Lee Wakemans at "It's Your Neath Port Talbot 2025"

Date attended: 24 September 2025
Venue: Margam Orangery, Swansea
Organiser: 4theRegion

Our Business Development Executive attended It's Your Neath Port Talbot 2025 at the beautiful Margam Orangery last month - a well-run, cross-sector forum that brought together local businesses, community leaders, residents and key organisations to focus on practical collaboration and delivery across Neath Port Talbot.

What the day was about

Hosted by 4theRegion, the event created space for open, inclusive dialogue and partnership building. The emphasis was on turning shared ambitions into action - from local enterprise and skills to decarbonisation, place-making and community wellbeing - so that prosperity is felt across every part of the county.

Key themes we engaged with

• Collaboration & networks: strengthening connections between businesses, public bodies and communities to accelerate delivery.
• Local economy & SMEs: building regional supply chains, improving access to opportunities and maximising social value.
• Skills & inclusion: aligning training and routes into work with employer needs, especially for future green and digital jobs.
• Decarbonisation in practice: pragmatic steps for organisations to reduce carbon while improving resilience and efficiency.
• Place-making & regeneration: revitalising town centres and community assets through joined-up programmes.

Why this matters to Lee Wakemans

As a project and cost management consultancy working across the region, we're committed to helping partners move from ideas to delivery. The discussions reinforced where we can add immediate value:

• Business cases, feasibility and funding support
• Programme, cost and risk management for community and low-carbon projects
• Procurement strategies that enable SME participation and maximise social value
• Clear reporting and governance to keep multi-stakeholder programmes on track

About 4theRegion

4theRegion is a not-for-profit membership alliance connecting people, businesses and organisations across Southwest Wales. They "connect the dots" - building networks, coordinating joint initiatives and keeping partners engaged so that shared ambitions translate into positive outcomes.

If we didn't manage to connect on the day - particularly if you're progressing projects in decarbonisation, regeneration or community infrastructure - we'd welcome a conversation.

Get in touch: [email protected]