Author: Rhys Gregory

Silver Circle Distillery is set to open a pop-up tasting room and craft spirits shop in Chepstow town centre later this month. Founded by Nina and Joe Howden in June 2019, Silver Circle Distillery creates award-winning, handmade craft spirits in the Monmouthshire village of Catbrook. A new tasting room and shop on Moor Street in Chepstow town centre will sell a variety of Silver Circle’s best-selling spirits, and a curated collection of food & drink themed gifts and curiosities. Initially opening on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for a temporary period of six months, the shop will also offer Make Your…

A Welsh nursery business, Green Giraffe Day Nursery, has received a six-figure funding package from HSBC UK to acquire a new site in Penarth as it continues to grow. The new 2300 sq ft site will allow the company to accommodate an extra 50 children per week in its outstanding care facilities. The nursery will be Green Giraffe’s fifth site and provide a ‘home-from-home’ Montessori style education, a method of teaching based on collaborative play, hands-on learning, and self-directed activity. Additionally, the nursery will offer a bilingual environment of both English and Welsh. Leigh Collier, Financial Director at The Green…

One of Wales’s leading environmental charities is hosting a ‘Paws and Pick’ dog friendly litter pick in Bute Park, Cardiff, on Saturday 9 April 10.00am – 12.00pm. ‘Paws and Pick’ is one of this year’s 300 clean-up events taking place across Wales between 25 March – 10 April, as part of this year’s Spring Clean Cymru. Keep Wales Tidy is calling on individuals, households and schools to clean-up the streets, parks or beaches on their doorstep. At the dog friendly litter pick event, the charity will also be promoting their dog fouling campaign and giving away doggy treats, dog poo…

John Owen-Jones is a West End and Broadway actor and singer. John is best known for his performances as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and as The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera. John remains the youngest actor in West End history to have played Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and has performed as the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera nearly 2000 times. John has appeared in concert at the The Royal Albert Hall in London, Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and Carnegie Hall in New York. Also for BBC Proms in…

The University of South Wales (USW) has signed a strategic partnership with Newport Live – a charitable trust providing sports, leisure, and cultural activities in Newport – to help support the health and well-being of people in the city and beyond. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the University and Newport Live focuses on the development of a range of mutually-beneficial activities that address shared core values, including a passion for participation and success, the promotion of equity and inclusion, and a commitment to being socially conscious and environmentally responsible. This partnership will offer a range of benefits for both…

Getting a divorce is widely recognised as being one of the most stressful times in a person’s life. But lawyers say there are many common misconceptions about the process and that it doesn’t need to be difficult if couples access the right advice at the right time. Emily Finn, a divorce and family law solicitor at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP, dispels some of the myths surrounding the divorce process. We are common law spouses There is no such thing. The claims that a non-married couple can raise against one another are limited in comparison to those in a…

The Royal Mint Museum has announced the winners of its annual short-story competition which invited primary school children across Britain to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen. More than 550 young people aged between 9 -11 took part in the creative writing task which celebrated Her Majesty’s 70-year reign, as part of a year-long programme of events marking this momentous occasion. In a special online event, guest judge and children’s author and illustrator Alex T. Smith read out the winning story and praised the hundreds of entries which focussed on the Platinum Jubilee through the eyes of…

Ceri Evans, a single mum of three, is graduating from the University of South Wales (USW) this week with a first-class honours in Public Services – at the same time as graduating in Paramedic Science from Swansea University. The 42-year-old fled an abusive marriage six years ago, and decided to move with her daughters to a new home to focus on rebuilding their lives. After a chance conversation with a college tutor, Ceri made the life-changing decision to return to education, and started a two-year HND in Public and Emergency Services at Bridgend College. “My mum brought my brother and…

Leading independent economic company, Menter a Busnes, is looking to give an ambitious person valuable board and governance experience by creating a Young Non-Executive Director role. Open to candidates under the age of 30; the successful appointee will take their place on the board of Menter a Busnes, and will have an opportunity to contribute to the direction and development of the company. Headquartered in Aberystwyth, Menter a Busnes is a not-for-profit company specialising in tailored support for new and growing businesses throughout Wales and beyond, in areas including agriculture, skills development, and food and drink. Established in 1989, Menter…

A touring caravan park in the Snowdonia National Park recently cleaned up with a hat-trick of accolades at the Loo of the Year Awards 2021. The high standards set by Llanberis Touring Park, owned by Shrewsbury-based Morris Leisure, were recognised when it won the national category award for holiday parks in Wales for its washrooms which received the highest diamond grading. Park managers Jo and Leo Freeman also collected the overall Individual Washroom Cleaner of the Year Awards for the UK and Ireland. Jo and Leo attributed the awards to a team effort with assistant managers Peter Houghton and Cindy…