Author: Rhys Gregory

Callum Robinson has been speaking ahead of Cardiff City’s Carabao Cup quarter final clash with Chelsea, as the Bluebirds prepare for a huge night under the lights at the Cardiff City Stadium. The City forward faced the media on Monday to look ahead to the visit of Premier League opposition, with a place in the semi finals up for grabs. With the Blues travelling to south Wales for an 8pm kick off on Tuesday night and tickets long since sold out, Robinson admitted the squad are relishing the challenge. Cardiff head into the tie in good form and backed by…

An “inspirational” couple have given festive hampers to more than 800 staff as their pioneering care organisation marked its 40th anniversary in style. Founders Mario Kreft MBE and his wife, Gill, toured Pendine Park’s care homes, thanking staff and residents during joint Christmas and anniversary celebrations. Pendine Park opened just before Christmas in 1985 when the couple launched Gwern Alyn care home in Wrexham with just 10 staff and 14 residents – the beginning of a remarkable journey that’s shaped social care in Wales. Four decades on, the organisations has grown into a major provider with nine homes in Wrexham…

Wales is investing in sickness not health, the Future Generations Commissioner is warning, as he joins calls for a dramatic shift in the way we spend our budgets. The Chief Medical Officer for Wales recently warned inequalities are widening, while Wales spends half of its budget on the under-pressure NHS and is not investing enough on root causes. Spending on prevention returns £14 for every pound invested, according to Public Health Wales, while more than £10bn is spent on the NHS every year. Derek Walker said until we treat prevention as a shield not a competing priority, we’re condemning the NHS to fight multiple crises…

JBF Group, a specialist engineering firm based on Wrexham Industrial Estate, has expanded its operations and created nine new jobs following a six-figure investment from the Development Bank of Wales and grant funding from Wrexham Council. JBF Group is a family-run business which specialises in high-quality civil, structural, and mechanical engineering solutions across a range of sectors including power and public utilities. It employs 82 people across its sites in Wrexham, Bromborough and Yorkshire. The funding package — delivered via the Welsh Government-backed Wales Flexible Investment Fund — has enabled JBF Group to build a new purpose-built workshop at its…

Knightsbridge House Estates has completed the successful letting of approximately 35,000 sq ft of vacant industrial space at Deeside Industrial Park to Whole Ice Ltd, a major European ice manufacturer supplying leading retailers including Iceland Foods, Tesco, SPAR and Marks & Spencer. The letting follows Knightsbridge House Estates’ recent acquisition of the industrial unit and was completed within weeks of purchase. Whole Ice has signed a new 10-year lease, without break, following the successful completion of a comprehensive programme of landlord works to bring the space back to market. Whole Ice forms part of a wider international group headquartered in…

A pioneering Cardiff scheme helping people on lower incomes buy organic fruit and veg is being highlighted in a new national report, which finds that government support for organic food could deliver major health and economic benefits across the UK. The Bridging the Gap report looked at nine pilots across the UK and found that connecting households on low incomes with locally grown organic food can generate £8.78 in social value for every £1 of public investment, matched with £1.10 from shoppers. The benefits include better health, stronger communities, local economic growth and climate and nature gains. One of the…

A pantomime cast visited hospice patients in costume –  oh yes they did! Patients at the Marie Curie Cardiff and the Vale Hospice on Bridgeman Road, Penarth, met cast from the Crossroads Pantomimes production of Sleeping Beauty – including Prince Gethin, also known as TV presenter Gethin Jones and broadcaster Owain Wyn Evans who plays the Spirit of Pantomime. Cardiff’s best-loved panto dame Mike Doyle also visited as Nurse Nellie, with returning star Jack Ryan as Muddles and Welsh musical theatre star Emma Kirk as Princess Aurora. Jalisa Phoenix-Roberts also stars as Carabosse in the production. Between performances on Friday, the…

When Swansea-based South Wales Transport (SWT) agreed its sale to Tower Transit, it marked a major step for a much-loved local operator with deep roots in the community. The deal creates new opportunities for growth across South West Wales while keeping the character and continuity that have defined the business for decades. SWT began life as a family-run company founded by Bev and David  Fowles, and what started as a small local operation grew steadily through commitment to service and community focus. His son, David Fowles, continued that approach and has guided the company through modernisation and steady expansion over…

A magnificent former industrial South Wales Valleys church dating back 170 years is for sale at auction. The former Beulah Baptist Church, on Victoria Street, once served a thriving and growing congregation in the former heavy industrial village of Dowlais, near the town of Merthyr Tydfil. Dating back to its initial foundation in 1856, the impressive property which was enlarged in 1869 to its current size, is listed for sale with a guide price of £48,000. James Hollingsworth, of Newport-based Paul Fosh Auctions who are selling the church, said the closed down but still fully fitted 170-year-old property presents an…

The Pension Protection Fund has published the 20th edition of its Purple Book, offering a detailed snapshot of the health of the UK’s defined benefit pension landscape and pointing to a continued improvement in scheme funding levels. The annual report, which analyses data up to 31 March 2025, shows higher funding ratios, falling liabilities and a further reduction in risk across the sector. Commenting on the findings, Sarah Garnish, Consultant at Quantum Advisory, shared her insight into what the latest figures mean for schemes, members and the wider pensions market, highlighting several key trends shaping the direction of travel for…