Author: Rhys Gregory

After years of waiting the time has finally come! NILE RODGERS & CHIC is set to deliver an unforgettable evening of disco at Swansea Singleton Park on July 29th. Orchard Live proudly presents one of music’s greatest living legends, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, on Friday 29th July at Singleton Park, Swansea for his ONLY Welsh show of 2022. FINAL Tickets are on sale via gigantic.com and locally from Derricks Music, Grand Theatre Swansea, and Liberty Stadium Box Office. Since co-founding CHIC in 1976, Rodgers has built an unrivalled catalogue of hit songs. His collaborations with such iconic artists as David…

Transport for Wales (TfW) customers are being advised to plan their journeys carefully next week with services set to be disrupted by two days of national industrial action. The National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (RMT) has announced strike action will take place on Wednesday 27 July, and train drivers’ union, ASLEF, has announced its members will strike on Saturday 30 July. TfW is not involved in either dispute but its services will be affected, particularly on the 27 July, when the majority of services on the Wales and Borders network will be suspended. Wednesday 27 July The…

A brand new, innovative charitable  re-use shop has officially opened its doors to the public. This pioneering project, developed by Bryson Recycling, Denbighshire County Council and St David’s Hospice,aims to extend the life of reusable household items while generating profits for a very worthwhile charity. The shop has been opened thanks to support from the Welsh Government’s Circular Economy Fund to improve recycling and reuse opportunities. Speaking at the official opening event, Councillor Pete Prendergast, Chairman of Denbighshire County Council said: “Having a re-use shop is a great way to change the way that people think about unwanted items.” “Every…

Women in need of specialist treatment for pelvic floor and continence issues may be spared a journey to England in future. It’s because Swansea Bay University Health Board has become Wales’ sole centre of excellence for urogynaecology. It has been granted accreditation by the British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG) after it met the highest standards for its service – the only in Wales to currently achieve that. The accreditation gives the unit, which offers specialist services to women with pelvic floor disorders and problems after child birth, the ability to potentially expand its service to include more complex procedures that…

St David’s Cardiff is set to host a unique, free ice cream lolly-making event from 20th – 21st August as part of its summer Lollydays celebrations – flavour options will include sweet, savoury, and specialities such as Welsh cake, gold dust, bacon, and even edible insects! The Lolly-Pop-Up will open at St David’s exclusively for one weekend only where guests can create and fully customise their own bespoke lolly, using ice cream from award-winning Welsh brand Red Boat. The hands-on experience will offer a vast number of incredible toppings with ‘Hundreds and Thousands’ of flavours – sprinkle puns aside, there…

Cyber security consultancy PureCyber has teamed up with FSB Wales, Swansea University and Thomas Carroll Group to run free roadshows to raise cyber awareness across Wales with the first events planned in Cardiff and Wrexham. The event at Cardiff City Stadium on Wednesday (June 29th) and the upcoming event at Wrexham FC on September 15th are funded by Higher Education Funding Council Wales and focus on making Wales’ many successful and growing SMEs cyber aware and cyber secure. The team from PureCyber, which recently rebranded from Wolfberry, will be on hand to talk to SMEs about the growing concerns around cyber…

This week, the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport will once again see thousands of our graduates cross the stage in their cap and gown. To celebrate, we are sharing the stories of some of our inspirational students. Having been homeless on a couple of occasions in her teens and early 20s, Leanne Fox was determined that the challenges she had already faced would not define her future. And her determination has really paid off. Now the proud holder of a first-class honours degree in Childhood Development from the University of South Wales (USW), the 28-year-old. originally from Bridgend, will…

Phone scam reports have fallen by 81 pent cent in Wales over the last year, new regional data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed. In Wales, 216 phone scams were reported to HMRC in June this year compared to 1125 in June 2021. People aged between 25 and 34 appear to be most affected by scams in the region, with 56 reporting phone scams in Wales in June. HMRC has made significant efforts to tackle the problem and protect the public. Scam call reports from across all regions peaked in March 2021 with almost 76,000 reports. This was…

The North Wales Growth Deal will reach a historic milestone this week as it launches its first project; with new cutting-edge equipment at Bangor University’s Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Centre. Technology at the DSP Centre, manages the way digital signals are transmitted, providing a solution for the signals to be better processed and received and to be both more secure and more cost effective. The £3million Growth Deal funding through Ambition North Wales, has enabled the DSP Centre to acquire new equipment to undertake cutting-edge research for digital communications. The funding will develop solutions to support the future’s digital requirements,…

The UK’s leading ports group, Associated British Ports (ABP), has launched two development sites at Newport  to support around 95 acres of regeneration. Since the beginning of the year, ABP has made close to 600 acres of land available to the market as part of its ongoing port-centric manufacturing initiative. The sites in Hull, Southampton, Cardiff, Grimsby and Newport can support around 6m sq ft of future development and offer particular opportunities for the manufacturing, logistics and renewable energy sectors. The Atlantic and West Way Road sites at the Port of Newport comprise 73 and 22 acres respectively. Helen Thomas,…