"We need to see a sustained increase year on year with funding for training places, " she told BBC Wales.
Apple had an exceptional fourth quarter, selling 35.5 million smartphones to end users, a 121.4 percent increase year on year.
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"We have seen numbers increase year on year to 169, 000 and we wanted to expand, " said Simon Egan, of Bure Valley Adventures.
For the quarter, the company's consolidated operating profit reached a record 6.72 trillion won, representing a 79-percent increase year-on-year.
For the quarter, the company's consolidated operating profit reached an all-time high of 5.85 trillion won representing a 98-percent increase year-on-year.
According to this article the Chinese government reported that rural consumers purchased 41.7 billion RMB in household appliances as a result of the subsidies over the first 4 months of 2010 (equivalent to a 510% increase year-on-year).
Samsung saw a 76 percent increase since Q4 2011, extending its lead over the iPhone maker, while Huawei, now third, saw an 89.5 percent year-on-year increase on its smartphone shipments.
Revenue reached 24.04 trillion won, and the mobile unit accounted for 20.52 trillion won, a 75-percent increase year-on-year.
Deutsche Telekom is planning a year-on-year increase in adjusted EBITDA in 2014 (including MetroPCS on a comparable basis).
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Except for France, which had a small decrease of 4 percent, each country reports a sharp increase in year-on-year film production between 2005 and 2009.
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The rise in total sales was even more marked - a year-on year increase of 8.2% in Scotland, compared to 5% south of the border.
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The retailer reported a 40% year-on-year increase in digital sales through the nine weeks ending December 29.
In the first quarter of this year alone, some 18.9 million devices were shipped, representing a 67.8% year-on-year increase.
The sequential and year-on-year increase in blended churn was primarily driven by higher churn from branded contract and connected device customers.
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Last quarter, MetLife reported a 17% year-on-year increase in operating income from Asia, which drove a 47% increase in company-wide operating income.
Data published Tuesday by European Union statisticians put unemployment across the 17 eurozone countries at 10.4% for December 2011, a year-on-year increase of 0.4%.
The year-on-year increase was partially offset by an improvement in prepaid branded churn as a result of unlimited Monthly 4G prepaid plans introduced in 2011.
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In Wales, there is a year-on-year increase of 15%, but this has been driven by a 37% increase for teaching in primary schools, with only a 0.5% for secondary schools.
But the year-on-year increase in the British retail-price index was just 3.5% in January and even that number was pushed up by higher rates of value-added tax, a home-grown factor.
Huawei expects its 2012 global sales revenues to reach CNY 220.2 billion, an 8% year-on-year increase, with a net profit of CNY 15.4 billion, a 33% increase from the previous year.
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American Express reported a 7% year-on-year increase in card billed business in the U.S. for the fourth quarter of 2012, complemented by a 5% increase in spend per card in the country.
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Despite competition from digital music networks such as The Box and Kiss, in the UK it boasts a 43% year-on-year increase in ratings and accounts for three-fifths of all music channel viewers.
The sequential and year-on-year increase in customer losses is a result of intense competitive pressure from the launch of the iPhone 4S by three nationwide competitors in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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And Monday's figures showing a slight year-on-year increase in public sector net borrowing have fuelled fears that the UK could lose its coveted AAA credit rating, thereby potentially increasing the government's cost of borrowing.
The sequential and year-on-year increase was primarily due to higher churn of branded contract customers as a result of competitive market conditions and all of T-Mobile's primary nationwide competitors offering the iPhone 4S in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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The pattern emerged last year, with a 7% increase on the previous year's figures for the number of students from Northern Ireland opting to stay at home.
Last year, it was used over 120, 000 times - a three-fold increase on the year before.
The operating profit of 740 billion won amounted to an increase of 87 percent on the previous quarter and an increase on-year.
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But at first sight, the figures on employment do appear to be more encouraging than one might have expected - an increase of 181, 000 on the quarter and, more modestly, an increase of 75, 000 year-on-year.
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