Author: Rhys Gregory

LEADING transport provider Adventure Travel has unveiled its Charity of the Year bus which is this year dedicated to Welsh cancer charity Tenovus Cancer Care. Adventure Travel asked its passengers to nominate good causes and 61 charities were nominated by over 600 people. 28 of those nominated were then shortlisted and put to a public ballot which saw over 28,000 votes cast via Adventure Travel’s social media platforms. Following tens of thousands of votes and a very tight race, Tenovus Cancer Care was chosen as the Charity of the Year and will benefit from fundraising activities organised by the bus…

Dedicated dino fans will take a walk on the wild side this month as Dinosaur Experiences brings a host of life-sized dinosaurs to popular Pembrokeshire theme park Oakwood. This summer marks 30 years since the original, first of six Jurassic Park films was launched and to mark the occasion, prehistoric visitors to Oakwood Theme Park will include life-sized robotic Jurassic giants and baby dinos, all with realistic moving parts. Get up close and personal with a huge Velociraptor or Brontosaurus, dig for fossils or get involved in the on-site Raptor Training Academy. New to the dinosaur experiences? You’re in for…

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has been instructed to sell Sylvia Williams Chemist in Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Sylvia Williams Chemist is an established community pharmacy that dispenses an average of 12,500 items per month. The business is very well-located on the main high street of the highly desirable Vale of Glamorgan market town of Cowbridge. This sale also comes with the opportunity to acquire the substantial freehold property known as the ‘Great House’. The pharmacy, which has been owned by Mrs Kate Thomas and her family for over 40 years, has been brought to…

From the streets of Pakistan, clubs of Cardiff, hospital waiting rooms, and funfairs on Barry Island, eight heartfelt spoken stories will take listeners on personal and candid journeys, all focused on the theme of ‘Proud’, with the importance of representation at their core. FOR Cardiff presents this special audio-visual trail created in collaboration with the spoken stories company, Heard Storytelling– specifically for the people of Wales – across the city centre, from 16th June. Celebrating Visit Wales’ Year of Trails theme, the eight beautiful living portraits will draw people around the city’s streets and encourage them to immerse themselves in…

Veezu, the UK’s fastest growing taxi and private hire technology platform, has partnered with WeFlex to help driver-partners purchase electric vehicles. WeFlex is a private hire vehicle company that offers rent-to-buy schemes, flexible car finance and an easy route to electric vehicles, exclusively for private hire drivers. Veezu, which operates nine regional brands across England and Wales, has partnered with the firm to offer more than 12,000 driver-partners purchasing deals on electric vehicles. Two Teslas have already been purchased through the scheme by driver-partners in Newport, South Wales, home to regional brand Dragon Taxis, and five other electric vehicles have…

A Welsh giftware company will be the first to access the Development Bank of Wales’s new Green Business Loan Scheme. Swansea-based Something Different Wholesale received a £1.2m loan from the scheme, which was set up by the Development Bank and the Welsh Government to help businesses in Wales reduce their carbon footprint, supporting the nation’s journey to become net zero by 2050. The business will use the investment provided to install 2,200 new solar panels on its 158,000 square foot warehouses at the Enterprise Park on Upper Fforest Way, Swansea. The new solar energy systems will help Something Different cut…

The fundraiser has already seen more than £1,000 raised for Your Space (£1,215.16) – a charity which Paul is patron of after his young son, Albi, was diagnosed as autistic earlier this year. And now the Wrexham striker has officially endorsed the campaign by signing a limited number of the A4 and A3 prints (38 of each) with 100% of all profits going to the charity. Priced at £25 and £40 respectively, not including P&P,  the prints are available for sale worldwide via the online Fearless in Devotion shop, Fearless.Wales, and comes with a unique photo of the signing session…

A famous radio broadcast by poet Dylan Thomas about Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is being recreated to mark its 70th anniversary. The reading from actor, writer and director Celyn Jones will form the centrepiece of a mini programme of events to celebrate the literary magician’s 15-minute masterpiece on the BBC’s Home Service when he visited in 1953. The vivid verbal images conjured an enchanting and unforgettable picture from the unique event and was delivered in his deep, resonant voice. But it’s been revealed that the historic broadcast very nearly didn’t happen because at one point Thomas lost his notes on…

The Football Association of Wales is pleased to announce the appointment of three Independent Non-executive Directors to its Board following their confirmation at a meeting of the FAW Shareholders on Monday, 12 June. The FAW is delighted to announce Alys Carlton as the new Independent Chair, with Sameer Rahman and Dr Carol Bell as Independent Non-executive Directors, all of whom bring a variety of experience and specialist knowledge to the Board. Outgoing Chair, Steve Dalton OBE, said: “I’m incredibly proud to have been at the FAW for 7 years and privileged that 4 of those have been as Chair. As…

Tickets are now on sale for Pembrokeshire County Show, the largest county agricultural show in Wales. Preparations are coming together well for what is set to be a fantastic two days of livestock, competitions, attractions and much more. General entry tickets for the show, taking place on Wednesday and Thursday, 16 & 17 August, are now available at an ‘early birds’ rate online from the website. Adults £13, children £8 (5-16 years) under 4 years and under are free. At the event in August visitors will be able to enjoy listening to the all-day entertainment from the music stage, tickle…