Author: Rhys Gregory

WALES will be flying the flag with more representatives than any other home nation at this year’s WorldSkills UK competition. And 11 of those participating in the event – to be held across six venues in November – are from Coleg Cambria, which has sites in Northop, Deeside, Llysfasi and Wrexham. They are in the following categories: Aircraft Maintenance: Rosie Boddy (Airbus/Cambria), Jamie Harding (Airbus/Cambria) and Tymoteusz Rozanski Beauty Therapist: Lucia Contento and Abbie Smith Beauty Therapy Practitioner: Isabelle Bailey Construction Metalwork: Rhys Stanhope Manufacturing Team Challenge: James Coyle, Benjamin Wynn and Kumnan Lipdo Network Infrastructure Technician: Cameron Thompson Congratulating…

State-of-the-art technology is being utilised in Newport City Centre to keep local businesses and the public safe. M.R.S. Communications Ltd is a market leader in radio networks for retail and night-time economy businesses throughout the UK which specialises in high quality two-way radio systems. The business has won a contract to work with Newport Business against Crime. Part of the Newport Now Safe and Secure Theme Group, Newport Business against Crime is a not-for-profit partnership between businesses, the police, the local authority and other agencies, which is proactively committed to reducing crime, violence and anti-social behaviour. Since the organisations began…

Welsh homebuilder Persimmon Homes is celebrating after the company was named the winner of Bridgend College’s Employer Partnership Award for 2022.  The College’s Annual Awards Ceremony acknowledges support from valued employer partners while recognising learners with outstanding academic achievement and commitment to study. Persimmon has been recognised for its work with Bridgend establishing a ground breaking education and training academy, which is producing the next generation of construction workers in South Wales.                                                                                                                                                                                 The ‘Persimmon Academy’ sees apprentices develop their skills at a bespoke construction and learning facility at the homebuilder’s development in Llanilid, Ponytclun. This year, the College has also…

Swansea has been named one of the UK’s top five green cities to invest in. According to expert-led independent research, Swansea scored excellently in areas including the number of environmentally friendly office buildings. Factors including CO2 emissions and roadside air pollutants were also considered by international banking group BNP Paribas as part of a real estate study called Next X that focussed on environmental data. Swansea is the only Welsh city to feature in the study’s top ten environmental scores. Cllr Rob Stewart, Swansea Council Leader, said: “We are facing a climate crisis so the council and our partners are…

Former world and European fly casting champion Hywel Morgan says the first GWCT Welsh Game Fair in September will provide a platform to showcase fishing in Wales to an international audience. The GWCT Welsh Game Fair will be held at the Vaynol Estate, near Bangor from September 9-11 and Hywel says the setting, with a large lake in front of the iconic mansion, could not be better for fishing. Hywel, from Pontrhydfendigaid, near Aberystwyth, is baffled why thousands of anglers drive through Wales every year to catch a ferry to go fishing in Ireland when his homeland has some of…

A fast-growing outdoor activities provider is aiming for a major expansion this summer as visitors flock to the spectacular coast and countryside of North West Wales. Anglesey Adventures was relaunched five years ago under the ownership of Steve Miles and Lynn Ensoll and the lockdown restrictions have had a positive effect on the business which specialises in the wet and the wild. Last year was a bumper one for the couple’s Holyhead enterprise with over 5,000 customers for their range of activities from sea kayaking and coasteering around the dramatic coastline of Anglesey to gorge-scrambling and mountaineering in Snowdonia. They…

Pupils from Newport’s Clytha Primary School have taken on the gas safety challenge after they received a special visit from gas emergency and pipeline service, Wales & West Utilities. The 30 pupils were paid a ‘Safety Seymour’ visit as the company encourages young people to take home important gas safety information. Aimed specifically at young people, Safety Seymour encourages pupils to take home important gas safety information. Safety Seymour is a fun and colourful character who has an important message to share about gas safety in the home, and the dangers of Carbon Monoxide (or CO) poisoning in particular. The…

Founders, innovators and entrepreneurs from across Wales have been recognised as the best in the business as the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2022 finalists are announced. 69 Wales-based business leaders have been shortlisted out of over 5,300 entrants nationally – the most the awards has ever had. The Great British Entrepreneur Awards, in partnership with Starling Bank, acknowledges and champions the hard work and uplifting stories of business owners across the UK, with an emphasis on their journey and resilience over financial achievements. Twelve awards will be given out per region for categories including Disruptor of the Year, Entrepreneur for…

A sector-leading not-for-profit organisation has partnered with a key health and social care provider to help vulnerable people in need of care. Hafod, a socially conscious provider of housing, care and support services, has partnered with New Directions Health & Social Care, who will draw on more than two decades of sector-specific experience to recruit for roles that will support people of all ages. The Wales-wide partnership aims to populate a number of job vacancies that support people facing homelessness and other housing challenges, in addition to job vacancies that provide care in the community for older adults in Hafod’s…

An appeal for information has been launched by RSPCA Cymru after two cats from the same household were found to have been poisoned. Tragically brother and sister, Bonnie and Clyde aged around 17 months, died within days of each other after showing symptoms of toxic ingestion. Owner Michelle Young from Glandwr Street said they are “heartbroken”. “We are absolutely devastated and can’t believe this has happened,” she said. “Bonnie and Clyde were brother and sister and were part of the family – we have had them since Easter last year. “We also lost a cat last year to the same…