Entrepreneurial activity on the rise in Wales.(Business)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: March 8, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: By Sion Barry Western Mail

Entrepreneurial activity rose marginally in Wales last year, bucking the slight fall experienced by the UK as whole, new research shows The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor tracks entrepreneurial trends across the world. Its latest figure for early entrepreneurial activity among working age adults in Wales in 2006 was 5.5%, a rise from 5.3% in 2005 and identical to the 2004 figure. For the UK as a whole, activity dipped from 6.2% to 5.8%.

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