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BBC Wales’ Business Correspondent Brian Meechan presented the workplace issues programme.

BBC Wales’ Business Correspondent Brian Meechan presented the workplace issues programme, which has now come to an end.

BBC Wales’ Business Correspondent Brian Meechan presented the workplace issues programme, which has now come to an end. Thanks for listening.
You can business coverage regularly on Good Morning Wales & Good Evening Wales.

Wales at Work: Balancing Act

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10/03/2016

Balancing Act

BBC Radio Wales - Wales at Work, Balancing Act

Brian Meechan looks at whether business is ready for the national living wage.

The country's lowest-paid workers are set to get a pay rise, but what does it mean for them and employers? Wales at Work meets the chair of the Cardiff Hoteliers' Association.

Some of the country's lowest paid workers get a pay rise next month but what does it mean for them and for employers. Brian talks to the chair of the Cardiff Hoteliers' Association about how the hospitality industry is preparing. A report out this week says Wales is being held back because there aren't enough women in science roles- what can be done about the female brain drain?  A Supreme Court decision over a children's suitcase has been met with dismay by designers. Brian discusses the implications with an intellectual property lawyer. Our business of the week is sporting social enterprise Vi-ability which works with young people across Wales. Reporter Kate Rimmington hears about its goals and why the founder is going on a trade mission to California.

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