Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 16 January 2019.
I was interested also in his answer earlier, talking about what—the discussion about what we mean by anchor companies. That's an interesting development. Last week, I met with Admiral Group, Wales's only FTSE 100-listed company. They employ a substantial number of constituents in Caerphilly and nearly 8,000 staff across three sites in Wales. We discussed how that company had strategic links with the Welsh Government, and, from my perspective through the discussion, those strategic links seem to be fairly limited. One of the key things that a Government can help develop and grow is skills, particularly the skill needs of that organisation. They discussed some of their skill requirements and the fact that they've got the Admiral academy, which looks at professional and personal development of staff. I don't feel that there's enough of a strategic link between that and our education sector in Wales. Bearing in mind the Government's cross-portfolio approach to strategy, would the Minister commit to having high-level discussions with Admiral to explore how those strategic skill development links can be developed by the Government?