Life Sciences & Well-being

Pentre Awel

  • £207 million Total Investment
  • £40m City Deal Investment
  • £58 million Public Sector Investment
  • £108 Private Sector Investment

Led by Carmarthenshire County Council in partnership with Hywel Dda University Health Board, Universities and Colleges including Cardiff University, Coleg Sir Gar, the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Swansea University Pentre Awel is the first development of its scope and size in Wales.

It will combine world-class medial research, business development facilities, community healthcare, assisted living and a state-of-the-art leisure and aquatics centre, to support and encourage people to lead active and healthy lives and foster businesses within life sciences, health, social care and wellbeing.

Education and training facilities will also be the heart of the project with a focus on training the next generation of the health and social care workforce.

This Carmarthenshire based project will deliver:

  • 1,853 jobs
  • 50,000 sq. metre development across all four zones
  • 12,000 sq. meters of business, research, education, clinical, leisure and community facilities within Canolfan (Zone 1).
  • 80 life science businesses established and supported
  • £467 million contribution to regional GVA

 

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Meet the Pentre Awel team
  • Alex Williams Pentre Awel - Project Lead
  • Richard Reynolds Pentre Awel - Project Officer
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