Author: Rhys Gregory

Cardiff Council has invested over £1.3 million in energy saving upgrades across 11 of its primary, secondary and Special Educational Needs (SEN) schools, as part of its work to be carbon neutral by 2030. The initiatives are set to drastically reduce the council’s operational carbon emissions by up to 20% across the 11 sites – Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Edern, Bryn Celyn Primary School, Glyncoed Primary School, Hywel Dda Primary School, Llandaff City C.I.W. Primary School, Llanishen High School, Mary Immaculate High School, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr, St Illtyd’s High School, The Bishop of Llandaff C.I.W. High School, and Ty…

Football fans searching for a different match-day drink are queuing up for milk from a north Wales dairy farm. Llaethdy Plas Isa Dairy’s milk vending machine outside Glan Conwy Football Club has proved such a hit that a series of table-top ‘filling stations’ have been installed at shops around the locality. Two years ago, the Jones family decided to set up a dairy on their Llansanffraid farm and sell directly to the public after finding a gap in the market for locally produced milk. Rachael Jones, who farms with her husband Huw, said, “We had our milk delivered, but it…

A 20-year-old entrepreneur from Neath Port Talbot is tickling the tastebuds of locals with the launch of her own catering business, thanks to support from the Welsh Government. Poppi Kingsepp, from the village of Jersey Marine, launched Beautiful Buffets at the end of last year from her family kitchen, a place where she’d often find solace during difficult times. With a passion for baking passed down from her mother and grandmother, Poppi’s business offers a range of menus to cater for events of varying sizes. Beautiful Buffets has already proven popular with locals for its ethos of fresh homemade food,…

A leading North Wales civil engineering company is gearing up for a major expansion into construction with four key appointments as it aims to increase turnover to over £20 million. Deeside-based Hollingsworth Group, which numbers some of UK industry’s biggest names among its blue-chip clients, has made a major investment in plant and plans to expand its construction arm, Hollingsworth Ellery. The Group have ploughed £1 million into new equipment and machinery, including seven new Hitachi Excavators, and have added senior staff to make an increasing splash in the building and civil engineering sectors. They have taken on an operations…

A community interest not-for-profit is teaming up with a national mental health charity to bring a series of free online workshops tailored for Welsh farmers to help them stay mentally and physically fit. RCS, which helps people and businesses across North and West Wales improve health and wellbeing in the workplace, will be hosting four webinars focusing on the challenges faced by the nation’s agricultural workers and families. The free bilingual seminars, which run from 7 to 13 July, are being held in conjunction with the DPJ Foundation, a charity which supports those in rural and agricultural communities with their…

ANTUR CYMRU ENTERPRISE is supporting rural communities by enhancing digital communication and connectivity across mid and south Wales post-pandemic. Telemat IT Support, based at the organisation’s Antur Teifi Business Park in Newcastle Emlyn, has won contracts to install IoT (Internet of Things) and LoRaWAN technology in a bid to support local authority aspirations for a network of ‘Smart Towns’ focused on economic growth. Carmarthenshire’s 10 rural market towns will have IoT applications developed and Brecon, Llanwrtyd Wells, Presteigne, Aberaeron, Llandysul, Lampeter, New Quay and Tregaron will all have Town Wi-Fi installed. Business Development Manager Kevin Harrington said: “Telemat is delighted…

A CARDIFF cancer survivor has been chosen as the voice of Race for Life events in Wales. Georgia Chapman will share with participants how she was diagnosed with breast cancer on her 26th Birthday in a powerful audio recording which is set to be played to all everyone near the start line at Cancer Research UK Race for Life events in Wales this year. The teaching assistant will also be the VIP starter at Cardiff’s Race for Life on Sunday July 10. Georgia knows exactly how vital it is to raise funds for life-saving research after taking part in a…

Councillor Martyn Jones, Mayor of Bridgend County Borough, is urging people to keep their guard up against scammers after a tip-off from a resident alerted him to the fact that his name and public office were being fraudulently used. The scam involves impersonating somebody and sending an email to their friends, family members, people they have supported through public office or customers they may have done business with. The scammers ask for ‘a favour’ and attempt to trick people into purchasing digital gift cards from online retailers along with a promise of being reimbursed. Mayor Jones was made aware of…

The first-ever coordinated Cancer Research Strategy for Wales (CReSt), which will bring together the whole research community in the fight against cancer, will be published later today (July 6th). The strategy has been developed by Health and Care Research Wales, the Wales Cancer Network and the Wales Cancer Research Centre, as well as groups across Wales who want to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment, including patients, members of the public and cancer researchers. Importantly, it also builds on key strategic advice received from a panel of external experts. Its delivery will be co-ordinated by the Wales Cancer Research Centre, which…

A young woman who only started learning Welsh in October 2019 is joining Learn Welsh North West, run by Bangor University on behalf of the National Centre for Learning Welsh, as a Welsh tutor. Elinor Staniforth, from Cardiff, takes up her new part-time role in September – but before then, will join a group of young people on the National Centre’s ‘Tutors of Tomorrow’ training programme. Elinor is one of 13 people who will be following the programme, which will be held in early July for prospective Learn Welsh tutors.  Elinor has fallen in love with Welsh, and she’s currently…