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March 9, 2017updated 21 Mar 2017 3:10pm

Newsquest given £246k state subsidy to safeguard jobs at Newport subbing hub which will close in April

By Dominic Ponsford

Local newspaper group Newsquest is facing questions over a £246,000 subsidy it was given by the Welsh Government to safeguard jobs at its sub-editing hub in Newport two years ago.

The money was conditional on 15 jobs at Maesglas being safeguarded until 2020 and was intended to promote job creation.

Update 21/3/2017: The Welsh government may seek to recoup some £340k worth of state subsidy to the Newport Plant if conditions around job creation were not me, the BBC reports.

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