined on the visit by Bynea County Councillor Deryk Cundy. After the visit, he said: “Huntsman are model neighbours to the people of Bynea. All too often, we hear of large manufacturers neglecting their obligations to the local environment but it just goes to show that industry can also be accommodating and responsible towards the people who live near it.” Site Manager Phil Parry said:


"We were pleased to show our locally elected officials around Huntsman's Llanelli facility, which in 2018 will celebrate 50 years of manufacturing at Bynea. During our long history, we have enjoyed the support of the Welsh Government and the local community and look forward to a positive continuation of these partnerships."


Business and Product Innovation Award Micro Business of the Year Online Business of the Year Ethical Business of the Year Business Exporter of the Year Best Start-up of the Year Best Family Business of the Year Young Entrepreneur of the Year Community Business of the Year Employer of the Year


Lifetime Achievement Award AS BALLOT papers are


prepared to be sent to steel workers, Plaid Cymru's Shadow Economy Secretary, Adam Price AM, has called on the UK Government to end its 'Olympian detachment' with the industry and inject £500 million to secure its future. Writing in The Sunday Times


this week, Mr Price said the UK Government has 'delegated responsibility' over the survival of the very foundation of our manufacturing economy, with just 'one passing reference' to steel in the recently published industrial strategy green paper. An injection of £500 million from


the UK Government – five times the figure rumoured to have been offered by the Welsh Government – might yet be enough, Mr Price said, 'to convince


steelworkers that their sacrifice, past and present, was not in vain in those 'fiery furnaces of hell''. Adam Price AM said: "Workers


categories are then judged, with one business being crowned FSB and Worldpay UK Business of the Year 2017. Judging will take place in 12


geographical areas across the UK and the area category winners will be announced in March, with the gala final taking place in London on Wednesday, May 10. The closing date for the


competition is Friday, February 17. For further information and to enter the competition, visit the FSB website.


Westminster ‘should invest in steel industry’ "The Welsh Government, to


will start voting on a package of proposals that has been presented in the starkest of terms as a choice between their job or their pension. If workers vote no, we're warned, there's a very real risk Tata's Indian owners will shut its British plants — a threat that the unions are taking seriously enough to endorse a pension change that their members overwhelmingly rejected just 18 months ago. "Given the apparent prospect of


a 'no' vote — the government's air of Olympian detachment, and the delegation of responsibility over the survival of the very foundation of our manufacturing economy, seems positively bizarre.


its credit, is rumoured to have offered maybe as much as £100m of investment. The British Government, by contrast, is saying and doing very little. Even its recently published green paper on industrial strategy had just one passing reference to steel. "Contrast


that with the


hyperactivity of Theresa May's new political soulmate President Trump, who personally strong-arms any company threatening American jobs, egged on no doubt by the former steel executives around his cabinet table. "While the government's


announcement of sector deals for ultra-low emission vehicles and industrial digitalisation are very welcome, at this juncture securing a steel deal might be a little more pressing”.


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