Author: Rhys Gregory

A GROUNDBREAKING pet retailer is focused on building even stronger relations with sustainable start-ups and innovative independent businesses. PetPlace owners Sion Pritchard and Paul Penketh are targeting more bespoke suppliers and products designed to improve the health and wellbeing of animals, and fledgling firms looking to support the pet trade now and in the future. The company, which is based in Kinmel Bay and has stores in Abergele, Ruthin, Mold, Llangefni and Chirk, already stocks many environmentally friendly items on its shelves but Sion says they plan to take things further in the months ahead. “We are opening the doors…

An agreement has been reached between Swansea University Students’ Union, Swansea University, and Swansea Council to install more lighting in Singleton Park. This comes after students have raised concerns over safety and the ability to see their surroundings while walking through the park. The Students’ Union and University have agreed to joint-fund the installation of the new lighting which will run along the southward walkway towards the beach. As part of the work, an ecological survey has been conducted and approval given to the project. Work will begin on the new lighting this June and is estimated to be completed…

Disney’s award-winning musical The Lion King is set to explode onto the stage at the Wales Millennium Centre with glorious colours, stunning effects and enchanting music, as it begins its summer tour in Cardiff. Now in its 23rd year at London’s Lyceum Theatre, visionary director Julie Taymor’s acclaimed reimagining of Disney’s beloved film will redefine your expectation of theatre. Set against the majesty of the Serengeti Plains and to the evocative rhythms of Africa, Disney’s The Lion King is a worldwide theatrical phenomenon. As you may know, this adaptation of Disney’s classic film follows the powerful story of Simba as…

On the hottest day of the year, thus far, a team of Help for Heroes’ staff, supporters, and veterans – including one who is a permanent wheelchair-user following a serious brain injury – scaled the highest peak in South Wales: Pen Y Fan. The climbers were wearing a specially produced T-shirt designed by six-year-old Sayami, from Mount Street Infants, in Brecon, who won a competition to create a unique souvenir of the occasion. And she was presented with her own souvenir T-shirt at school, the day after the ascent, by the Charity’s mascot, Hero Bear, and Project Manager (Veteran’s Clinical…

Katie Malone (21) from Wrexham is the first dancer from Wales to perform on the legendary stage of the world’s most famous cabaret! After her successful audition in Paris last April, Katie has packed her bags and headed to the famous Moulin Rouge at the foot of Montmartre to join the cast of 80 artists who come from 16 different countries (dancers from the UK are the second most represented nationality). At a very young age, she enrolled in Manchester’s Northern Ballet School. She invested herself to the point of earning the Level 6 diploma and the BA Hons Degree…

Welsh homelessness charity Llamau has partnered has partnered with EMR Cardiff to provide educational opportunities to young people. The donation provided by EMR Cardiff will enable 60 young people between the ages of 16 and 24 to access educational opportunities. From buying learning materials to helping young people write CV’s and apply for jobs, the donation will help improve their employability prospects. Llamau believes that no young person or woman, should have to experience homelessness. This is why, for 30 years, the charity has worked across Wales to prevent homelessness, provide safe accommodation, and help people to leave homelessness behind…

Swansea-based Peter Lynn and Partners Solicitors are delighted to announce the appointment of Georgina Arthure to their Family Law Team. Georgina, who brings a wealth of experience to the role, will be based out of the firm’s head office in SA1 and will work with clients across South Wales and beyond. “I am thrilled to join the firm,” said Georgina. “Peter Lynn and Partners are recognised as having one of the largest and most successful divorce and family law departments in the region, so to be part of that team is really exciting.” With a speciality in domestic violence, child…

Cardiff Council’s aim to enable all premises in the city to access fast, reliable broadband has received a major funding boost from the Welsh Government. The city has been successful in its bid for more than £7.7m over the next three years from the government’s Local Broadband Fund, which was set up to help local authorities and social enterprises throughout Wales address connectivity issues in their communities. The latest funding boost is targeted at four projects across the country but the council’s ‘Cardiff – y Rhai Olaf’ scheme has received by far the largest share of the money. The scheme…

Disabled children and their families are to get the chance of short holidays in a home away from home thanks to a new initiative set up by Swansea council and the Action for Children charity. Swansea Council has bought three family-sized static caravans on idyllic Gower so the youngsters can take their families with them for short respite care breaks away from home. In the past disabled children have had to take respite care breaks away from their families but now, thanks to the council and Action for Children, they’ll be able to go on holiday together. Louise Gibbard, Swansea…

Neath Port Talbot Council’s £7.9m Bay Technology Centre has picked up the prestigious Net Zero Award in this year’s Constructing Excellence Wales (CEW) Awards Based on the Baglan Energy Park, one of the premier business and industrial locations in Wales, the centre’s innovative design and use of materials provides a sustainable building which is energy positive. Morgan Sindall was the council’s main contractor on the project, working with the IBI Group (architecture), Hydrock (engineering design work) and The Urbanists (landscape architectural services). The building was part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Welsh Government and UK Government through the…