BigWales

E-commerce in Wales

Opportunity Wales
This website should be your first port of call for information on e-commerce in Wales. Lots of useful information for businesses throughout Wales, and if your business is in an Objective One area, you can also find out about the full range of free reviews and advice on offer:
a free e-commerce review of your business by a trained e-commerce advisor;
up to 4 days of advice on managing & implementing e-commerce in your business;
a financial contribution towards the purchase of e-commerce related hardware and software.

eCommerce Innovation Centre
The eCIC at Cardiff University is a Centre of Excellence, with particular focus on the use of eCommerce within small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and international trade and transport. Case studies illustrating how Welsh SMEs are gaining benefits from pragmatic use of eCommerce can be downloaded from this site.

New eBusiness Clubs launched in January 2002 by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and the DTI to help SMEs conduct more business online. The first in Wales will be based at Cardiff Chamber of Commerce - phone 029 2025 3000.

West Wales e-Business Club
If you are a business trading on the Internet and want to meet with and exchange experiences with other businesses in West Wales already doing so, then contact Dafydd Ladd on 01267 236576 to get further details.

Mid Wales Award to Support E-Business
Small and micro-businesses throughout Mid Wales will be eligible for a new award that is being piloted in the region to help support e-business projects. Each eligible project could receive an award of up to £300. This could be the establishment of a website from which to promote and sell goods or services, to starting or improving a process through the use of IT equipment.