Introducing the

Cardiff Capital Region

CoInnovateCS, May 2-3 2019

Peter Davies, CS Programme Lead

What is the

Cardiff Capital Region?

The Cardiff Capital Region is…

• home to around 1.5 million people

• the gateway to Wales and England

• home to world-class universities

• a 90 minute train ride from London

Small

enough to

testbed…..

Large

enough to

scale…..

The Cardiff Capital Region…

• accounts for over 50% of total £62bn economic output of Welsh economy

• consists of 78,000+ active businesses

• enjoys one of the highest levels of economic vibrancy in the whole of the

UK

• affordable premises and housing

• Wales has the best skills support package in the UK

The Cardiff Capital Region…

• boasts the fastest growing UK capital city on a number of

measures

• makes the top 10 City Digital Start-up locations

• offers high quality of life, awe-inspiring environments and strong

liveability

What is the

Cardiff Capital Region

City Deal?

The CCR City Deal is…

• a partnership with the Welsh Government and 10 local authorities

• a unique programme of collaborative working between public sector,

industry and academia which will enable economic change,

improved digital and physical connectivity, improved skills and

educational opportunities, and regeneration across the region

• an investment in our people

The CCR City Deal aims to…

• leverage £4bn of additional private investment

• create 25,000 new high skilled jobs in industries of the future

• grow GVA in the region by 5% over the next 15 years

• promote inclusive economic growth across the region

• transform the UK’s capability and help position CCR as the European leader in

Compound Semi-Conductor (CSC) applications

• prioritise interventions that supported development of internationally-competitive CSC

cluster

The CCR City Deal is currently…

• investing £730m in a state of the art multi-modal public transit

system ‘the Metro’

• bringing together innovation in energy, skills, digital and

transport in a Metro Plus programme

• growing the Compound semiconductor cluster

• establishing an investment fund that supports innovation,

infrastructure and R&D/ challenge growth throughout the

region

The CCR City Deal is currently…

A model of co-investment

City Deal

UKRI/ Innovate UK

Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

Shared Prosperity Fund

Industry/ HE

WG & Development Bank and other potential co-investors

Including WG innovation support

City Deal Investment Funds

A whole-region CS Cluster• Mega CS Foundry & Integrated silicon and

compound on silicon wafer fab are the Core of the CS Cluster

• Providing manufacturing services for the world’s first CS Cluster and the wider global foundry market

• Targeted investment continues to attract major global companies to region

• Strategic investment into the core, unlocks & attracts high value supply chain and inward investment opportunities all across the region

• Tied into major research projects in Cardiff & Swansea Universities

A CS cluster evolving at speed……

The CCR City Deal has invested in and supported…

• the world’s first Compound Semiconductor cluster complete with

IQE’s mega foundry - the world’s largest outsource CS epi facility

• a UK-Government-backed applications-based Catapult Centre

• the Compound Semiconductor Institute and the CSC Centre,

attracting hundreds of millions of pounds worth of investment

• All positioned in Wales and the Cardiff Capital Region

A strong and growing CS presence• IQE plc as specialist CS producer in the region

• Newport Wafer Fab as integrated silicon and CoS wafer fab

• Focused and growing supply chain presence in the region and Wales

• Over £270m of tactical and strategic investments in CS R&D:

• Institute of CSC – early stage R&D – IQE partnership with WG and Cardiff University

• CSC Centre of Excellence –prototyping – IQE and Cardiff University

• Applications based Catapult Centre – led by Innovate UK

• Centre for Integrative Semiconductor materials – materials foundry at Swansea University

• Has included investment from sources such as WG, WEFO, UK Research Partnership, EPSRC, SerCymru, HEFCW, Cardiff University and Innovate UK

• Setting aside state aid intervention – IPCEI (Important Projects of Common European Interest) EC exemption secured

Strength in Places Bid• Confirmation of first stage award

for CS Connected – business case due Sept 2019

• £44m bid to grow CS cluster, focusing on:

• Collaborative R&D programme

• Skills and talent development

• Front of house

• Marketing/ Inward Investment

• Eco-system development

CS Accelerator – a further step forward…• A catalyst for new, high-value system supply chains

• A collision space for collaborative opportunities

• Purchase of land and development of infrastructure

• Skills Accelerator – teaching and training facilities, CS academy

• Inward Investment Accelerator – high end incubation space

• Innovation Accelerator – Technical Facilities to showcase radical CS enabled solutions

• Aims to:• demonstrate importance of CS technology in driving new technologies

• define new skills required to deliver economic impact

• create space for innovation and early adoption

Demonstrating commitment to the sector

Between CCRCD and Welsh Government:

• To work on collaborative opportunities

• Acting as an intermediary for the cluster

• Providing support around:• Recruitment and skills

• University links

• Investment and wider financial support

Come and find us at:

www.cardiffcapitalregion.wales

@ccrcitydeal

www.tradeandinvest.walesrichard.shaddick@gov.wales

We’d be delighted to hear from you……