Author: Rhys Gregory

SISTERS expanded a successful care business and acquired their dream home with the support of a prominent finance firm. FFP Solutions, based in St Asaph, secured “significant investment” for sisters Olwen Dean, Helen Darling, and Cathy Williams to purchase Chaseley House Care Home in Rhos-on-Sea. The home will form part of their successful domiciliary care agency, Tender Loving Care Ltd in Llandudno Junction, which employs 85 staff. Following in the footsteps of their mum Margaret, all three have decades of experience in the sector and even worked alongside her in their first jobs at a residential care home. “TLC Ltd…

Street Food Cinema, Cardiff’s pop-up drive-in movie and street food experience is returning for its third year from Friday 28 October to Sunday 6 November. The halloween-themed movie line-up, billed as a ten day Fright Fest, includes a special Day of the Dead night on Wednesday 2 November. Horror classics on the bill include A Nightmare on Elm Street, Silence of the Lambs and The Craft alongside family Halloween favourites like Ghostbusters – Afterlife, Coco and Cruella. To help get people into the Halloween spirit, Street Food Cinema is holding a fancy dress competition throughout the run with a £250…

Finboot today announces it has become one of the latest tech companies to join Cardiff’s newest dedicated tech and innovation hub, Campus. Finboot joins Delio, WeGetDesign and Oxford PharmaGenesis by relocating to this unique, modern office environment in Windsor Place, becoming part of a rapidly expanding technology and innovation community in the heart of Cardiff, in close proximity to Queen Street Station and various social amenities. The move reflects the technology firm’s growth since making Cardiff its headquarters in 2021. Operating in the B2B space, the technology company helps customers accelerate their digital transformation while realising value and building trust…

Cardiff Bus customers are being alerted to route diversions due to the WSX World Supercross British Grand Prix event at the Principality Stadium on Saturday 8th October. From 14:00 to 22:00 Westgate Street and Wood Street will be closed to traffic. During this time, buses will divert and start from the following bus stops: The baycar (service 6) will start and end at Customhouse Street stop JG and will not serve St Mary Street, Wyndham Arcade bus stop or Customhouse Street JL. Services 7, 8, 9 and X45 will divert via Penarth Road and Callaghan Square in both directions and…

Ben Burggraaf, the former Head of Energy at Welsh Water, has been appointed as the first CEO of Net Zero Industry Wales. Net Zero Industry Wales (NZIW) was founded this year to support the development of SWIC with the aim of helping and supporting Welsh industry to explore greener and more sustainable business opportunities, as well as championing Wales’ industrial and business strengths to help it become a world-leader in net zero low carbon manufacturing. Native of the Netherlands, Ben began his career in 2002 at the Corus/Tata Steel research and development facility in the Netherlands and was appointed as…

Swansea’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and city centre not-for-profit initiative GS Artists are working together on a new project. The multifaceted collaboration – Art Society, Swansea College of Art: Artists from the Collection – looks at the place of art at the centre of a healthy functioning society, including art schools. University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Swansea College of Art has long been a core part of the art scene in Swansea. Its relationship with galleries has seen employment, shared resources and the exhibiting of work by students and lecturers. The art college’s first director – William Grant Murray…

How dangerous is your living room? Did you know everyday objects can easily trip you up – and lead to a serious injury like a broken bone. As part of Falls Awareness Week (3rd-7th October), a replica living room was set up at Neath Port Talbot Hospital to highlight some of the everyday items or activities that could lead to a fall. Dubbed a falls ‘crime scene’, the area was made up of trailing wires, children’s toys strewn across the floor, blankets draped over furniture and a loose rug – all of which can have the potential to cause a…

The 3 Amigos Motorcycle Group is appealing for donations and toys for its charity toy run this December. The toy run takes place on 10th December 2022. The toy run is supporting the Wish Fund which supports the paediatric palliative care service to create lasting memories for the children, young people and families they support. The run is also fundraising for Cilgerran Ward in Glangwili Hospital and Action for Children. The toy run is a much-loved event which sees hundreds of motorcyclists collecting and delivering toys. The group will be travelling to various locations across Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire collecting for…

A sheep stranded on a ledge near the bottom of a quarry near Llangollen has been rescued by an RSPCA rope rescue team. Remarkable footage shows specially trained officers from the animal welfare charity safely capture the ram after abseiling around 30 metres down at the disused Moel Y Faen Quarry. The RSPCA specialist rope rescue team included inspectors Mark Roberts, Vicki Taylor, Andy Broadbent, Jenny Anderton and Rachael Davies plus animal rescue officer Ashley Moore – who completed the rescue on Tuesday 4 October. Mark, who led the team, said: “Myself and Andy abseiled down to the ledge -…

A bumper anniversary celebration has today been announced for the Cardiff Half Marathon, following the successful return of the event to the streets of the Welsh capital this weekend. The race will be celebrating its 20th anniversary on Sunday 1 October next year. Founded in 2003 when just 1,500 runners took part, the event has grown into one of Europe’s largest half marathons, attracting a field of over 25,000 registered runners. Wales’ largest mass participation and multi-charity fundraising event will be marking its two-decade milestone with a festival of activity celebrating the incredible legacy of the race, which has put…