Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:44 pm on 16 January 2019.
The Member will be interested to know that I'm carrying out a review of the definition of anchor company status and regionally important companies. There is no doubt that large companies make a huge contribution to the Welsh economy. In 2018, Presiding Officer, there were 1,675 large enterprises active in Wales, and that represented 0.6 per cent of all active enterprises in Wales, which is well above the equivalent UK figure of 0.1 per cent. As we've seen with the likes of Aston Martin and Airbus, those companies that are currently considered anchor companies are hugely important in driving growth within their respective supply chains.