Employers urged to recruit more disabled workers

A conference highlighting the talents of disabled people and their value to the Welsh economy is taking place in Cardiff later.

Fronted by Falklands veteran and Welsh businessman Simon Weston, the event will be attended by some of the nation's biggest employers.

With employers in Wales hiring fewer disabled people than any other part of Britain, it's designed to increase confidence among employers across Wales to recruit and retain more of the 225,000 disabled people of working age in the country currently not in employment.

"What I want employers to take away from this conference is that disabled people can be some of your best employees. To overlook the skills and talents of people because they have a physical or mental disability could ultimately cost you money" - Simon Weston