Dr Nick Fenwick Head of Policy at the FUW spoke with Business News Wales as part of this year’s Royal Welsh Virtual Business Show, about some of the clear challenges facing the agriculture sector in Wales.

Roger Mathias, a Trustee of the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society, spoke with Business News Wales about a recent initiative launched with Grwp Resilience to establish a community garden and the impact its had on the community.

The Recruitment Crunch: Finding staff in food & drink manufacturing Businesses across many industries are facing major challenges around staffing, with a huge decline in the number of available workers fuelling staff shortages. Adding to the pressure is an acceleration in the skills gap, as well as a trend for employees changing jobs, attracted by higher salaries or other benefits such as more flexible working.

In this exclusive interview for the Royal Welsh Online business show Business News Wales editor, Mark Powney interviews, Minister for Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths.

Dr Rachel Rahman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Aberystwyth University spoke with Business News Wales, as part of this year’s Royal Welsh Virtual Business Show, about her research and some of the healthcare challenges across rural Wales.

Nick Connors, Managing Director of TEKenable, a software company specialising in data driven technologies within the agriculture sector, spoke with Business News Wales, as part of this year’s Royal Welsh Virtual Business Show, about the opportunities for farming sector when embracing a data-driven approach.

Former first minister Carwyn Jones is joined by Sue Davies, Owner and Commercial Director Patchwork Technology, Eirwen Williams Head of Rural Programmes at Menter a Busnes and Nick Connors Managing Director at TEKenable to discuss the application of technology within the agricultural sector.

Host Carwyn Jones is joined by Rural Futures Hub Director, Professor Alison Kingston, Personal Chair at The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Professor Michael Woods and Dr Rachel Rahman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology from Aberystwyth University, to educate and inform all viewers on the background, aims. Objectives and outcomes of the Rural Future Hub.

Jerry Langford, for the Woodland Trust spoke with Business News Wales, as part of this year’s Royal Welsh Virtual Business Show, about the role trees and the Woodland trust can play in supporting farmers across Wales.

In this Royal Welsh Virtual Business Show event, NatWest Cymru’s Gemma Casey is in conversation with Bonnie Rowley, managing director of Glaslyn, the oldest ice cream parlour and pizzeria in Snowdonia National Park.

In this Royal Welsh Virtual Business Show event, NatWest Cymru’s Gemma Casey is in conversation with Emma Corfield-Walters, owner of Book-ish in Crickhowell.

In this panel discussion host Carwyn Jones is joined by James Morris, MD of Interior Products Group, Arwyn Watkins, MD of Cambrian Training Company and Anthony Rosser, Managing Director of Lake Vyrnwy Hotel.

This discussion will provide an insight into the progress and opportunities taking place within Mid Wales Economy, from the perspective of business.

Dr Jonathan Hughes, Managing Director of Pennotec spoke with Business News Wales as part of this year’s Royal Welsh Virtual Business Show, about the opportunities that a circular economy approach to waste, can offer in the development of a new export market for the pesticides sector.

Dr Edward Jones, Lecturer in Economics at Bangor University spoke with Business News Wales as part of this year’s Royal Welsh Virtual Business Show, about the opportunities for the Agri-tech sector in Wales.

The recent pandemic has highlighted how essential reliable digital connectivity is to the rural economy throughout Wales. Poor connectivity is an issue for many in rural Wales with many businesses have relying on internet access to keep connected to keep their business running.

The war in Ukraine, rising inflation, a cost of living crisis, and fuel and food prices at record highs – these are just some of the issues currently facing farmers and the agricultural sector as a whole in Wales.

Farm diversification is becoming an important consideration for all working and living within rural Wales. But how do farming businesses make the transition from a traditional farm to a diverse rural enterprise?

In this Royal Welsh Virtual Business Show event, NatWest Cymru’s Gemma Casey is in conversation with the founder of Powys-based Hilltop.

Scott shares his journey from that very first beehive to scaling thanks to a small overdraft, and from expanding the product range to taking a leap of faith into much bigger premises.

In this discussion Carwyn jones is joined by NFU Cymru National Policy Adviser, Tori Morgan and well known North Wales farmer and presenter Gareth Wyn Jones.

Climate change is a problem that affects us all – and it has the potential to create significant negative impacts for business. But there are also opportunities for businesses which take on the challenge of transitioning to a net-zero carbon economy.

In this panel discussion, host Carwyn Jones is joined by NFU Cymru President Aled Jones and Gareth Parry, Senior Policy and Communications Officer at the FUW to discuss the recent Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals.

Host Carwyn Jones is joined by Karen Anthony, Associate Solicitor at Agri-advisor, Abi Reader, Deputy President, NFU and Charles de Winton, Rural Surveyor at the CLA to discuss how succession planning is an essential part of running a family farm business and why the biggest long-term threat to any family farm, is the lack of a robust succession plan.