Author: Rhys Gregory

As further education learners head back to a new term, there is help available to FE students in Wales to support their studies as the cost-of-living crisis continues to effect people. Full-time Further Education is Free Full-time learners in Wales can access further education free of charge, regardless of age. Funding is also available for learners undertaking a range of part-time courses in further education, contact your FE college to find out what you could be entitled to. Free Meals You might be eligible for Free Meals for Learners during the college holidays. The Minister for Education and Welsh Language…

The Liverpool based hospitality operators are planning to open their latest Golf Fang site on Cardiff’s Mary Ann Street. The company was founded by Kip Piper and Daniel Bolger, who opened their first site in Liverpool in 2016 inside the 25,000 square-foot Cains Brewery. Each Golf Fang venue offers an 18-hole crazy golf experience, combined with themed cocktails and DJs in a ‘sprayground’ environment where the venue features work from selected graffiti artists. The brand’s goal is to create a unique set of courses that provide guests with an experience that both inspires and positions graffiti as an art form.  The company now…

Local investment company, Kartay Holdings, has recently acquired six key properties across Oxford Street between H Samuel Jewellers and Barclays Bank, with a view to revitalising a main shopping artery of the City Centre. Kartay has pledged further investment in the buildings to breathe life into a major thoroughfare of Swansea City Centre. At present, three of the six acquired retails units sit vacant, however ongoing talks between Kartay and a number of new retailers and eateries are moving at pace in a bid to provide a major boost to Swansea City Centre’s retail and hospitality offering. Redevelopment of the…

Specialist Wales-wide training provider Itec has invested in the wellbeing and mental health of its learners by partnering with leading health and wellbeing platform, Red Dot 365, after recent data revealed that 49% of 16–24-year-olds ‘do not feel well-prepared to do the course or get the job they want’. Itec is the first work-based training and skills provider in Wales to invest in the software, which provides tailored, evidence-driven health and wellbeing solutions for its users. The investment from Itec enables its regional centres to monitor what issues have the greatest impact on their learners. In turn, the team understand what…

Flotek Group, an MSP with an ambitious goal of transforming IT & Communications available to SMEs, has announced its second acquisition as part of the business’ bold growth strategy, just two months after its previous acquisition. The acquisition of MazingTree, a trusted technology and IT support service provider, sees Flotek further expand into the South West to cover Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall, in addition to the wider Wales area. A longstanding business and partner of Microsoft Cloud, Dell and Veeam, that brings the latest technologies and a personal service second to none, MazingTree clients will benefit from increased expertise in…

Multi genre spanning festival In It Together (26-28 May 2023) – Wales’ biggest and best festival – has announced a new round of incredible line-up additions including headliners The Kooks, Anne-Marie and James. From the creative minds behind ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Escape,’ and ‘Party At The Park’, the festival juggernauts and one of Wales’ most beloved legacy festival brands Escape Records will bring over 40,000 people together to enjoy a weekend of entertainment and cultural enlightenment in the lush Welsh countryside. The all-encompassing family friendly festival promises something for all ages from grandparents to toddlers, with over 200 live acts and…

Swansea Building Society will host an early evening networking seminar event aimed at financial, legal and property professionals in the Monmouthshire area. The event will take place at the Angel Hotel, Abergavenny, on Thursday, November 24, and is the Society’s first-ever such meeting in the region. It invites mortgage brokers, accountants, solicitors, estate agents, valuers and businesspeople working in and around the Abergavenny area to attend. It is hoped this will be the first of many similar events hosted by Swansea Building Society in the region, where professionals working in related fields can meet up, discuss issues, and discover the…

FinTech Wales, the not-for-profit independent membership organisation for the FinTech and Financial Services industries in Wales, has today released its Annual Report for 2021/22. This is the first time that the organisation has provided an in-depth report on the state of FinTech in Wales, commenting specifically on the organisation’s four key pillars of focus: skills and talent, ecosystem and community, funding and investment and promotion of Welsh FinTechs and Wales as a place for organisations to thrive. In its key findings, the report entitled, “FinTech in Wales 2021 / 2022”, estimates that over 1000 jobs have been created in the…

A new bar with a difference has opened in Llandudno Junction and it’s the bees knees. The Maelgwn Nectar Bar is aiming to attract a special kind of clientele, the winged variety, to pollinate the wild flowers and fruit trees in a new wildlife garden in a busy residential area of the village. It’s a partnership between housing association Cartrefi Conwy and the Conwy Valley Branch of North Wales Wildlife Trust, with the help of local grow your own group Incredible Edible Conwy. Cartrefi Conwy provided the strip of land on Victoria Drive alongside their acclaimed Cwrt Ysgol Maelgwn redevelopment…

Cardiff Bus customers are being alerted to route diversions as a result of roadworks taking place in Llanrumney. Services 49 and 50 will see diversions on Saturday 12 November from 08:00 to 20:00, and on Sunday 13 November from 09:00 to 20:00. On Saturday 12 November the roundabout near the Countisbury Avenue shops will be closed on the eastern side between Countisbury Avenue and Mount Pleasant Avenue. Buses will only serve Llanrumney Avenue, Burnham Avenue (as far as Ball Road) and Ball Road in both directions. Burnham Avenue from bottom shops to Countisbury Avenue top shops will not be served…