{"id":13792,"date":"2022-07-25T13:02:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/welshice.org\/?p=13792"},"modified":"2022-07-26T15:15:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T15:15:28","slug":"welsh-ice-celebrated-a-decade-of-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/welshice.org\/cy\/welsh-ice-celebrated-a-decade-of-enterprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh ICE has celebrated a decade of enterprise \ud83c\udf88\ud83c\udf82"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s our tenth birthday! \ud83c\udf89<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We’re really excited to announce that Wales\u2019 largest coworking community, Welsh ICE<\/a>, celebrated a decade of enterprise, we look back on the impact we have made in the last 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since launching in 2012, the ICE Campus has generated a net GVA benefit of \u00a363.1m for the Welsh economy. It has created 800 full-time-equivalent (FTE) Jobs and has supported thousands of individuals in starting businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through The 5-9 Club<\/a>, our after-hours programme to help people start a business from scratch, the team here have supported 698 individuals from across the Valleys regions since 2019. 85% of those potential founders are female, a stark contrast to the fact that across Wales, only 28% of businesses are owned by women. This translates into the business community at Welsh ICE whose members are 58% female. The initiative has also worked to create more pathways into entrepreneurship. We’ve created bespoke cohorts for disabled and neurodiverse founders – something it has a strong record in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At our Campus and across our online platform, ice.community<\/a>, ICE has an active community of over 700 entrepreneurs, remote workers and teams. Those members communicate and support one another, and three-quarters of ICE businesses have formal agreements with each other. This natural network of support makes a significant difference. 77% of member businesses have a survival rate of three years or more – higher than the UK average of 61%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking of the impact ICE has made, Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly, Dr Hefin David said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI passionately believe in small business and did my PHD on that very subject. The importance of local connections and having somewhere to go is crucial for successful start-ups and that\u2019s exactly why Welsh ICE is so important. They bring people together.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019ve been working with ICE since I was first elected in 2016 and over that period I\u2019ve seen the enterprise grow; going from strength to strength, supporting thousands of people into business and creating hundreds of jobs.<\/p>

\u201cICE is one of my real community passions and I\u2019m so proud that they are a part of my constituency in Caerphilly. I look forward to seeing what the future holds for their community. Here\u2019s to another brilliant ten years!\u201d<\/p>DR Hefin David, Member of Senedd for Caerphilly<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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CEO of Welsh ICE, Llinos Neale, said: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I first walked through the doors of Welsh ICE five years ago, I knew the space was something special. There was an energy here which was unlike anything I\u2019d experienced before – I felt I just had to be a part of it.<\/p>

\u201cThat energy was borne from a community of people doing, thinking and working together, and I\u2019m proud to say that it\u2019s still going strong today.<\/p>

\u201cWhen the founders started ICE, it was with a vision of growing a community that would enable local enterprise to flourish, bringing the concept of coworking as a structure to nurture and grow startups.<\/p>

\u201cThey were told it couldn\u2019t happen in Caerphilly – that the vision of a flourishing community of innovators was reserved for the likes of Silicon Valley, not the Rhymney river, but today our community has grown far beyond the county borough.<\/p>

\u201cIf the past two years have taught us anything, it\u2019s that wherever you are can be the centre of the universe. Whether it\u2019s the local graphic designers Bomper Studios making music videos for the Foo Fighters, R&D firm Maple Consulting advising on the future of European transport infrastructure from our coworking space or science presenter Huw James delivering remote workshops to kids on Disney cruises from his ICE office – businesses that started here are having an impact on a global scale.<\/p>

\u201cThere are, of course, challenges to be overcome: the cost of living crisis, the aftermath of the pandemic, and the ongoing impact of Brexit and climate change – but we firmly believe that our community has a huge part to play. When people work together, they can accomplish incredible things – we\u2019ve shown that already, and I know our members will go on to show that, as they adapt and improvise to meet those challenges head-on, and grow.<\/p>

\u201cThe first 10 years of ICE have been amazing and we\u2019re excited to see what opportunities, partners and people the next decade, and beyond, will bring.\u201d <\/p>Llinos neale, Welsh ice ceo<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Welsh ICE is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about how ICE can support you, you can contact them on hello@welshice.org<\/a> or call 02920 140 040<\/p>\n\n\n

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by<\/p>

Patrick Valentino<\/p>

Patrick is our Marketing Manager. With a focus on building ICE’s digital community, he has his finger on the pulse of Welsh ICE\u2019s vibrant community, ensuring everyone is kept updated on events, workshops and collaboration opportunities.\r\n \r\nMarketer by day, School Governor by night, Patrick is passionate about sharing ICE\u2019s entrepreneurial spirit with the youth of tomorrow and is on a crusade to inspire a generation of young business owners. Hobbies include: amateur scuba-diving, PHIIT (google it) and playing far too much D&D.<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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