Author: Rhys Gregory

From serving up delicious frozen treats to creating a ‘cooling cave’ – the RSPCA and a coalition of animal welfare experts are sharing tried and tested ways to help your dog stay comfortable this summer. With temperatures already soaring this month, reminiscent of last year’s ‘heatwave’ – a team of dog experts are reminding us to take steps to make sure our pets are kept as comfortable as possible as they endure the heat. Visits to the RSPCA’s hot weather advice pages on its website sky-rocket at this time of year – highlighting the need to spread the message -…

Ahead of this summer’s The Senior Open Presented by Rolex, 55 pupils from Year 6 West Park Primary School in Porthcawl attended a golf clinic this week, at the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, to learn new golfing skills and find out more about the sport’s health benefits. The school children were put through their paces by Royal Porthcawl and Wales Golf coaches, and rugby legend and keen golfer Sir Gareth Edwards MBE was there to lend a hand. Mr Newman, Deputy Headteacher of West Park Primary said, “We were delighted to be invited to visit the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club…

Fifty community-minded volunteers took part in a litter pick to kick start a summer campaign to spruce up a housing estate. The two month long project on the Parc Peulwys estate in Llysfaen, above Colwyn Bay, is being organised by housing association Cartrefi Conwy and sister organisation Creating Enterprise who are urging tenants to get involved The litter pick and fun day were the first in a series of events designed to bring community members together while also generating new ideas for improving their lifestyles. Free bacon butties, a bouncy castle, pre-loved toys, clothes and games giveaway,  and an abundance…

A young woman has climbed from the front line to senior management at a top food wholesaler in just two years. University of Chester graduate Josie Swift, 29, has been appointed as the new Head of Purchasing at fast-growing Harlech Foodservice, which has bases in Cricieth in Gwynedd and Chester. Josie knows all about food products and about the hospitality industry – she wrote her degree dissertation on the provenance of fish fingers and then ran pubs for brewing giant Greene King. She switched careers after suffering a knee injury falling into a pub cellar and joined fast-growing Harlech two…

AN ESTEEMED skin clinic has unveiled innovative new technology ahead of further expansion. Pure Perfection Clinic, based in Rossett, near Wrexham and Chester, has made “significant investment” in cutting-edge C02 laser machinery and treatments that will be demonstrated at a launch event this Thursday (June 15). The award-winning business is one of a select few in the UK to introduce the cutting-edge Secret Pro skin resurfacing device having brought in unique thread lift and Morpheus8 treatments during lockdown. Owner Sara Cheeney, from Llangollen, says a revamped website – including an online patient and e-commerce portal – boosted client numbers and…

A new webpage is now available to point Swansea businesses in the direction of work opportunities for the council. The webpage at www.swansea.gov.uk/tenderingopportunities is being kept updated by the council to show current work that businesses can bid for and the deadlines for bids. Contracts currently live for bids include flooring, videography and cavity wall insulation removal works. The launch of the webpage follows-on from the availability of grants of up to £1,000 to help local Swansea businesses bid for public sector or larger-scale contracts. Successful business applicants will be able to use the funding to help access training for…

With 23% of the 1.6 million tonnes of carbon emissions generated annually in Cardiff produced by the commercial and industrial sectors, local businesses and organisations came together yesterday (June 13th) to learn from some of the innovative local businesses that are already significantly reducing their carbon footprint, and explore how they too can help accelerate Cardiff towards a carbon neutral future. Hosted by Cardiff Council at Techniquest science discovery centre in Cardiff Bay, more than 100 local businesses and organisations from the public, private and third sector attended the first One Planet Cardiff Summit. Cardiff Council Cabinet Member for Climate…

Newport City Council is delighted to once again be supporting Clean Air Day this year. Clean Air Day is an annual campaign run across the UK by Global Action Plan. The campaign aims to highlight issues around air pollution and inspire people to take steps to tackle poor air quality. On Thursday, the council will be holding its third annual Clean Air Day event, which this year is being hosted by Jubilee Park Primary school. Pupils from Jubilee Park, High Cross, Mount Pleasant, Pentrepoeth, Rogerstone and Bassaleg schools will join together to learn about air quality, why it is important,…

Another Caerphilly County Borough resident has been rewarded £500 for recycling their food waste as part of the Borough’s Mash for Cash campaign. Mr and Mrs Jenkins from Caerphilly have been announced as the latest winners of Caerphilly County Borough’s Mash for Cash campaign. The campaign sees houses monitored with one food recycling participant chosen at random each month to win £500. The initiative was launched in March 2022, with an aim to increase food waste recycling participation and contribute to Welsh Government’s decarbonisation targets. All Caerphilly County Borough residents are eligible to win the cash prize providing they put…

Nant-y-Parc Primary School has been accredited with the World Class Schools Quality Mark on 23 May, making them the first Primary School in Wales to achieve this award and joining a coveted network of just over 140 schools in the UK. The Quality Mark is awarded by education charity ‘World Class Schools Quality Mark’, whose unique assessment framework assesses the students, not the school, for their demonstration of World Class skills and competencies. The premise is that if the school is truly World Class, then its students should be able to demonstrate this in whatever context they find themselves. Nant-y-Parc…