The company has extensive experience of the application of European Structural Funds in Wales. Grahame Guilford chaired a technical advisory group during the Objective 1 programme (2000-2007) and has been a member of the Programme Monitoring Committee during the 2007-2014 programme and the current 2014-2020 programme.  He has also written two reports for Welsh Government … Continue reading European Funding

As part of the company’s work with Swansea University, they were involved in setting up Swansea Materials Research and Testing (SMaRT), a commercial spin-out based around the University’s long standing research relationship with Rolls-Royce aero engines in the area of materials testing. This work involved the production of business plans and financial models and the … Continue reading SMaRT

The company acted as a consultant to Swansea University from 2007 to 2015 working primarily on the University’s Bay campus project. Work on phase 1 of the project, a £250m investment, involved business planning, financial modelling, project management and assistance with negotiations with a range of stakeholders including Welsh Government, contractors and professional service companies.  … Continue reading Swansea University

Grahame Guilford was a founder member, and later Chair, of the Welsh Government’s Life Sciences Advisory panel. This group, consisting of senior representatives from business and academia, recommended the establishment of the Hub as a focal point for Welsh Government’s economic development activities in the sector.  Grahame was involved in the business planning, design and … Continue reading Life Science Hub