Author: Rhys Gregory

More than 230 exhibitors have booked their places at this year’s Wonderwool Wales, the award-winning show that celebrates all that’s great about Welsh wool and natural fibres. Buoyed by support from the Wales Cultural Recovery Fund, the organisers are delighted with the positive response from exhibitors to the 17th show, which will be held at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells on April 22 and 23. The show hopes to feature five knitted maps and a record breaking longest scarf, more details of which will be release closer to the event. Tickets for the show, which traditionally attracts more…

Saturday 10th June 2023 sees the second annual Welsh Fitness Expo and Welsh Fitness Classic being held at Cardiff City Stadium. July 2022 witnessed 2,000 people from the UK fitness community attend the inaugural Welsh Fitness Expo and Welsh Fitness Classic. The huge success of the first Expo has demanded an even bigger location for year two. The 2023 Welsh Fitness Expo is on course to see 4,000 of the UK’s most dedicated fitness enthusiasts attend “THE” fitness event of the year. The Expo celebrates the best of the UK fitness industry with world leading brands in sports nutrition, fitness…

International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales) has secured a number of notable repeat business wins for 2023, as it establishes itself as the UK’s most exciting new events venue and brings a significant boost to the South Wales visitor economy. The disruptions of the pandemic meant ICC Wales only saw its first full year of trading in 2022, having launched in September 2019. The venue’s warm Welsh welcome, unique woodland location, contemporary meeting rooms flooded with natural daylight, and internationally acclaimed locally sourced cuisine has been widely praised by clients using the extensive and versatile facilities for the first time,…

Cardiff web agency, Illustrate Digital, is set to benefit from a £2.7million partnership with the world’s leading WordPress platform and website hosting provider, WP Engine. The strategic relationship will allow Illustrate Digital to access greater levels of premium hosting, security and support, enabling the company to strengthen its WordPress enterprise development services – this is estimated to be worth nearly £3million for the company. Illustrate Digital specialises in designing and developing WordPress websites for financial services, legal, B2B and government organisations across Europe. It works with brands such as Welsh Government, Pepper Money, Countingup Bank and Foster Wales. The company,…

More than 30 of Wales’ most successful female entrepreneurs and business leaders have united to form Women Angels of Wales (WAW),  a new business angel investment syndicate for women led by lead investor Jill Jones. It comes as the latest report by the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) suggests that despite female angel investors having helped drive more than £2bn of investment in companies across the UK in the past decade, women remain a minority in angel investment. This shortage of women angels has a direct impact because data shows that women are much more likely to invest in female-founded…

The search has begun for Wales’ most innovative and inspiring food & drink entrepreneurs as a national awards programme has opened for entries. Food & Drink Heroes was founded in 2021 to support and recognise the business owners leading the way in food & beverage sectors including hospitality, alcoholic drinks and confectionery. The organisers of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards launched the programme as a response to the high volume and standard of entries to its Food & Drink Entrepreneur of the Year category, aiming to shine a light on the many different areas of the industry in their own…

Cardiff Bus is celebrating one year since the launch of its electric bus fleet and is proud to reveal the substantial environment impact the buses have had since they were introduced. January 2022 saw the operator unveil its new fleet of 36 fully electric buses as part of its commitment to reducing its emissions and air pollution in the capital city. After a year of being on the road, the electric buses have spent 94,976 hours in operation, travelled 1,403,603 kms and saved 1,000 tonnes of CO2. The purchase of the Yutong E12 zero-emission single-decker bus fleet was the largest…

The crisis in social care has claimed another victim with the closure of a care home in the Wrexham area. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales said the loss of the 28 much-needed beds at Trewythen Hall Care Home in Gresford was a disaster for the vulnerable residents and their families. The home closed its doors just before Christmas after working with Wrexham County Borough Council to find alternative accommodation for the residents. It comes at a time when hospitals like the Maelor in Wrexham are at breaking point because of so-called bed-blocking with patients unable to…

Staff at a much loved North Wales children’s hospice have had a weight taken off their shoulders thanks to an impressive piece of kit paid for by a leading law firm. Tŷ Gobaith, in the Conwy Valley, which cares for youngsters with life-threatening conditions from across the region, have just taken delivery of a new wheelchair weighing machine worth £750 thanks to a donation from the Swayne Johnson Charitable Trust. It means that young people in wheelchairs can simply drive their chairs or be pushed onto the specialist scales and the new acquisition has been welcomed by staff and by…

With plummeting temperatures due to return this week, it is important to make sure our four-legged friends are prepared for the cold. After a fairly mild Christmas for most across the UK, temperatures are set to drop below 0°C over the next few days. Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, is issuing guidance to owners about how to keep your dog safe and warm during the cold snap, including how to avoid potential hazards on your winter walks. Runa Hanaghan, Deputy Veterinary Surgeon at Dogs Trust, said: “There are lots of simple things you can do to help…