01/09/2016 BBC Wales Today


01/09/2016

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Shelim Hussein's online takeaway firm is being investigated

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It received a grant to create jobs here, but some of them

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And a quarter more patients benefit from organ

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A UK wide online food ordering service is being investigated after

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it received a ?1 million grant for the creation of 100 new jobs, some

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of which were outsourced abroad. Payments to the company have been

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suspended pending enquiry. I'm Shelim Hussein,

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from EuroFood Group in Newport. We are the largest suppliers

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to the ethnic catering This is one of Wales's most

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successful businessman, he's been a regular on TV,

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won awards for his work, a MBE and plaudits from

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a former Prime Minister. Euro foods employs more

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than 200 people. That is an extraordinary achievement

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for Shelim and a huge boost Euro foods has been supplying

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the takeaway and restaurant And now he's moved into something

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new, the takeaway food And modern technology

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is revolutionising Kukd.com is hoping to gain

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a foothold in this growing market, but the company is the subject

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of an enquiry after receiving financial support from

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the Welsh government. Kukd offers a one-stop shop allowing

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customers to order a takeaway or book a table online,

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through an app, or website. The Welsh government decided

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to support kukd with grant funding of ?2.75 million for

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the creation of around 280 The company received

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an initial ?1 million in 2015 The Welsh government

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is investigating anonymous allegations that the ground

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conditions weren't fulfilled. There are things that staff

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were transferred from Euro Foods And it has emerged that some

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employees were laid off from the company and jobs

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were outsourced to We've spoken to a source close

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to the company, their words are spoken by production team member

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to protect their identity. A number of people

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have been affected. It's the junior people been

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the biggest victims. The people who the grant money

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is probably for haven't benefited Some feel the case

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raises wider questions. We are not talking

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an considerable sum of money. To date ?1 million has

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been made available, they have received that money

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on the basis of jobs After that, we want to see

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a successful company If that's not happening

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than the Welsh government need to look at themselves in the mirror

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and ask have we done all we can to protect the public

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purse was a and act Shelim Hussein declined to be

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interviewed, but gave a statement He says he's been transparent

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in all his dealings with the Welsh government, and that all ground

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conditions were met. some jobs were outsourced abroad

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to save the company. Something he claims the Welsh

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government was aware of. The Welsh government has no

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wrongdoing has been found to date. But no further payments

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will be made to kukd.com Wales is "leading the way"

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in efforts to increase the number of lives being saved by organ

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transplants, after a new law came That's according to the Chief

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Medical Officer for Wales. It comes as new annual NHS figures

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show that almost a quarter more Transplanting organs

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from one person to another, one of the most remarkable

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achievements of modern medicine. This teenager is getting a new

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kidney, and a new lease of life. Many more are waiting

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for the same chance. This is Wales's only transplant unit

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at the University Hospital Around 120 patients come here each

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year for a new pancreas or kidney. There are not enough

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organs to meet the demand. Nine months ago Wales became

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the first, and only country in the UK, to introduce a new law,

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with the aim of increasing the supply for them and others

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across the UK. It means if you are an adult living

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in Wales you are now considered to be willing for your organs to be

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donated after death and lest New figures show that in the 12

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months up to March this year 214 people received transplants compare

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it to 174 the previous year. An increase of almost 25%,

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much higher than that across the UK. The number of deceased donors

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in Wales increased by just four, But the Welsh government's top

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doctor, is cautiously optimistic. We have to be careful about looking

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at a year's data in anything. We are seeing more donations

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and transplants on people's lives Despite efforts to increase donor

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numbers those on the front line says too many still die waiting.

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We are seeing patients die every other week in Wales.

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As a result of the shortage of organs.

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We need to make some changes, if we can increase the number

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of donors by a relatively small amount, we can go a long way

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Nobody expected the new Welsh law to lead to a really big increase

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in the number of donors, but what effect it has had

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A guard of honour has been provided for a body discovered in the ruins

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of the collapsed Didcot Power Station.

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Three workers, including Christopher Huxtable from Swansea,

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have been missing under the rubble for six months.

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Thames Valley Police say their families have been informed.

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The person has not yet been formally identified

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Funding for two Techniquest science museums will be stopped

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by the Welsh Government from April 2021.

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Cardiff's Techniquest has already been warned it could lose its annual

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funding of ?850,000 by 2019, but it has been given more

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Its sister charity in Wrexham is set to lose its annual

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Wales defender, Chris Gunter, says striker Hal Robson-Kanu is now

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settled after signing for West Brom on deadline day and is backing him

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Robson-Kanu impressed at Euro 2016 scoring this memorable goal.

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Gunter says having another team-mate playing in the premier league

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It's a good move for him, you know, he was waiting for the right

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Yes, it's good that he's settled and once the Wales game is done next

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week he can get back to the club and kick on.

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We've always said that it's good for Welsh football,

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the squad and this team when we have players playing at the top level.

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Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny says he'll be available for the Lions

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tour of New Zealand next summer after Toulon confirmed he can

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There had been doubts whether Halfpenny would be released

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because the end of the season in France clashes with the tour.

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Have we seen the last of summer? Have we seen the last of summer?

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I don't think so. It looks like Join me, Jeremy Vine,

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and Tina Daheley

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