Author: Rhys Gregory

The Startup Academy has supported 84 tech startups in the last 18 months and registration is now open for the Spring 2023 cohort. Tramshed Tech’s flagship Startup Academy is a free 10-week tri-annual programme designed to support early-stage startups and aspiring entrepreneurs in tech, digital and creative industries. The academy provides sequential learning over a 10-week period, and the next starts Friday 21st April with registration closing Friday 7th April. Previously, the programme covered a range of topics to include sales, finance and forecasting, but the latest edition focuses on idea validation, product market fit, MVP and building waiting lists…

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co is delighted to offer for sale a new lease on the famous Miskin Manor Hotel, Pontyclun, with a guide price of £700,000 and an annual rent of £300,000. Set in the heart of the Welsh countryside, within 18-acres of award-winning grounds, Miskin Manor Hotel boasts a rich history dating back to the 10th century. The Grade II listed manor has been home to numerous owners over the years, including the Prince of Glamorgan’s daughter and Judge Gwilym Williams, a statue of whom stands outside the national law courts in Cardiff. In 1985, the…

Paul Scanlon, 53 was diagnosed with Stage 3 bowel cancer in April 2022. He was told he would have to have an operation where they would remove his large bowel and that he would have to live with a stoma. As he hadn’t heard of a stoma before, he went to see a nurse who explained, and he says he was ‘thoroughly repulsed’ and over the next few weeks he had made his mind up not to have the operation. He visited Maggie’s Cardiff and saw the clinical psychologist, Sarah, who helped to change his mind. Paul said Sarah never…

Hozier has announced his highly anticipated live return with news of his first UK tour in four years. The Grammy-nominated, award-winning multi-platinum singer and songwriter and his band will perform headline dates across the UK this summer, which includes a headline date at Cardiff Castle on Thursday 6th July. In honour of his birthday today and St. Patrick’s Day, Hozier has also released his new EP “Eat Your Young”. The record includes all new material and features three songs – the title track, “All Things End,” and “Through Me (The Flood).” Working on further music, his third album “Unreal Unearth” is…

BBC Radio 4’s Today is looking for communities of listeners from across the UK to get together in teams and submit their ideas for special editions of the programme, set to be broadcast in the summer. Those wanting to take part are being invited to submit as a group an idea for their programme, along with an outline as to why they would make good guest editors. Owenna Griffiths, editor of the Today programme, says: “For 20 years the guest editors have brought original ideas and a wide range of perspectives to the Today programme. This summer, we are asking…

The MP for Ynys Môn Virginia Crosbie visited Mona Lifting’s HQ at Llangefni on Friday along with the project team from Busnes@LlandrilloMenai’s Green Digital Academy to learn more about the company’s new £50,000 investment in Photovoltaic (PV) solar power. The Green Digital Academy, funded through the UK Government’s Community Renewal Fund (UKCRF), works closely with SMEs to provide an evaluation report and consultancy support and advice to help them adapt and reduce their carbon footprint. Mona Group was amongst the first to benefit from the project which has enabled companies to work with an energy and sustainability consultant, each consultation…

A Cardiff-based training company is going from strength to strength after securing contracts to provide services to some major organisations. Ajuda Training Academy, which operates out of its education centre in Cardiff Bay, is a multi-award-winning company which delivers fully accredited vocational courses and qualifications to private companies and public sector organisations across the UK. Ajuda’s suite of training courses includes, amongst others, first aid and mental health training, manual handling, health and safety, food hygiene, fire safety, and safeguarding. The company’s latest client wins have seen it become the official first aid training provider for the Welsh Government, while also winning competitive tenders to provide first…

Talented students from Stagecoach Performing Arts in Swansea, Pontypridd & the Valleys, Bridgend & Cowbridge, Cardiff, Cwmbran & Monmouth, Carmarthen and Caerphilly took to the stage at the New Theatre Cardiff for a glamorous showcase on Sunday, 12th March 2023.  The students made the most of the fantastic opportunity to perform fan favourites from films such as ‘Wizard of Oz’, ‘Mary Poppins’, alongside heart-warming renditions of world-famous artists, from the likes of Queen, Elvis, and Tim Minchin to name a few. It really made for a night and experience that the students, their families and friends will never forget. Coming just before Stagecoach take over the illustrious Shaftesbury Theatre at the…

New Swansea University research has looked at the long-term environmental impact of different methods to control Japanese knotweed. The invasive species has been calculated to cost more than £165 million to manage every year in the UK alone. Its presence can blight property purchases for households across the country. This has led to the development of different ways of trying to control it but with sustainability becoming increasingly important, understanding the effect of these management methods is vital. A new study, led by biosciences lecturer Dr Sophie Hocking and looking at the entire life cycle and long term impacts of…

People with head and neck lumps that could signify cancer will be spared weeks of avoidable waiting and worrying before getting a diagnosis. Some of these patients require a form of biopsy known as an ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA). This uses ultrasound pictures to guide a needle to take a small sample to be analysed by a cytologist, who evaluates cell samples and can accurately detect cancer as opposed to benign conditions. Sometimes, though, the sample is not adequate for the cytologist to make an assessment. So the patient has to be brought back for the biopsy to be…