Huw Bryer

huw@oldbell3.co.uk

Huw Bryer Background

Huw is an experienced policy consultant and project manager and is a partner at Old Bell 3 based in Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. A first language Welsh speaker, Huw was formerly a Director of Menter a Busnes (an all Wales Enterprise Agency), and before that was a Senior Consultant at Newidiem. Between 1997 and 2001, Huw worked for the Welsh Local Government Association as a Policy Officer on Economic, Rural, European and International Affairs, which involved policy research, development and consultation on behalf of Wales’ 22 local authorities and advising the Welsh Delegation to the EU’s Committee of Regions. Huw started his career as a Development Officer with the National Trust in Wales. Between 2003 and 2006 Huw served as a member of an Advisory Group (TAG1) to assist WEFO in assessing Objective 1 applications for Business Support and Entrepreneurship projects. He is also a regular contributor to BBC Cymru/Wales news on Economic and Business Affairs.

Education

Huw holds a BA (Hons) Business Degree from the University of Wales, Cardiff.

Consultancy Experience

Huw has either managed or contributed to a wide range of consultancy assignments including summative and formative evaluations as well as research and strategy development projects across a range of policy areas (including Entrepreneurship and Business Support, Skills, Employment and Training, Education, EU Structural Funding, Community Development and Social Inclusion, ICT, Tourism, Rural Development, Children and Young People, Sport and Physical Activity, the Welsh language and Spatial Planning). Clients have included various Welsh Assembly Government Departments, Welsh local authorities, Universities, Sector Skills Councils and the Big Lottery Fund.

Projects upon which Huw has recently worked include:

Evaluation of the High Growth Programme (DE&T)
The Impact of Recession Across Wales and Ways Local Authorities Can Support Sustainable Economic Recovery (WLGA)
Evaluation of Business Support to Social Enterprises in Wales (Wales Co-operative Centre)
A Strategic Review of SEMTA in Wales (SEMTA)
Evaluation of the National Practitioners’ Training Programme (Sabbatical Scheme) (DCELLS)
Research into Student Finance Delivery in Wales with York Consulting LLP (DCELLS)
Evaluation of the Accelerate Clusters Programme (DE&T)
Evaluation of the Broadband Wales Observatory (DE&T)
Research into the benefits and extent of Participation among Children and Young People in partnership with York Consulting LLP (DCELLS)
Research into Headship in Wales (DCELLS)
Preparation of the First Annual Report of the Wales Employment and Skills Board (WESB/DCELLS)
Research into the Integration of Employment and Skills in Wales (WESB/DCELLS)
Evaluation of the Communities @ One Programme (Social Justice and Local Government Department)
Development of a Wales Training Framework (Skillset Cymru)
Research into Skills Needs and Requirements of Hotel, Leisure, Travel and Tourism Industry Employers (DCELLS)
EU Convergence Activities Framework for North West Wales (Gwynedd, Anglesey, Conwy and Denbighshire County Councils)
Evaluation of the Welsh for Adults Programme (DCELLS)
Evaluation of Business Development Grants (Anglesey County Council)
Evaluation of the Welsh Language Immersion Education and Intensive Teaching Project (DCELLS)
Evaluation of the Equinex EQUAL Funded project (University of Wales, Newport)
Support and Self Evaluation for the Way of Life Programme with Hall Aitken
(Big Lottery Fund)
Strategic Support to the Alliance of Secotr Skills Councils in Wales
An EU ‘Masterclass’ for Wiltshire Strategic Economic Partnership and Wiltshire County Council