Its team of advisors work across the country, helping co-operatives, social enterprises, community groups and voluntary organisations.
Two years later the Centre published the first list of co-operatives in Wales and launched its first programme of training courses.
In 1998 the Centre merged with Cardiff and Vale Co-operative Development Agency and took over the Enterprise Rehearsal Project which helped benefit claimants into self-employment (examples [7][8]).
[11] The Coalfields Regeneration Trust provided further funding in 2002 for the Centre to administer the Debt Redemption and Money Advice Scheme to protect those most at risk from doorstep lenders.
In 2004 it secured European Objective One funding to continue work in developing co-operatives and that led to a major expansion of the Centre.
After a total of 18 years with the Centre, Simon Harris left to become Director of Wales at Business in the Community.