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Aldi
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Supermarket. CF72 8RP
Allen & Harris
Professional Services

Estate Agent Office. Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:30. 83 Talbot Road. CF72 8AE
Annette Ellis
Health & Wellness

Alternative. 105-107 Talbot Road. CF72 8AE
Asda Living
Retail & Shopping

Department Store. Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 08:00-19:00; Su 10:30-16:30. CF72 8RP
Back & Sides
Retail & Shopping

Hairdresser. CF72 8AB
Beauty at 101
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Beauty Salon. 101 Talbot Road. CF72 8AE

Wales Changed the World

From the first industrial nation to the technology behind the internet — Wales has always punched above its weight.

By 1851, Wales was the world's first industrial nation — the first country where more people worked in industry than agriculture. Swansea smelted one-third of the world's copper. North Wales produced one-third of global roofing slate. Merthyr's ironworks powered the British Empire. We invented the ball bearing, the hydrogen fuel cell, packet switching for the internet, and the eight-hour workday. We gave the world Viagra, radar, and the first mail-order business. Given that legacy, Wales should be among the world's wealthiest nations. It isn't — yet. Cymru Compass exists to help every Welsh business get found, because the next chapter of Welsh innovation starts with the businesses we have today.

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Packet Switching

Donald Davies built it in Wales — the technology that makes the internet work.

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Ball Bearing

Philip Vaughan, 1794.

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Sir William Grove, 1842.

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First Passenger Railway

Mumbles Railway, 1807.

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Mail-Order Business

Pryce Pryce-Jones, Newtown, 1861.

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Copper Capital

Swansea smelted one-third of the world's copper.

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Slate Capital

North Wales roofed the world — now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Eight-Hour Day

Robert Owen from Newtown pioneered the cooperative movement.

41,000+ Welsh businesses are listed here. The next great Welsh innovation could be one of them.

Welsh Resources & Local Councils

Useful links for businesses and communities across Wales

Welsh Government

Gov.Wales / LLYW.CYMRU Business Wales Visit Wales Development Bank of Wales Sell2Wales / GwerthwchiGymru Trade & Invest Wales

South Wales Councils

Cardiff / Caerdydd Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg Swansea / Abertawe Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot Newport / Casnewydd Bridgend / Pen-y-bont Rhondda Cynon Taf Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful Caerphilly / Caerffili Blaenau Gwent Torfaen / Tor-faen Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

West & Mid Wales Councils

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro Ceredigion Powys

North Wales Councils

Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn Conwy Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych Flintshire / Sir y Fflint Wrexham / Wrecsam

Welsh Organisations

FSB Wales (Federation of Small Businesses) South Wales Chamber of Commerce North Wales Chamber of Commerce Wales Co-operative Centre WCVA (Wales Council for Voluntary Action) WalesOnline BBC Wales / BBC Cymru S4C

Welsh Language Resources

Cymdeithas yr Iaith Learn Welsh (Duolingo) National Centre for Learning Welsh Welsh Language Commissioner GPC Welsh Dictionary

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