Author: Rhys Gregory

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,…

Charity, Speed Of Sight, hosted a track day for disabled people that enables them to drive at Llandow Circuit on 19th and 20th July 2022, and was hailed a success by all. People with all disabilities had the chance to drive themselves and an instructor around Llandow Circuit this week and it’s all thanks to charity, Speed Of Sight that hosts the experiences all over the UK. Speed Of Sight is run by blind race car driver and multiple World Record holder Mike Newman and his co-founder John Galloway. Interested participants can have any disability, as the team is trained to help everyone…

Huw Thomas, the leader of Cardiff Council, has presented his administration’s new Programme for Government to a gathering of more than 100 business, civic and public sector leaders. In a meeting at the city’s Parkgate Hotel, chaired by Cardiff Youth Council, he outlined the ‘Stronger, Fairer, Greener’ ideals that will inform the authority’s decision-making and ambitious developments over the next five years. Outlining the agenda, he said the council would create  A stronger city – creating and sustaining well-paid jobs with an education system that helps young people reach their potential, with good, affordable housing in safe, confident and empowered…

Swansea Council’s free bus initiative is returning for the summer holidays, starting on July 29. All bus journeys starting and ending in Swansea will be free for everyone each weekend from the end of July and throughout August and will offer a total of 20 days of free travel (Fri – Mon). The Council launched the free travel initiative during last year’s school summer holidays with tens of thousands of people taking the chance to travel for free to do the shopping, see friends for a coffee, visit local landmarks and many of the wonderful beaches along the coastline. The…

A number of new temporary food and drink wooden chalets are now open for business in Swansea city centre. They’re located in the £135m Copr Bay quarter on the Swansea Arena side of the new bridge over Oystermouth Road. Swansea Council is behind the chalets, which are being leased to FrozziYo Frozen Yoghurt and KoKoDoo Korean Fried Chicken. These are two of the businesses that will take up new retail units at the nearby Cupid Way development later this year, where construction is continuing. Discussions are also on-going with other confirmed Cupid Way tenants about opening up further temporary wooden…

A planning application has been submitted to install a boating pontoon on Swansea’s River Tawe. It would stand around 1.5 miles upstream from the river barrage, at the edge of the historic Hafod-Morfa Copperworks which is undergoing regeneration. It would be available for services such as the Copper Jack community boat and for rowing clubs. The planning application has been submitted by the council which sees the pontoon as part of the ongoing regeneration of the Lower Swansea Valley. The plans, drawn up for the council by Ashley Davies Architects and structural specialists Mann Williams, show a 59m-long pontoon alongside…