Author: Rhys Gregory

WJ Group, the market-leading road marking and safety business, has made a further acquisition, expanding into the Welsh market by acquiring Nolan Roadmarking Ltd. Nolan, an established road marking business serving South Wales providing a range of services including anti-skid surfacing, road crack and joint repairs, road studs, car park marking and solutions for sports courts and playgrounds and is the first investment that WJ Group has made in Wales, further expanding WJ Group’s coverage of the UK’s Road networks. The acquisition, which completed on the 2nd of August 2022, is the fourth acquisition by WJ Group in the last…

An authority that plays a leading role in the education, training, development and shaping of the healthcare workforce in Wales has begun offering bilingual apprenticeships to its employees. Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) was established in 2018 to sit alongside health boards and trusts as part of NHS Wales and employs 570 staff. HEIW is tasked with ensuring that the right staff have the right skills to deliver world-class healthcare to the people of Wales. Huw Owen, HEIW’s Welsh Language Services manager, reports that the number of staff wishing to learn the language is increasing and more young people…

To celebrate 20 years since cult hit TV show ‘Da Bungalow’ hit our screens – quadruple Bafta award winners Dick & Dom are back with an extensive UK tour. The live show promises to bring back the spirit of Da Bungalow with their family friendly anarchic style and content as it was in the original series.  This interactive experience will include all your favourite games including two-word tango, musical splatues, the grunty song, fairly hairy fizzogs, pants dance, what a sweaty flap and of course bogies!!!  And for their finale expect to watch participants being splattered in their legendary Creamy…

A new multi electric vehicle charging hub is to be installed in Rhyl. Work is set to begin on Monday 15 August for the instalment of an electric vehicle charging hub at West Kinmel Street Car Park, Rhyl. The charge park, the first of its size in Wales and the second current largest in the UK, will offer capability for charging 36 vehicles simultaneously. The introduction of the hub, funded by the Welsh Government, follows the successful installation of chargers at Kings Avenue car park at Prestatyn. Located at the west end of the car park the hub will be…

Bridgend Indoor Market is set to benefit from a funding boost to help develop small business opportunities and increase consumer interest and footfall. The council has received £120,000 from the UK Government through the UK Community Renewal Fund to deliver the Bridgend Elevate and Prosper Project (EAP). An additional £11,800 match funding has been received via the Welsh Government’s Transforming Towns initiative, which is a Welsh Government programme providing support for the revitalisation of town centres in Wales. Project activities are taking place across the county borough’s urban centres such as Bridgend, Porthcawl, Maesteg and Pencoed, as well as smaller…

Speedway will be taking place at Principality Stadium; Cardiff City Football Club will be taking on Birmingham City at Cardiff City Stadium and The Welsh Fire will be playing Birmingham Phoenix as part of the Women’s and Men’s ‘Hundred Series’ at Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. The Professional Fighters League will also be taking place at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff on Saturday. Road closures Road closures will be put in place at the end of the Cardiff City game between 1.45pm and 3pm on Sloper Road, from Bessemer Road to Leckwith Road and on Leckwith Road, between Sloper Road and…

Visitors to Swansea Central Library will enjoy a remarkable look at the city’s past this week – with a high-tech new style of storytelling. Stories from the city will be given a vibrant fresh look thanks to a project that harnesses virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). The free-entry immersive experience known as StoryTrails is due to be staged at the Central Library this Wednesday and Thursday. Council cabinet member Elliott King said: “StoryTrails is the UK’s largest ever immersive storytelling project. It’s great for Swansea to be one of the 15 venues and it’s great for our library…

The Leader of Neath Port Talbot Council, Cllr Steve Hunt, has congratulated Neath Cricket Club on its success in attracting senior Glamorgan matches to its Gnoll Ground for the first time in more than 20 years. On a visit the club’s ground, Cllr Hunt heard from Neath Cricket Club officials how first class facilities, pitch management and other factors led to Glamorgan staging two one day matches in Neath in August. Glamorgan will play Lancashire at the Gnoll on August 17th and two days later Hampshire will be the visitors to the Neath town centre ground. Both matches, expected to…

Vandals recently damaged five trees planted in one of Newport’s beautiful ornamental parks. Councillor Yvonne Forsey, Newport City Council’s cabinet member for climate change and biodiversity, said: “I utterly condemn such mindless and pointless wanton vandalism. “All were young trees but three were planted almost three years ago and the other two were small apple trees from the orchard that were only planted last winter. “Our Green Flag parks give a great deal of pleasure to so many people in the city and the trees are an intrinsic and precious part of these wonderful green spaces. “I would urge anyone…

Significant progress is being made across a number of exciting developments that will help transform Caerphilly Town Centre over the coming years. Caerphilly county borough council is working closely with Welsh Government and a range of other partners to deliver an ambitious multi-million pound blueprint for the town called the Caerphilly 2035 Place Making Programme. Plans to develop a new £30 million transport hub in the heart of the town, along with CADW’s investment of £5 million in development works at Caerphilly Castle are both projects that are advancing at pace. The public transport interchange project has recently advanced into…