{"id":453666,"date":"2026-03-02T13:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/453666\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:54:08","slug":"investing-in-people-for-a-brighter-future-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/453666\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in people for a brighter future in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh businesses are demonstrating a distinct and deliberate focus as they navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of technology and risk. With 34% of organisations prioritising technology investment and 31% concentrating on AI, both just below the UK averages of 39% and 38% respectively, leaders in Wales are showing that careful, targeted action has clear value.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, 66% of Welsh businesses report increased awareness of cyber risks, compared to 70% nationally, while 46% acknowledge a rise in other risks, closely aligning with the UK figure of 48%. These figures highlight a region that is both alert and responsive, balancing ambition with insight to ensure sustainable progress for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welsh businesses are demonstrating a distinct and deliberate focus as they navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of technology&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-453666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}